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Week 1: 5/30/23 - 6/2/23
Tuesday:
- Attended REU orientation.
- Toured Dr. Xu's lab and discussed his intentions for the project.
- Downloaded Windows Terminal and Python 3.11 to the lab computer.
- Installed OpenAI's command-line interface (CLI) to use in training a fine-tuned model.
- Completed Unit 1 and the first half of Unit 2 of RCR/RECR training as mandated by the NSF.
Wednesday:
- Attended Dr. Brylow's presentation on good research practices and the importance of keeping logs.
- Completed Units 2 and 3 of RCR/RECR training.
- Researched factors that influence perceived credibility in human and AI-generated communication.
- Examined methodologies used by other researchers to evaluate the degree of trust in unknown authors.
Thursday:
- Narrowed research to large language models (LLMs) and their capacity for social awareness.
- Attempted to connect with Alex Fischmann, who completed a precursory project under Dr. Xu's mentorship.
- Familiarized myself with PyCharm and attempted to follow this tutorial for fine-tuning a model.
