06-12-2012, 03:45 PM
Introduction to AI & Search Methods (and Aministrivia)
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What is AI: Some Quick Answers
From Academia: AI is…
…modeling aspects of human cognition by computer
…the study of ill-formed problems
…"nothing more" than advanced algorithms research
…cool stuff! Machine learning, data mining, speech, language, vision, web agents…and you can actually get paid a lot for having fun!
…what other CS folks don’t yet know how to do, and we AIers aren’t always too sure either
Operationally Speaking, AI is:
Applied Cognitive Science
Computational models of human reasoning
Problem solving
Scientific thinking
Models of non-introspective mental processes
Language comprehension, language learning
Human memory organization (STM, LTM)
Machine Learning
Learning as the hallmark of intelligence…but it is already practical in multiple applications
E.g.: D-trees, rule-induction, reinforcement, NNets
Discredited in 1960s Vibrant core 90’s & 00’s
Applications: data & text mining, speech, robotics
Most active research area in AI many lectures