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| ====Preamble==== | ====What this Course Is / Is not ==== |
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| | Intelligence | This course is about phenomenon we refer to as "intelligence". A number of features of natural intelligence remain unexplained. | | | Intelligence | This course is about phenomenon we refer to as "intelligence". A number of features of natural intelligence remain unexplained. | |
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| ====Overview==== | ====Course Overview==== |
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| | Lectures | Every week involves lectures. Listening is good. Listening and asking questions is better. Reading the assignments, listening, and asking questions is best. | | | Lectures | Every week involves lectures. Listening is good. Listening and asking questions is better. Reading the assignments, listening, and asking questions is best. | |
| | Programming Project | To give you a bit more in-depth experience in programming AGI systems. | | | Programming Project | To give you a bit more in-depth experience in programming AGI systems. | |
| | Final Exam | To try to gauge how much of the material you //actually understand// -- how much of it you have //"ingested"//. | | | Final Exam | To try to gauge how much of the material you //actually understand// -- how much of it you have //"ingested"//. | |
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| | ====Basic Concepts==== |
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| | | Intelligence | Intelligence is a natural phenomenon. | |
| | | Natural Intelligence | Many animals are considered "intelligent". | |
| | | Artificial Intelligence | Systems created by us to display (some or all) features deemed 'intelligent' when encountered in nature. Many definitions, see e.g.: . | |
| | | Definitions | We must be careful when it comes to definitions -- for any complex system there is a world of difference between decent definitions and good, accurate and appropriate definitions. | |
| | | Aaron Sloman | "Some readers may hope for definitions of terms like information processing, mental process, consciousness, emotion, love. However, each of these denotes a large and ill-defined collection of capabilities or features. There is no definite collection of nec- essary or sufficient conditions (nor any disjunction of conjunctions) that can be used to define such terms." (From [[http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/research/projects/cogaff/Sloman.kd.pdf|Architectural Requirements for Human-like Agents Both Natural and Artificial]] by A. Sloman) | |
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| | Reasoning | The application of logical rules to knowledge. | | | Reasoning | The application of logical rules to knowledge. | |
| | Learning | Acquisition of knowledge that enables more successful completion of tasks. | | | Learning | Acquisition of knowledge that enables more successful completion of tasks. | |
| | | Autonomy | The ability to do tasks without interference / help from others. | |
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| ====History==== | ====History==== |
| | AI | In 1956 there was a workshop at Dartmouth College in the US where many of the field's founding fathers agreed on the term to user for their field, and outlined various topics to be studied within the field. | | | AI | In 1956 there was a workshop at Dartmouth College in the US where many of the field's founding fathers agreed on the term to user for their field, and outlined various topics to be studied within the field. | |
| ====Some Pressing Questions==== | ====Some Pressing Questions==== |
| | Isn't AI almost solved? | Short answer: No! If it's almost solved it's been almost solved for 60 years. | | | Isn't AI almost solved? | Short answer: No! If it's almost solved it's been almost solved for 60 years. | |
| | Should we fear AI? | Short answer: No! Long answer: The threat lies with humans, not with machines -- human abuse of knowledge goes back to the stone age. | | | Should we fear AI? | Short answer: No! The threat lies with humans, not with machines -- human abuse of knowledge goes back to the stone age. | |
| | Is the Singularity near? | Short answer: Who knows? | | | Is the Singularity near? | Short answer: Who knows? By the time the course is finished you will be in a good position to make up your own minds about this. | |
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| ====Concepts==== | |
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| | Intelligence | Intelligence is a natural phenomenon. | | |
| | Natural Intelligence | Many animals are considered "intelligent". | | |
| | Artificial Intelligence | Systems created by us to display (some or all) features deemed 'intelligent' when encountered in nature. Many definitions, see e.g.: . | | |
| | Definitions | We must be careful when it comes to definitions -- for any complex system there is a world of difference between decent definitions and good, accurate and appropriate definitions. | | |
| | Aaron Sloman | "Some readers may hope for definitions of terms like information processing, mental process, consciousness, emotion, love. However, each of these denotes a large and ill-defined collection of capabilities or features. There is no definite collection of nec- essary or sufficient conditions (nor any disjunction of conjunctions) that can be used to define such terms." (From [[http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/research/projects/cogaff/Sloman.kd.pdf|Architectural Requirements for Human-like Agents Both Natural and Artificial]] by A. Sloman) | | |
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