Welcome to CDU TAFE AI Training Day

Today we'll explore how artificial intelligence is transforming education, work, and daily life. This workshop is designed for educators, professionals, and anyone curious about AI's potential and challenges.

What Are Your Expectations?

Before we begin, let's hear from you! We'd love to know what brought you here today and what you're hoping to learn about AI. Share your thoughts, questions, and any specific areas of interest you'd like us to explore together.

Whether you're completely new to AI or have some experience, today's content will provide practical insights into how AI tools work, their applications in Australian contexts, and important considerations around privacy, security, and ethical use.

Course Contents

Sessions

1

AI Fundamentals

  • Large Language Models Explained
  • Why LLMs Struggle with Simple Counting Tasks
  • The AI Embodiment Problem & Fractured Representations
  • Transformers and Attention Mechanisms
  • GPU Parallel Processing: The Engine of AI
  • Labelled Datasets: How Machines Learn to Recognise Patterns
  • Why AI-Generated Images Contain Spelling Errors
  • AI Video Generation: The Challenge of Temporal Consistency
  • Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)
  • AI Development Pace and Performance Benchmarks
2

AI Fears and Fun

  • CLIO Project: Real-World AI Usage Patterns
  • The Alignment Problem: When AI Agents Misinterpret Instructions
  • The Rise of Chain-of-Thought Reasoning
  • The Black Box Problem: Understanding AI's Internal Mechanisms
  • Data Exhaustion: Will We Run Out of Training Data?
  • AI Misbehaviour and Chain-of-Thought Monitoring
3

AI in the Northern Territory

  • Integrating AI responsibly into Northern Territory industry
  • Locally Hosted LLMs
  • Industry Case Studies: Real-World AI Applications
  • Hugging Face Datasets and Enterprise ML Considerations
  • Training Processes Using PyTorch and Datasets
4

Law and AI Order

  • Australia's Artificial Intelligence Ethics Principles
  • Australia's Voluntary AI Safety Standard
  • EU Artificial Intelligence Act and the Brussels Effect
  • US AI Policy Shift: From Safety to Competition
  • China Geopolitical AI Competition and Data Sovereignty
  • NT Government AI Framework
  • Online Safety Act Reforms for Under 16s
  • CDU Internal Policies: Information Security, ICT, and Privacy
5

AI - The All-in-One Learning Accelerant and Disruptor

  • AI for Lesson Planning and Educational Resource Creation
  • Academic Integrity Challenges and Solutions
  • AI Responsible Use: IP, Copyright, and Privacy Challenges
  • ASQA Findings and TAFE Sector AI Integration
  • Building AI Literacy: The Path Forward
  • CDU's Approach: Acceptable and Unacceptable AI Use
  • Australian Framework for Generative AI in Schools
6

Cyber Security Risks

  • AI & Cyber Security Challenges
  • Multilingual Vulnerabilities in AI Systems
  • Australian Government Perspective: The 10 Guardrails
  • The Jailbreaking Threat: When AI Systems Get Tricked
  • AI Bug Bounties: Google Big Sleep and Microsoft Project Ire
  • Agentic AI: The Emerging Frontier of Risk
  • AI for Dark Web Investigations: DarkBERT
  • Deepfakes and AI-Generated Content Threats
  • Watermarking Technology: The Authentication Solution
  • Preparing for the Future of AI Security
7

CDU Guidance

  • Generative AI Use Statements
  • Assessment Design Principles
  • Information Security Guidelines
  • Complete CDU AI Training
8

Copilot

  • Microsoft Copilot Licensing
  • Copilot Subscription models for organisations
  • SharePoint Integration Security Issues

AI Tools We'll Use Today

Try ChatGPT About ChatGPT
Try Claude About Claude
Try Google Gemini About Gemini
Try Perplexity About Perplexity
Try Grok About Grok
Try CoPilot CoPilot
Try NotebookLM

Icebreaker Activities

1. Fridge Recipe Challenge

Ask ChatGPT to create a dinner recipe using only what's currently in your fridge - no shopping allowed! Share your most creative (or disastrous) results.

2. World's Most Niche Podcast

Think up the most absurdly specific podcast topic for NotebookLM to generate. For example: "Truly Excellent Mods for Regally Impressive Hilux Utes"

Regally impressive modified Hilux
3. NT Sports Invention

Challenge AI to design a completely new sport that could only be played in the Northern Territory. What unique local elements would it include?

Special Topics

Exploring Multimodal Reasoning Models Copyright, Web crawlers and AI training Citation Hallucinations Digital Watermarking and Content Provenance Navigating Research Transparency in the Age of AI Training Data Ai Digital Equity & Subscription Costs ICIP & Indigenous Data Sovereignty AI Reliance & Cognitive Development research AI Age-gating and verification Shadow AI

Special PD sessions

Quokka with iPad
SEPTEMBER 1 | LIBRARY PD | Copyright & AI training SEPTEMBER 26 | Faculty of Health Part I SEPTEMBER 26 | Faculty of Health Part 2 OCTOBER 1 | OFFICE OF RESEARCH & INNOVATION Part 1 OCTOBER 1 | OFFICE OF RESEARCH & INNOVATION Part 2

ICT Weekly Brief

ICT Cybersecurity & Digital Currency Updates

Resource Hub

Resource Library