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African penguin: #WUaSunivs Asked #GeminiAI: Could you act as mentor or Prof to #WUaSPhDstudent ...? * HOW TO BEGIN a Large Language Model with AI and ML to act as a professor Initially for someone who wants to do a WUaS Intl Business Management PhD based on the Sloan School of Management's MIT OCW - https://opencw.aprende.org/courses/sloan-school-of-management/ ? Great Gemini reply -https://g.co/gemini/share/357a1ffcb73d Thoughts? Ed, Free WUaS Medical Schools in South Africa, in South African black townships in the back of Toyota Ambulance vans with Toyota Humanoid Robot MD Profs of Surgery even? Hogs, Scott

 

#WUaSunivs Asked #GeminiAI: Could you act as mentor or Prof to #WUaSPhDstudent ...?


#WUaSunivs Asked #GeminiAI: Could you act as mentor or Professor to #WUaSPhDstudent @ #MITOCW-Centric Wiki @WorldUnivAndSch using the #SloanSchoolOfManagement #MITOCW courses & as #LLM Yes: https://g.co/gemini/share/357a1ffcb73d  https://opencw.aprende.org/courses/sloan-school-of-management/ & re #GeminiAIrePhDs https://g.co/gemini/share/3e6eed66b177 ~


https://x.com/WorldUnivAndSch/status/1958289772000198704




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Hi Karisma (https://www.linkedin.com/in/karisma-robert/), (& Ed Smyth MD, WUaS Chief Medical Officer in Berkeley, California),

Thank you for your email too, and your great interest in a PhD program or similar at MIT OCW-centric wiki World Univ & Sch / WUaS.  MIT OCW-centric wiki World Univ & Sch is not yet accredited so we are not yet accepting applications for our online-from-home free-to-students' PhD programs or similar - and in International Business Management (and here's the very early and beginning https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Business_Management wiki Subject or School at WUaS from which WUaS - accessible from https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Subjects - will build out I think a Large Language Model with AI and ML, and check out its iterating MIT OpenCourseWare courses in Business Management in the Sloan School there - https://ocw.mit.edu/). 

Here are the Creative Commons 4 licensed MIT OCW COURSES from the MIT Sloan School of Managemetn - https://opencw.aprende.org/courses/sloan-school-of-management/ - and with video of MIT faculty themselves; WUaS is planning to hire graduate student instructors, post-docs, and faculty, with time, to teach online at MIT OCW_centric wiki World Univ & Sch, and for our PhDs too. (CC-4 MIT OCW licensing says WUaS can 1) share MIT OCW freely, 2) adapt it with AI and ML, but 3) non-commercially). As WUaS proceeds with accreditation, we may seek applications for our free-to-students' WUaS PhD programs in 2 or 3 years, and as we seek reimbursement from nation states' departments of education, so in your case from South African department of education, per student per year, along the lines of what it would cost to go to MIT in Cambridge MA itself, so ~$65,000 per year (and see https://sfs.mit.edu/undergraduate-students/the-cost-of-attendance/annual-student-budget/ - and World Univ & Sch / WUaS is completely separate from MIT, and only building from MIT OCW with its CC4 licensing.


I did ask Gemini AI 
Could you act as a mentor or Professor to a PhD student at MIT open courseware-Centric Wiki World University and school using the Sloan School of Management MIT opencourseware courses?

GeminiAI replied - 
A strong PhD journey using MIT OpenCourseWare requires a structured approach. I recommend starting by identifying a specific research question and then curating a custom curriculum from the various courses. Use a combination of core management subjects from the Sloan School and foundational courses in economics, statistics, and other relevant fields to build your knowledge base. Actively engage with the material by working through problem sets, and seek out supplementary resources and academic papers to deepen your understanding. Remember, the key is not just consuming the information but using it to fuel your original research.


Please let me know if you have any further questions, and please stay check out the WUaS News and Q&As (eg the most recent ones are here - https://worlduniversityandschool.blogspot.com/2025/08/white-pine-pinus-strobus-m-081825-open.html - and - https://worlduniversityandschool.blogspot.com/2025/08/kanha-tiger-reserve-india-m-081125-open.html) as well. 

WUaS is especially interested in making our free planned online degrees from home available to people in South Africa's townships, and in all of the countries in Africa, especially in southern Africa which are some of the poorest of the ~200 in the world (as WUaS plans major online WUaS Universities in each of all 200 countries and in their main languages and from here - https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Nation_States).

