CSSE 313: Day 1

Outline

• Definition of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• A concern with Natural Intelligence
• An example of Machine Intelligence
• Class exercise on intelligence and where to find it.
  • Lowest life form you consider intelligent and why
• Areas of AI
• Introduction to the course and syllabus.

Resources

• News and information about AI:
  • https://www.technologyreview.com/
  • https://www.nytimes.com/column/hard-fork
  • https://news.mit.edu/topic/artificial-intelligence2
  • https://www.artificialintelligence-news.com/
  • https://aitopics.org/search
• The largest professional organization about AI: AAAI
• Problem solving bunny rabbit
• The mysteries of plant intelligence

Assignments

• Day 3, BC: Summarize sections 1-5 from A.M. Turing's article on Computing Machinery and Intelligence. When it comes to the length, 250 - 300 words seems to work well for the purposes of our class. We will discuss this article in class. Please submit your summary to the appropriate drop-box on Moodle. Please ensure your name appears near the top of the document and please submit a pdf copy of your report.
• Day 4, BC: Sudoku Assignment