Originally sent 04/20/2023

Welcome

Thanks for signing up for our AI Essentials course!

For our 1st lesson, we offer an easy-to-understand intro to some of the ABCs to AI (LLMs and NLP tools) and how they apply to the future of legal work.

We'll also set the stage for what to expect over the next few weeks, as we dive deeper into applications for using ChatGPT.

By the way — in each email, we'll include an interactive element to help explore the concepts in more depth. While we recommend exploring other tools, please note we will reference ChatGPT-3.5 throughout this course, as it is the most widely accessible option.

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🔠 ABCs of AI

If you've done any research into AI tools like ChatGPT recently, you've likely seen a few key abbreviations:

NLP (Natural Language Processing) is a branch of AI that deals with the interaction between computers and human language.

LLMs (Large Language Models) are advanced NLP tools, like ChatGPT, trained on large datasets (e.g. thousands of books, scholarly articles, news media) that can understand, generate, and analyze human language more effectively.

Why are these concepts important? LLMs provide the technical capacity to help you draft documents, respond to clients, and analyze data through interpretation of the text input you provide.

Read more (ChatGPT and the Law, Penn Carey Law)