User:Carolinearnold

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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.