| Week | Date | Topics | Notes | Assignments | Quizzes |
| 1 | Mar 27 | Overview of course
Mechanics of course GOFAI |
Notes1a |
Purchase Reader | Quiz0 |
| 1 | Mar 29 | Game Playing Programs
Game Tree search Minimax strategy Gomoku Checkers Backgammon Chess |
Notes1b |
Start Readings 1 & 2
Note on Reading 1 Note on Reading 2 |
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| 2 | Apr 3 | Discussion of Reading 1 Turing Test for chess? Natural Language Understanding T.T. page AltaVista SysTrans |
Notes2a |
Reading 1: Quiz & Question | Quiz1 Q1 Answers |
| 2 | Apr 5 | Discussion of Reading 2
Loebner Prize Alice |
Notes2b |
Reading 2: Quiz & Question
Reading 1: Reaction due |
Quiz2 Q2 Answers |
| 3 | Apr 10 | Discussion of Reading 3 Deep Blue Block's HTML (revisited) Symbolic AI Excerpts from 2001: A Space Odyssey |
Notes3a |
Reading 3: Quiz & Question
Reading 2: Reaction due |
Quiz3 Q3 Answers |
| 3 | Apr 12 | Discussion of Reading 4 More Excerpts from 2001: A Space Odyssey Learning: the very possibility Cyc & Lenat Critical review of Cyc |
Notes3b |
Reading 4: Quiz & Question
Reading 3: Reaction due |
Quiz4 Q4 Answers |
| 4 | Apr 17 | Discussion of Reading 5 (Churchlands) Learning Neural Networks (NNs) Clustering Handwriting applet NNs: toy example NETTALK |
Notes4a |
Reading 5: Quiz & Question
Reading 4: Reaction due |
Quiz5 Q5 Answers |
| 4 | Apr 19 | Discussion of Reading 6 (Levy) genetic-programming.org Learning Blackjack GenBebop Genetic Art |
Notes4b |
Reading 6: Quiz & Question
Reading 5: Reaction due |
Quiz6 Q6 Answers |
| 5 | Apr 24 | Discussion of Reading 7 (Mitchell) Data Mining Bongard Problems Knowledge Discovery Scientific Discovery Graffiti |
Notes5a | Reading 7: Quiz & Question
Reading 6: Reaction due |
Quiz7 Q7 Answers |
| 5 | Apr 26 | Discussion of Reading 8 (Brooks) Leggo Mindstorms Tilden's Insectoids |
Notes5b |
Reading 8: Quiz & Question
Note on Reading 8 Reading 7: Reaction due |
Quiz8 Q8 Answers |
| 6 | May 1 | Discussion of Reading 9 (Moravec) Cool Robot of the Week Braitenberg Vehicles |
Notes6a |
Reading 9: Quiz & Question Note on Reading 9 Reading 8: Reaction due Paper topic due |
Quiz9 Q9 Answers |
| 6 | May 3 | Discussion of Reading 10 (Sipper) Artificial Life A-Life and Computer Viruses Cellular Automata Conway's Life Floys Genesis Karl Sims' Creatures Readings Evaluation Course Evaluation |
Notes6b |
Reading 10: Quiz & Question
Reading 9: Reaction due Paper: Instructions |
Quiz10 Q10 Answers |
| Exam Period | May 11 |
Reading 10: Reaction due
Paper due |