All the best, kind regards, abolitionally, thanks, 
Scott GK MacLeod


PS
In response to your specific questions - 

Are all the courses offered self-paced and self learning takes place or are there online lectures?
See above re WUaS seeking to hire WUaS faculty + 

Which accreditation does the institution currently have?
MIT OCW-centric wiki World Univ & Sch is not yet accredited, even provisionally, and offers no degrees or degree programs at present

Please can I get a prospectus from you for the university courses offered. I may want to complete more than one course at a time - is this possible and permitted?
Please see above.


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Society, Information Technology, and the Global University (2025, forthcoming) 

- Scott GK MacLeod  
Founder, President, CEO & Professor
CC-4 licensed MIT OCW-centric, Wiki, 
World University & School (WUaS) 
- USPS US Post Office, General Delivery, Canyon, CA 94516 


1) non-profit 501(c)(3) Public Charity 
MIT OCW-centric, 
 World University and School - http://worlduniversityandschool.org  

2) for profit general stock company WUaS Corporation in CA - http://worlduniversityandschool.org/AcademicPress.html

(m) 412 478 0116 - sgkmacleod@gmail.com 


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On Wed, Aug 20, 2025, 10:02 Karisma Robert <karismarobert@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Scott,

Thank you for your email.  I hope you are doing well. A huge thank you connecting with me on LinkedIn!

I am currently finishing my masters in international business management. I am due to get my certificate and transcript in around 1 months time. I am looking to complete a PhD in international business management or something similar to this. 

Are all the courses offered self-paced and self learning takes places or are there online lectures?

Which accreditation does the institution currently have?

Please can I get a prospectus from you for the university courses offered. I may want to complete more than one course at a time - is this possible and permitted?

Thank you for your time!

Kind regards, 
Karisma Robert 
078 911 7123 


On Sat, 16 Aug 2025, 16:17 Scott MacLeod, <sgkmacleod@worlduniversityandschool.org> wrote:
Hi Karisma, 

Greetings from Massachusetts, USA. 

Please advise if all programs offered are 100 percent free and 100 percent online?
MIT OCW-centric wiki World Univ & Sch's programs are and will be 100% free and 100% online.

How can I register for the program?
World Univ & Sch' WUaS iis in the process of accrediting with Middle States Commission on Higher Education (with offices in the greater Philadelphia PA area - like MIT in Cambridge MA is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE), so register for degree programs at WUaS will emerge further as WUaS accredits. What degree program are you interested in? (free-to-students' Bachelor, PhD, Law, MD, IB high school / similar, AA, or Masters; degrees?)

How long does enrollment take?
What degree program are you interested in and when would you like to start? And in what subject area regarding this incredible Creative Commons' 4 MIT OCW resource - https://ocw.mit.edu/ ? 

Are there any tuition, test or certification fees?

There are no tuition, test or certification fees planned whatsoever as well.

I noticed from this LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/karisma-robert that you may be based in South Africa, and a MIT OCW-centric wiki South Africa World Univ & Sch is also planned  https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/South_Africa  (https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Nation_States). Please stay tuned for this.

I'll also add your email to the open free WUaS News and Q&A / WUaS Weekly Business Meeting meetings' emailings which meet on Mondays at 10 am Eastern Time (USA and Canada) in Zoom video conferencing if you have further questions. 

All the best, Friendly Quaker greetings, thanks,
Scott 
Scott GK MacLeod




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- Scott GK MacLeod  
Founder, President, CEO & Professor
CC-4 licensed MIT OCW-centric, Wiki, 
World University & School (WUaS) 
- USPS US Post Office, General Delivery, Canyon, CA 94516 


1) non-profit 501(c)(3) Public Charity 
MIT OCW-centric, 
 World University and School - http://worlduniversityandschool.org  

2) for profit general stock company WUaS Corporation in CA - http://worlduniversityandschool.org/AcademicPress.html

(m) 412 478 0116 - sgkmacleod@gmail.com 


World Univ & Sch Innovation Research - 

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On Sat, Aug 16, 2025, 02:14 Karisma Robert <karismarobert@gmail.com> wrote:

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From: Karisma Robert <karismarobert@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2025, 07:48
Subject: Study program enquiry
To: <Meeting@worlduniversityandschool.org>


Good morning,

I trust you are well.

Please advise if all programs offered are 100 percent free and 100 percent online?

How can I register for the program?
How long does enrollment take?
Are there any tuition, test or certification fees?

