Module 1 · Fundamentals
What We Owe Machines
January 26, 2026The hard problem in AI isn’t making machines smarter, it’s teaching them to handle problems without right answers. This lecture traces how we learned to teach machines at all, and where that project stands today.
The Lifecycle of a Language Model
February 2, 2026 Final Project A DueUnderstanding the full training pipeline from pretraining to deployment.
Module 2 · Post-Training
Post-Training Foundations
February 9, 2026 Project 1 ReleasedRLHF and Reward Learning
February 16, 2026 Final Project B DueAlignment Methods & Model Behavior
February 23, 2026Evals as Research
March 2, 2026Module 3 · Reasoning & Agents
Search, Planning, Memory
March 9, 2026 Project 1 DueTool Use and Verification
March 16, 2026 Project 2 ReleasedSpring Break
March 23, 2026No class this week. Enjoy your break!
Multi-Agent Systems
March 30, 2026 Final Project C DueModule 4 · Product & Research
Product Design & Development Workshop
April 6, 2026 Project 2 DueProduct Workshop (Continued)
April 13, 2026Guest Lecture
April 20, 2026Guest Lecture
April 27, 2026Demo Day 🎉
May 4, 2026 · RRR Week Final Project DueFinal Project
Design and build a product demo AI product prototype that demonstrates mastery of course concepts. Teams of 2-4 students will propose, build, and present a demo.
The final project is your opportunity to explore a topic of your choice in depth. Projects should demonstrate technical sophistication and original thinking. Successful projects might included novel alignment techniques, agent architectures, evaluation frameworks, and creative applications of post-training methods.