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Table of Contents
T-719-NXAI-2025
Study Plan
READ THIS! : Each day follows a structured plan, starting at 10 am (except for the first day - see below table) and proceeding for two hours (with one or two breaks), consisting of a mixture of teacher lectures and Q&A. After lunch students spend 1.5 hours reading two (and sometimes three) papers back-to-back, to prepare for the following discussion session. Discussion sessions are typically one hour long and are based primarily on student questions, often follwing a Q-and-A format. As the course progresses, material from prior sessions will be unified with new content – following the program is essential to not fall behind and be able to follow the discussions in full.
Links to Thórisson's Lecture Notes
---------- WEEK 1 ----------
W1 Day 1 (Apr.28)
- 9:00-10:40: GENERAL INTELLIGENCE
- Key concepts: Goals, Behaviors, Cognition, Perception, Classification
- 13:00-14:30: Read assigned papers
- 14:30-15:30: Discussion
W1 Day 2 (Apr.29)
- 10:00-11:40: EMPIRICAL REASONING
- Key concepts: Reasoning, Causality, Non-Axiomatic Logic, Defeasibility
- 13:00-14:30: Read papers
- 14:30-15:30: Discussion
W1 Day 3 (Apr.30)
- 10:00-11:40: CUMULATIVE LEARNING
- Key concepts: Reinforcement learning, learning by observation, cumulative learning
- 13:00-14:30: Read assigned papers
- 14:30-15:30: Discussion
W1 Day 4 (May 2)
- 10:00-11:40: AUTONOMY
- Key concepts: Autonomy, Control, Reflection, Generality
- 13:00-14:30: Read assigned papers
- 14:30-15:30: Discussion
---------- WEEK 2 ----------
W2 Day 1 (May 5)
- D5 10-12: TYING IT ALL TOGETHER
- Key concepts: Everything from this week
- 13:00-14:30: Read assigned papers
- 14:30-15:30: Discussion
W2 Day 2 (May 6)
- 10:00-11:40: SYMBOLS, MODELS, CAUSALITY
- Key concepts: Cognitive Processes, Symbols vs. Concepts, Cumulative Modeling
- 13:00-14:30: Read assigned papers
- 14:30-15:30: Discussion
W2 Day 3 (May 7)
- 10:00-11:40: MEANING & UNDERSTANDING
- Key concepts: Meaning, Situatedness, Grounding, Explanation, Understanding
- 13:00-14:30: Read assigned papers
- 14:30-15:30: Discussion
W2 Day 4 (May 8)
- 10:00-11:40: ARCHITECTURES
- Key concepts: Cognitive Architecture, Control, Classification, Generality
- 13:00-14:30: Read assigned papers
- 14:30-15:30: Discussion
W2 Day 5 (May 9)
- 10:00-11:40: TYING IT ALL TOGETHER
- Key concepts: Everything from this week
- 13:00-14:30: Read assigned papers
- 14:30-15:30: Discussion
---------- WEEK 3 ----------
W3 Day 1 (May 12)
- 10:00-11:40: tbd
- Key concepts: tbd
- 13:00-14:30: Read assigned papers
- 14:30-15:30: Discussion
W3 Day 2(May 13)
- 10:00-11:40: tbd
- Key concepts: tbd
- 13:00-15:30: Work on projects
W3 Day 3 (May 14)
- 10:00-11:40: tbd
- Key concepts: tbd
- 13:00-15:30: Work on projects
W3 Day 4 (May 15)
- 10:00-11:40: tbd
- Key concepts:
- 13:00-15:30: Presentation of projects
W3 Day 5 (May 16)
- 10:00-11:40: TYING IT ALL TOGETHER
- Key concepts: Preparations for Final Exam
- 13:00-14:30: Discussion
- 14:30: Sessions end
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