Started training a small BERT model yesterday afternoon using generic data. So far so good. Extra cooling and a round of software updates seems to help with temperatures and performance. If it keeps running it should finish in about 25 hours or around 1:30 PM ET on 7/9/2023.
If it finishes, and the model works, in going to delve into how to prepare some relevant legal ed data for training a model. Question: what can we do with a model trained on everything a 1L needs to learn?
#legaleduction

Fantastic piece from my former colleague Marija Bartl on teaching law in a time of multiple and overlapping crises. Much to think about for us #lawprofs and anyone involved in #LegalEduction - what is the role of #Law in tackling #crisis? The answer starts at #LawSchool and how we teach our #students. Read it!

https://verfassungsblog.de/teaching-law-in-times-of-overlapping-crises/

Teaching Law in Times of Overlapping Crises

The number of challenges that our societies face keeps growing, with new ones only being added on top of older, unresolved ones. Too little has been done to counter inequality, which has only been further aggravated by Covid-19 and the

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