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| ====Course Overview==== | ====Course Overview==== |
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| | Organization | The bulk of the course is built up of 5 topics, each covering 2 weeks. The general organization of these is such: \\ - The first week involves overview of course organization, assignments and other related things. \\ - The second week involves online discussion and Q&A related to assignments. | | | Organization | The bulk of the course is built up of 5 "sprints" on 5 key topics, each covering 2 weeks. The general organization of these is such: \\ - The first week involves presentation of the sprint's topic(s), assignments, and other related things. \\ - The second week involves online discussion and Q&A related to assignments. | |
| | Software Assignments | To enable you to get insight into some of the core principles of intelligence. | | | Software Assignments | To enable you to get insight into some of the core principles of intelligence. | |
| | Short Essay | To allow you to delve into a topic of particular interest to you. | | | Short Essay | To allow you to delve into a topic of particular interest to you. | |
| | Final Project | Gives you a bit more in-depth experience in thinking about next-stage advanced AI systems. | | | Final Project | Gives you a bit more in-depth experience in thinking about next-stage advanced AI 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"//. | |
| | How to get the most out of the course | Read the assigned reading material! \\ Do the assignments! \\ Think about the content! \\ Ask questions! | | | How to get the most out of the course | Read the assigned reading material and watch the videos ! \\ Do the assignments ! \\ Think about the content ! \\ Ask questions ! | |
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| ====What this Course Is / Is not ==== | ====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 a phenomenon we often refer to as "intelligence".** \\ A number of features of natural intelligence remain unexplained. Like the focus of any good scientist should reflect, it is the unexplained and ill-understood aspects of this phenomenon is our key focus. | |
| | GMI / AGI | A number of terms have been used to refer to the various aspects that people study wrt intelligence. We use the terms "general machine intelligence" (GMI) and "artificial general intelligence" in (AGI) their most general sense (no pun intended), to refer to the various aspects of intelligence that allow an agent to deal with variety, incompleteness, and incremental information gathering. | | | \\ GMI / AGI | A number of terms have been used to refer to the various aspects that people study wrt intelligence. We use the terms "general machine intelligence" (GMI) and "artificial general intelligence" in (AGI) their most general sense (no pun intended), to refer to the various aspects of intelligence that allow an agent to deal with variety, incompleteness, and incremental information gathering. | |
| | Advanced topics | The main focus of course is //not// the latest and greatest methods to come out of the field called "AI". \\ However, we will make some references to such methods along the way, and you may even learn something about them. But that is not what is meant by "advanced". | | | \\ Advanced topics | The main focus of course is //not// the latest and greatest methods to come out of the field called "AI". \\ However, we will make some references to such methods along the way, and you may even learn something about them. But that is not what is meant by "advanced". | |
| | Then what does "advanced" refer to here? | \\ It refers to advancement toward a deeper understanding of the phenomenon of intelligence. | | | Then what does "advanced" refer to here? | \\ It refers to advancement toward a deeper understanding of the phenomenon of intelligence. | |
| | History | The phenomenon of intelligence has been studied for ages. Some of the early notable contributions were the Greek philosophers' musings on reasoning and logic. This is not a history course, but we must make some references to the history of philosophy, AI, cybernetics and computer science along the way. | | | \\ History | The phenomenon of intelligence has been studied for ages. Some of the early notable contributions were the Greek philosophers' musings on reasoning and logic. This is not a history course, but we must make some references to the history of philosophy, AI, cybernetics and computer science along the way. | |
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| 2020(c)K.R.Thórisson \\ | 2022(c)K.R.Thórisson \\ |
