The following is my best guess as to the schedule for class this spring.
| Class Sessions | Topic | Reading | Assignments | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thurs. Jan. 15 | Introduction, overview, focal areas | Kurzweil, ch.1-2, Moravec, ch.3 | ||
| Tues. Jan. 20 | History of AI, goals, methods, Turing Test, projections |
Saygin & al., Turing Test: 50 years later Kurzweil, ch.4-5 | Essay 1, due Feb.3, 5pm: Is a machine that passes the TT intelligent? | |
| Thurs. Jan. 22 | Turing's rejoinders to nay-sayers; TT reexamined | Brockman, The Next 50 Years: J. Holland, R. Brooks, & R. Schank | ||
| Tues. Jan. 27 | Turing's rejoinders, cont'd. | Kurzweil, ch.8-9, L. Smolin (in Brockman) | ||
| Thurs. Jan. 29 | Class squibs: Kurzweil, Ch. 4,5,8 | Doyle, Strategic directions ..., Minsky, Will robots inherit ..., Humphrys, The future of AI | ||
| Tues. Feb. 3 | Class squibs: Kurzweil, Ch.9, Saygin et al., Holland (in Brockman) | Williams, Arguing AI | Essay 1 due | |
| Thurs. Feb. 5 | Saygin et al., cont'd: Is the TT too easy? | J. Lanier (in Brockman), Doyle & Dean, Strategic..., Moravec ch. 4, Kurzweil ch.10-11 | Essay 2, due Feb.19, 5pm: What can we learn from history & the AI "prophets" about research strategy, to optimize AI progress? | |
| Tues. Feb. 10 | Saygin et al., cont'd: Is the TT too hard? Is it a distraction? | Moravec ch. 5; Kurzweil, ch. 6-7; McDermott, ch. 1 | ||
| Thurs. Feb. 12 | Essay discussion; Humphrys; | Finalize project teams | ||
| Tues. Feb. 17 | Minsky's views Arguing AI: panel | |||
| Thurs. Feb. 19 | Kurzweil, Moravec on 2005-2040; Doyle & Dean's plan | Read rest of McDer- mott by March 4 | Essay 2 due | |
| Tues. Feb. 24 | Progr. reports 1: Some major refs, task division | Prog. report: 1p + refs; Essay 3, due Mar.17, 5pm: Consciousness: A review of McDermott | ||
| Thurs. Feb. 26 | Intro to consciousness, the "hard problem" | |||
| Tues. Mar. 2 | Self-awareness: the "easy" problem | |||
| Thurs. Mar. 4 | Progr. reports 2: Task updates, progress to date, plan for demo | |||
| Mar. 8-12 | Spring Break | (no class) | ||
| Tues. Mar. 16 | Self-awareness (cont'd) | Begin reading Rees | Essay 3 due tomorrow, Mar. 17, 5pm | |
| Thurs. Mar. 18 | Self-awareness (concluded) | Finish Rees before end of March | Essay 4, due Apr.7, 5pm: Review of Rees, & relevance to AI | |
| Tues. Mar. 23 | Challenges on the way to Turing's dream | |||
| Thurs. Mar. 25 | Progr. reports 3: progress to date, plan for demo | |||
| Tues. Mar. 30 | Challenges on the way to Turing's dream (cont'd) | |||
| Thurs. Apr. 1 | Mining general knowledge from text | |||
| Tues. Apr. 6 | Progr. reports 4: progress to date, plan for demo | Essay 4 due tomorrow, Apr. 7, 5pm | ||
| Thurs. Apr. 8 | Uncertain inference: Beyond Bayes nets | |||
| Tues. Apr. 13 | Uncertain inference: Beyond Bayes nets | final project reports due | ||
| Thurs. Apr. 15 | 2 project present- ations | |||
| Tues. Apr. 20 | 2 project present- ations | |||
| Thurs. Apr. 22 | 2 project present- ations | |||
| Tues. Apr. 27 | project quiz? project votes, SCOQs, ... | |||