Thank you for your assistance and time.

Kind regards,
Karisma Robert 
078 911 7123 






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#WUaSunivs Asked #GeminiAI: Could you act as mentor or Prof to #WUaSPhDstudent ...?


#WUaSunivs Asked #GeminiAI: Could you act as mentor or Prof to #WUaSPhDstudent @ #MITOCW-Centric Wiki @WorldUnivAndSch using the #SloanSchoolOfManagement #MITOCW courses & as #LLM Yes: https://g.co/gemini/share/357a1ffcb73d  https://opencw.aprende.org/courses/sloan-school-of-management/ & re #GeminiAIrePhDs https://g.co/gemini/share/3e6eed66b177 ~


https://x.com/WorldUnivAndSch/status/1958289772000198704




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Hi Ma, Ed, Pin, how are you? 94 F in Elko NV and am about an 8 hour drive from Canyon 94516 ... and am tired ... WUaS just replied to an inquiry from south Africa "Karisma (https://www.linkedin.com/in/karisma-robert/), (& Ed Smyth MD, WUaS Chief Medical Officer in Berkeley, California),

Thank you for your email too, and your great interest in a PhD program or similar at MIT OCW-centric wiki World Univ & Sch / WUaS.  MIT OCW-centric wiki World Univ & Sch is not yet accredited so we are not yet accepting applications for our online-from-home free-to-students' PhD programs or similar - and in International Business Management (and here's the very early and beginning https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Business_Management wiki Subject or School at WUaS from which WUaS - accessible from https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Subjects - will build out I think a Large Language Model with AI and ML, and check out its iterating MIT OpenCourseWare courses in Business Management in the Sloan School there - https://ocw.mit.edu/). 

Here are the Creative Commons 4 licensed MIT OCW COURSES from the MIT Sloan School of Management - https://opencw.aprende.org/courses/sloan-school-of-management/ - and with video of MIT faculty themselves; WUaS is planning to hire graduate student instructors, post-docs, and faculty, with time, to teach online at MIT OCW_centric wiki World Univ & Sch, and for our PhDs too. (CC-4 MIT OCW licensing says WUaS can 1) share MIT OCW freely, 2) adapt it with AI and ML, but 3) non-commercially). As WUaS proceeds with accreditation, we may seek applications for our free-to-students' WUaS PhD programs in 2 or 3 years, and as we seek reimbursement from nation states' departments of education, so in your case from South African department of education, per student per year, along the lines of what it would cost to go to MIT in Cambridge MA itself, so ~$65,000 per year (and see https://sfs.mit.edu/undergraduate-students/the-cost-of-attendance/annual-student-budget/ - and World Univ & Sch / WUaS is completely separate from MIT, and only building from MIT OCW with its CC4 licensing.


I did ask Gemini AI 
Could you act as a mentor or Professor to a PhD student at MIT open courseware-Centric Wiki World University and school using the Sloan School of Management MIT opencourseware courses?

Gemini ai replied - 
A strong PhD journey using MIT OpenCourseWare requires a structured approach. I recommend starting by identifying a specific research question and then curating a custom curriculum from the various courses. Use a combination of core management subjects from the Sloan School and foundational courses in economics, statistics, and other relevant fields to build your knowledge base. Actively engage with the material by working through problem sets, and seek out supplementary resources and academic papers to deepen your understanding. Remember, the key is not just consuming the information but using it to fuel your original research.


Please let me know if you have any further questions, and please stay tuned and check out the WUaS News and Q&As (eg the most recent ones are here - https://worlduniversityandschool.blogspot.com/2025/08/white-pine-pinus-strobus-m-081825-open.html - and - https://worlduniversityandschool.blogspot.com/2025/08/kanha-tiger-reserve-india-m-081125-open.html) as well. 

WUaS is especially interested in making our free planned online degrees from home available to people in South Africa's townships, and in all of the countries in Africa, especially in southern Africa which are some of the poorest of the ~200 in the world (as WUaS plans major online WUaS Universities in each of all 200 countries and in their main languages and from here - https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Nation_States).

All the best, kind regards, abolitionally, thanks, 
Scott GK MacLeod



PS
In response to your specific questions - 

Are all the courses offered self-paced and self learning takes place or are there online lectures?
See above re WUaS seeking to hire WUaS faculty + 

Which accreditation does the institution currently have?
MIT OCW-centric wiki World Univ & Sch is not yet accredited, even provisionally, and offers no degrees or degree programs at present

Please can I get a prospectus from you for the university courses offered. I may want to complete more than one course at a time - is this possible and permitted?
Please see above." 

