Calendar

Warning I would highly suggest not waiting until the last minute for the readings. Some readings can be dense and they are the type that you benefit from thinking about a bit. You will also be expected to discuss these readings and any lack of discussion in group/class settings will be reflected within your grade.

13-Jan

Introduction to course & Prof. Dancy & AI dev overview

15-Jan

Artifacts and politics & Python

Reading for discussion - Do artifacts have politics?

Python practice #1 assignment assigned - Due 21-Jan, 9am

22-Jan

Design of artifacts (Asynchronous)

Reading for discussion - Sciences of the Artificial, Introduction by John Laird AND Sciences of the Artificial, Chapter 1

27-Jan

Design of Artifacts and a Critical Lens on Design

Readings for discussion - Sciences of the Artificial, Chapter 5 AND Discriminatory design, liberatory imagination (Intro to Capitvating Technology) Design your own AI Assignment assigned - Due 30-Jan, 9am

29-Jan

Complexity

Reading for discussion - Sciences of the Artificial, Chapter 8 & Hierarchy and History in Simon’s “Architecture of Complexity” (Agre)

(Be prepared for a possible) Quiz

03-Feb

A note on Intelligence

Reading for discussion - The problem with intelligence (Cave)

Warning I would highly suggest not waiting until the last minute for the readings. Some readings can be dense and they are the type that you benefit from thinking about a bit. You will also be expected to discuss these readings and any lack of discussion in group/class settings will be reflected within your grade.

05-Feb

Memory and cognitive architectures

Reading: How can the Human Mind Occur in the Physical Universe - Chapter 1 & Memory systems of the brain

Optional: HM video, Newell, 1973, Newell, 1992 (Section by Newell & not peer Commentary; Pages 425-437)

(Be prepared for a possible) Quiz

10-Feb

Deeper into an existing cognitive architecture

Reading: How can the Human Mind Occur in the Physical Universe - Chapter 2 & Introduction to ACT-R (Introduction to [including] Procedural Memory System)

Optional Reading: Why robot brains need symbols

Cognitive Systems Assignment 1 assigned

12-Feb [CLASS CANCELED, MOVED TO NEXT DAY]

ACT-R FAQ & Assignment workday

(Be prepared for a possible) Quiz

17-Feb

ACT-R FAQ & Assignment workday

19-Feb

The common model & ACT-R

Reading Standard Model of the Mind & Intro to ACT-R (Declarative Memory system to end)

Optional Reading: How can the Human Mind Occur in the Physical Universe: Chapter 3

(Be prepared for a possible) Quiz

24-Feb

Distributed representation for cognitive systems

Reading: Holographic memory (Focus on sections 1-6 & 9-End) :

26-Feb

Cognitive Science and social science

Reading: Mind-Society: From Brains to Social Sciences and Professions - Chapter 1

Cognitive Systems Assignment 2 assigned

(Be prepared for a possible) Quiz

Warning I would highly suggest not waiting until the last minute for the readings. Some readings can be dense and they are the type that you benefit from thinking about a bit. You will also be expected to discuss these readings and any lack of discussion in group/class settings will be reflected within your grade.

03-Mar

Sylvia Wynter & the Human Pt 1

Reading for discussion: The Human (Global Social Theory), On Being Human as Praxis (Chapter 2), Intro and “Toward the Counterauthority…” section - Pages 1-10 (9-18)

05-Mar

Project day

(Be prepared for a possible) Quiz

17-Mar

Sylvia Wynter & the Human Pt 2

Reading for discussion: On Being Human as Praxis (Chapter 2), “Genre- Specific Narratives…” section - Pages 17-25 (25-33)

19-Mar

AI & Blackness/Whiteness

Reading for discussion: AI & Blackness & The whiteness of AI

(Be prepared for a possible) Quiz

Warning I would highly suggest not waiting until the last minute for the readings. Some readings can be dense and they are the type that you benefit from thinking about a bit. You will also be expected to discuss these readings and any lack of discussion in group/class settings will be reflected within your grade.

24-Mar

Introduction to Neural Networks

Reading: Nielsen Chapter 1

(Focus on following sections: Perceptrons, Sigmoid Neurons)

26-Mar

More Neural Networks

Reading: Nielsen Chapter 2

(Be prepared for a possible) Quiz

31-Mar

(Fully connected) NNs explanations and practice

Optional reading: Nielsen Chapter 6

Neural Network assignment 1 assigned

02-Apr

Group Project Updates

(Be prepared for a possible) Quiz

07-Apr

Transformers 1 (Guest lecture from TA)

Attention and Transformers (11.1-11.4)

(Be prepared for a possible) Quiz

09-Apr

Transformers 2 (Guest lecture from TA)

Attention and Transformers (11.5-11.7)

Neural Network assignment 2 assigned

14-Apr

Large language models for cognitive architectures

On Integrating Generative Models into Cognitive Architectures for Improved Computational Sociocultural Representations

Warning I would highly suggest not waiting until the last minute for the readings. Some readings can be dense and they are the type that you benefit from thinking about a bit. You will also be expected to discuss these readings and any lack of discussion in group/class settings will be reflected within your grade.

16-Apr

Reproducing the world with AI (AI Week Poster Session in place of lecture!)

Reading for discussion: Stochastic Parrots

Optional Reading: Semantics derived automatically from language corpora contain human-like biases

(Be prepared for a possible) Quiz

21-Apr

Some Methods for more ethical AI

Reading for discussion: Datasheets for Datasets, Model Cards

Other readings that could be useful (for your own work)

AI in Context

The forgotten margins of AI Ethics

23-Apr

Final project presentations

(Be prepared for a possible) Quiz

28-Apr

Final project presentations

30-Apr

Final project presentations

LAST DAY OF CLASS!