Administration, exploring various definitions of AI

CSI4106 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

Prepare

• Consult the syllabus.
• Watch Super Intelligence from The Future with Hannah Fry aired September 12th, 2024.

Participate

• These are the slides (PDF) for this week

Deepening

• The first 18 minutes of this 47-minute video provide a historical overview of artificial intelligence.
• To fully understand the evolution of artificial intelligence (AI), it is important to look into its history, especially at a time when we are reaching a peak of speculative optimism. Indeed, it is often claimed that the advent of general artificial intelligence (AGI) is near. This video will reveal that such predictions have been regularly made since the 1950s.

Melanie Mitchell is an influential voice in the current debates on artificial intelligence, particularly concerning the evaluation of software systems. For those interested in the nature of intelligence, I highly recommend her podcast series, which consists of six episodes, each lasting between 35 and 50 minutes.

• Santa Fe Institute, Complexity Podcast, The Nature of Intelligence