Introduction

20 January Introduction

Course Website

27 January History, Hype & Reality

Solving the Riddle of AI AI for Dummies Markoff, Preface & ch. 4 Machine Learning

Lecture Slides Lecture Slides

3 February AI & Communication

Computing Machinery & Intelligence AI & Communication The Chinese Room

Lecture Slides Presentation

10 February Algorithms

Algorithms Are Taking Over How Algorithms Shape Our World A World Run on Algorithms? *Algorithm Exercise

Lecture Slides Presentation

AI & Communication Applications

17 February Machine Translation

Weaver Memo Hacking Cyberspace ch. 4 Inside Google Translate

Lecture Slides Presentation Presentation

24 February Natural Language Processing (NLP)

Contextual Understanding by Computers RadioLab-Talking to Machines Socialbot Turing Test

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2 March Building Chatterbots

PandoraBot QuickStart PandoraBot Tutorial *Chatterbot Exercise

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9 March Siri & NLP

Markoff ch. 8 Siri-ously? Free Speech Rights & AI Adavnces in NLP

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16 March Spring Break

No Class Meeting

23 March Social Robots

Humans, Animals & Robots Jibo - Promotional Video Cynthia Breazeal - TED Talk

Lecture Slides Presentation

Social Opportunities & Challenges

30 March Machine Ethics

Morals and the Machine Machine Question, ch. 1

Lecture Slides Presentation

6 April Machine Ethics

Markoff, ch. 2 Ethics of Self-Driving Cars Implementing Moral Decision Making

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13 April Robot Rights

Machine Question, ch. 2 When Will We Worry About Robots?

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20 April Technological Unemployment

Markoff, ch. 3 How Robots are Taking Over Are Droids Taking Our Jobs? Will Your Job Be Done by a Machine?

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Course Conclusion

27 April Robot Apocalypse

How To Survive the Robot Apocalypse Course Evaluation Final Exam Study Guide

Lecture Slides

4 May Conference

Study for Final No Class Meeting

11 May Final Examination