A printout of your course journal is due today.
 

• For the first half of today's class, I will explain the basic logic of Ben's Webmind program, which is modeled on the complexity of the human brain.  I have posted a brief summary on this site, taken from the Intelligenesis web site.  This tells you what Webmind is supposed to do.  Understanding HOW it will do it is more difficult.  There are technical documents on the WEB site, for any of you who want a more technical explanation.  I have also posted some excerpts from Chapter Six of our Webmind manuscript.  I've also added some explanatory comments, because this material is fairly difficult.  This most imporant thing in these excerpts is the list of "Lessons for AI" at the end.  I've also posted my lecture notes on the chapter, which may be helpful.
• We will then discuss next week's reading on Language and Thought, since we will not have class next week.

• After the break, we will have a presentation by Michael Redmond of the Computer Science department on his research using Artificial Intelligence in the Criminal Justice field.  He has given us a paper titled Can Information Technology Enable Police Departments to Think Strategically?

Read the  excerpts from Chapter Six from Webmind. and the articles posted on the Times Tech page.

Write some ideas in your Course Journal about the possible application of Artificial Intelligence in the future.  What contribution might AI make to your own field of specialization?  What is being done now?  For leads, check the Yahoo AI page or other search engines.