Today’s workday was also over a Zoom meeting. We learned how to make a regression model using R, a programming language that specializes in statistical computing! We brainstormed ideas for making a model of data, using patients as an example. One way would be to plot the x and y points and find the line of best fit and create a mathematical formula/function y = f(x), and another way would be to find similar patients and utilize their already-existing data and formulas.
In the afternoon, we listened to Jesse Clifton, a Ph.D. statistics student at NC State University, talk about the morals and ethics of using artificial intelligence. First we were introduced to recent significant breakthroughs in AI, such as AlphaZero (an AI that plays chess, shogi, and go) and GPT3 (an AI that translates a text input into code). We learned about the risks of using artificial intelligence, such as fairness and reducing bias, catastrophic outcomes due to caring/prioritizing about the wrong thing, disempowering humans, and getting into conflicts.
hi guys! this sounds like such a cool day! How did you like your meeting with the PhD student? Can you see yourself in that position some day? Keep up the good work and thanks for the photos!
Meeting Mr. Clifton was very intriguing and educational, I particularly enjoyed his sense of reasoning that supported his claims. I myself don’t know yet if I am interested in going to graduate school after college, however, I could potentially see myself being interested in the life of a PhD student conducting research projects under the support of a university. Thanks for commenting!