Artificial Intelligence

Tom Kelliher, CS 102

Mar. 23, 1998

Announcements: Think about group project ideas.

From last time:

1. Image manipulation: security issues with digital images.

2. Publishing.

Outline:

1. Fears.

2. Definitions.

3. Example programs.

4. Video: The Machine that Changed the World.

Assignment: Personal home page project.

Fears

1. Computers seen as giant brains.

2. Automation in the workplace. Advantage or disadvantage?

3. Terminator movies.

Definitions

1. What is intelligence?

2. Can we establish a test for it? The Turing test.

3. Where does it reside?

4. Can it be mechanized?

5. The notion of ``strong A.I.''

Example Programs

1. See http://phoenix.goucher.edu/~kelliher/infotech/#AI

2. ELIZA demonstration.

Video