[ExI] ai class at stanford

[Alejandro Dubrovsky]

Btw, the more mathematically-inclined among you might enjoy the related
subject being offered better: http://ml-class.org/

On 08/20/11 13:14, spike wrote:
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> [mailto:extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org] *On Behalf Of *G. Livick
> *Sent:* Friday, August 19, 2011 7:52 PM
> *To:* ExI chat list; L. Stephen Coles, M.D., Ph.D.
> *Subject:* Re: [ExI] ai class at stanford
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>>…I suspect I already know all there is to know on this subject, but I'll
> log in just to see if anything has changed since my last major
> breakthrough :-).  It will be interesting to observe if this class takes
> us outside the world of sensor fusion and fuzzy algorithms.  Maybe a new
> feature will be introduced, something like human-like_abstraction.h.
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>>…Thanks for the referral, Spike!
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> Actually the AI is only part of what I find interesting.  If
> universities start doing this, it shatters the entire traditional
> paradigm of learning that is thousands of years old.  This goes beyond
> the Learning Company products, which are quite good, but those are just
> traditional lectures someone recorded and offered for sale.  This is
> good, but the Stanford AI class goes beyond it.  They offer evaluation
> of quizzes and tests, some limited interaction of sorts, a means to
> track your progress.  The instructors are world class.  So now it makes
> it clear that if you pay the substantial fee to enroll at Stanford, all
> you are actually buying are the credentials.  The actual knowledge is
> being given away free, but you pay dearly if you want an actual piece of
> paper that says you know the material.  Fascinating.
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