HOW TO BEGIN a Large Language Model with AI and ML to act as a professor Initially for someone who wants to do a WUaS Intl Business Management PhD based on the Sloan School of Management's MIT OCW - https://opencw.aprende.org/courses/sloan-school-of-management/ ? Great Gemini reply -https://g.co/gemini/share/357a1ffcb73d    Thoughts? Ed, Free WUaS Medical Schools in South Africa, in South African black townships in the back of Toyota Ambulance vans with Toyota Humanoid Robot MD Profs of Surgery even? Hogs, Scott 


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Building a specialized large language model (LLM) to act as a professor for a specific PhD program is a complex but achievable project. It involves several key steps, from data collection to model training and deployment. Since the initial browsing attempt for the provided URL did not yield a list of courses, I will proceed with a general framework based on the search results.

Here is a step-by-step guide on how to begin this project:


Step 1: Data Curation

The foundation of a good domain-specific LLM is a high-quality, specialized dataset. You will need to gather a vast amount of text related to the "WUaS Intl Business Management PhD" and the "Sloan School of Management's MIT OCW."

 * Gather Course Materials: Although the direct browsing of the provided URL was not successful in listing the courses, you would need to manually collect or find the syllabi, lecture notes, academic papers, and case studies for the relevant MIT OCW courses.

 * Source Additional Data: Supplement the course materials with other relevant academic texts, research papers, textbooks, and business journals in the fields of international business, management, and finance.
 * Format the Data: The data should be organized and cleaned. This may involve converting PDFs to text, removing extraneous information, and structuring the data in a way that is easy for a model to process.


Step 2: Model Selection and Fine-Tuning

Training a large language model from scratch requires immense computational resources and time. A more practical and efficient approach is to fine-tune an existing, pre-trained model.
 * Choose a Base Model: Select a powerful open-source or commercial pre-trained LLM (e.g., Llama, Mistral, or a model accessible via an API). Look for a model that has a strong general language understanding.
 * Fine-Tuning: Use the curated academic dataset from Step 1 to fine-tune the selected base model. This process involves further training the model on your specific corpus, allowing it to adapt its knowledge, tone, and understanding to the language and concepts of international business management. This helps the model to retain its general language capabilities while specializing in the new domain.


Step 3: Prompt Engineering and RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation)
To make the LLM behave like a "professor," you need to go beyond simple fine-tuning.
 * Prompt Engineering: Design system prompts that define the model's persona. For example, you can instruct the model to "Act as a knowledgeable PhD professor in International Business Management, specializing in the MIT Sloan curriculum. Use a formal yet encouraging tone, provide detailed explanations, and ask probing questions to check for understanding."
 * Implement RAG: This is a crucial step for ensuring accuracy and reducing "hallucinations" (the model generating incorrect or fabricated information). RAG works by allowing the LLM to access an external knowledge base—your curated dataset of course materials—and retrieve relevant information before generating a response. This means the model won't just rely on its trained knowledge but will also pull from the exact source materials you provided, ensuring it is grounded in the correct information.


Step 4: Interface and Deployment
Once the model is ready, you need a way for students to interact with it.
 * Build a User Interface (UI): This could be a simple chatbot interface where a student can type questions and receive responses.
 * Integrate the Model: Connect your fine-tuned model and RAG system to the UI via an API. This allows the front-end to communicate with the back-end LLM.
 * Test and Iterate: Release the tool to a small group for testing. Gather feedback on its accuracy, tone, and effectiveness. Use this feedback to further refine the model's prompts and training data.

Following these steps will provide a solid foundation for creating an AI-powered professor that is specialized, accurate, and helpful for a PhD program in international business.




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Society, Information Technology, and the Global University (2025, forthcoming) 

- Scott GK MacLeod  
Founder, President, CEO & Professor
CC-4 licensed MIT OCW-centric, Wiki, 
World University & School (WUaS) 
- USPS US Post Office, General Delivery, Canyon, CA 94516 


1) non-profit 501(c)(3) Public Charity 
MIT OCW-centric, 
 World University and School - http://worlduniversityandschool.org  

2) for profit general stock company WUaS Corporation in CA - http://worlduniversityandschool.org/AcademicPress.html

(m) 412 478 0116 - sgkmacleod@gmail.com 







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