This calendar provides the topics covered for each class session, with links to corresponding assignments for that day.
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Wednesday |
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Winston reflects on the first 50 years (PDF) |
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Monday |
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Turing suggests test for success (PDF) |
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Wednesday |
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Minsky lays out steps toward creating AI (PDF) |
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Tuesday |
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Ullman explains streams and counter streams (PDF) |
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Wednesday |
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Brooks denies value of representations (PDF) |
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Monday |
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Feldman and Ballard argue for connectionism (PDF) |
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Wednesday |
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Marr speaks to what constitutes good work (PDF) |
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Monday |
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Minsky predicts important role for perception (PDF) |
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Wednesday |
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Ullman confronts top-down-bottom-up issue (PDF) |
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Monday |
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Rao offers explanation for acquisition of visual routines (PDF) |
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Wednesday |
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Kirby offers insight into emergence of syntax (PDF) |
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Monday |
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Borchardt focues on transitions (PDF) |
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Wednesday |
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Jackendoff grounds out in the world (PDF) |
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Monday |
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Yip and Sussman use sparse spaces to model learning of phonological rules (PDF) |
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Wednesday |
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Lenat builds machine accessible encyclopedia (PDF) |
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Monday |
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Spelke determines what infants find surprising (PDF) |
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Wednesday |
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Borchardt tells all (PDF) |
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Wednesday |
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Vaina and Greenblatt attack trees
Sutherland calls for courage (PDF) |
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Monday |
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Geiger argues that dyslexics see too much
Bizzi explains what the frog's brain tells the frog's leg (PDF) |
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Wednesday |
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Spelke demonstrates role of language in reorientation
Wilson demonstrates possible role for sleep (PDF) |
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Monday |
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Sur rewires brains (PDF) |
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Wednesday |
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Guest: Jerome Lettvin
Also, Lettvin explains what the frog's eye tells the frog's brain (PDF) |
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Monday |
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Yuret lays a foundation for language semantics (PDF) |
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Wednesday |
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Gentner recalls the importance of analogy (PDF) |
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Monday |
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Assignment (PDF) / End game |
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Wednesday |
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Assignment, Part I (PDF) Assignment, Part II (PDF) / End game |
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Makeup assignment I (PDF) |
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Makeup assignment II (PDF) |
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