CSC421 Intro to AI - Unit 07 -
Adversarial Search
Chess is the Drosophila of artificial intelligence. However, computer
chess has developed much as genetics might have if the geneticists had
concentrated their efforts starting in 1910 on breeding racing
Drosophila. We would have some science, but mainly we would have very
fast fruit flies.
John McCarthy
Unit 07: Slides
Workplan
- Read AIMA Chapter sections 6.1, 6.2, 6.3
- Read AIMA Chapter sections 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6
- Do or at least think about exercises 6.1, 6.2
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Thinking about graduate school
- Read AIMA Chapter 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6
- Do or at least think about exercises 6.1, 6.2, 6.4
EXTRAS
Suggested book:
Darwin's Dangerous Idea
Daniel Dennett
Even though not directly connected to AI a great book exploring
the philosophical implications of evolution and how it relates
to the meanings of life.
AI movie:
The Stepford Wives (1975)
(2004)
Androids used are "perfect" wives.
Music played before lecture:
Rumba Guajira - Chucho Valdes (Solo live in New York)