Computer Science 151
Artificial Intelligence
Spring 2014

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Let me know if you come across any AI-related news or have recommendations for good science fiction authors, interesting websites, or relevant videos!

AI in the news

[5/5/14] Stephen Hawking: 'Transcendence looks at the implications of artificial intelligence -- but are we taking AI seriously enough?'
[3/18/14] Robot writes LA Times earthquake breaking news article
[2/3/14] Attempting to Code the Human Brain
[2/1/14] Don't be evil, genius
[1/31/14] This is what a computer sees when it watches The Matrix
[1/13/14] Google hopes to own the future
[10/2/13] AI News in the New York Times
[9/24/13] Machine language: how Siri found its voice

Really good science fiction

Isaac Asimov - Robbie, Reason, Runaround, The Fun They Had, Profession, The Feeling of Power, Franchise
Vernor Vinge - Rainbow's End, A Deepness in the Sky, A Fire upon the Deep
William Gibson - Neuromancer
Philip K. Dick - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Books on "machine learning"

Big Data by Mayer-Schonberger et al.
Predictive Analytics by Siegel et al.
The signal and the Noise by Silver

Websites

Collaborative AI Timeline of the Future
Crowdsourcing with Amazon Mechanical Turk

Click here for a history of the term "mechanical turk"
Search Google scholar for "crowdsourcing and machine learning"

Compete in Machine Learning competitions

Videos