Please join Charlottesville Data Science for the talk Working in NLP in the Age of Large Language Models from Zak Brown! We'll be gathering in-person at Vault Virginia on the Downtown Mall.

How to find us

Please enter the building using the side door on 3rd Street SE, right across 3rd Street from the Front Porch Music School. Next, take the stairs or the elevator to the second floor and follow the signs to The Boardroom.

About the talk

Large language models have caused quite a splash in recent months, with headline-catching demonstrations of novel capabilities such as writing rap songs in the style of Shakespeare and even trying (unsuccessfully) to take over the world. But for many of the people currently working in or wanting to enter the space of Natural Language Processing, the advent and proliferation of these models has caused a paradigm shift in the way we think about approaching novel NLP tasks. In this talk, we’ll discuss the past decade of advances in NLP and how we’ve continually seen roles and business opportunities evolve at a rapid pace.

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P.S. Yes, this means that we're back! Sort of. We're looking for more co-organizers, and we're always interested in speakers, sponsors (for beverages + snacks), and event space. If you're interested in getting involved, send Patrick or Reggie a ping.