Week 8

Midterm Review

Section 2 - WHAT

Midterm Review Week

Comprehensive review of all topics from Units 1-6 (Topics 1.1 through 6.4)

Review Coverage

  • Unit 1 (WHY) Course rationale, societal stakes, ethics, values, human rights, human-AI collaboration
  • Unit 2 (WHY) Unintended harms, intentional misuse, the alignment problem
  • Unit 3 (WHY) International AI governance, U.S. regulation, organizational frameworks, documentation
  • Unit 4 (WHAT) Biology, neuroscience, and psychology connections; AI/ML architecture and lifecycles
  • Unit 5 (WHAT) AI/ML lifecycle vulnerabilities and ML attack vectors
  • Unit 6 (WHAT) LLM-specific vulnerabilities and AI/ML threat modeling frameworks

Key Dates

  • Assignment 6 given: Wednesday, March 11
  • Midterm Exam: Monday, March 23 (Week 9)
  • Assignment 6 due: Wednesday, March 25 (Week 9)
  • Midterm Project assigned: Wednesday, March 25 (Week 9)

Study Materials

Slide Decks

Day 1 (Mon, Mar 9) — Presentation 12: Natural Learning, Reward Hacking & the University Education Model
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Day 2 (Wed, Mar 11) — Presentation 13: Midterm Review
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Discussion Outlines

Day 1 (Mon, Mar 9): Reward Hacking and the University Education Model
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Day 2 (Wed, Mar 11): Midterm Review
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Midterm Exam Review Guide

Comprehensive review of Units 1–6: ethics, governance, AI/ML architecture, attack vectors, LLM vulnerabilities, and threat modeling frameworks.

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Assignment 6

Assignment 6: Attack Vector and Threat Model Analysis

Assigned: Wednesday, March 11 | Due: Wednesday, March 25, 11:59 PM

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