Fall 2025 Lecture Recordings
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Class 1 (10/21): Let’s Get Building
Dive straight into action using and creating AI agents while exploring course deliverables and expectations.
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Class 2 (10/25): Pretraining a Large Language Model
Train your own LLM from scratch to demystify how these powerful models actually learn from data.
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Class 3 (10/28): Post-training and Alignment
Discover the crucial steps that transform a raw LLM into a helpful, safe, and reliable AI assistant.
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Class 4 (10/31): AI Agents
How AI agents work, how to give them tools (RAG, etc.), and how to use them.
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Class 5 (11/4): Leveraging AI
Deep-dive in the “ChatGPT” product and prompting techniques.
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Class 6 (11/5): The AI Frontier
An exploration of the state-of-the-art AI technologies and where all of this might be going. Hands-on with the Lovable agent.
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Class 7 (11/7): Evaluation
Learn why evaluation pipelines are often more critical than the agents themselves for successful AI deployment.
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Class 8 (11/11): AgentOps Case Study
Consulting for Proxima Health Systems—what’s necessary for an AI project’s success?
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Class 9 (11/14): AgentOps
How do we drive impact with AI? How should companies adapt to the AI disruptions?
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Class 10 (11/18): Project Showcase & Farewell
The bittersweet last class—final exam and project deliverables overview, Kai-led project competition, and tips to stay up to date.
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Recitation Recordings
Recitation 1: Let’s Build a Google Calendar Agent (Getting Started with n8n)
Master the fundamentals of n8n, your go-to platform for creating and testing intelligent agents.
Recitation 1 Recording Recitation 2: Let’s Build an Email Triage Agent (n8n Deep Dive)
Level up your n8n skills with advanced features that will empower your course project.
Recitation 2 Recording Recitation 3: Let’s Build a Bilingual Communications Agent (Advanced n8n Usage)
Expand your project’s capabilities with advanced n8n functionalities to explore on your own.
Recitation 3 Recording Recitation 4: Let’s Build an Expense Categorization Agent (Agent Evaluation)
Build a robust evaluation pipeline in n8n, a critical requirement for your project’s success.
Recitation 4 Recording Recitation 5: Creating End-to-End Products with AI/Final Exam Prep
Transform your agent backends into polished products using Lovable and other tools to create beautiful apps and websites.
Recitation 5 Recording