Assignment 0: Introductions

Due: Friday, Sept. 1

1. Register on the following sites
   • Discussion forum

   Please use your Net ID as your login, but do not use your actual Net ID password for the bulletin board. Instead please create a new password for this site. By using your Net ID as your login, you will help us to more quickly get more information if we need it to answer your question.

2. Make a post with your Mind and Computers autobiography in the Introductions forum.

   Your autobiography should attempt to answer the following questions:

   • Why did you choose Exploring the Mind?
   • When did you first start using a computer?
   • What kinds of computers have you used?
   • What robots have you used, if any?
   • How do you see yourself using computers in the future (> 10 yrs.)?
   • What is your favorite movie involving robots or AI, and why?

3. Reading
   • (I.1) Achieving Intelligence, Chapter 6 from Computer Science: Reflections, National Academy of Sciences, 2004.
   • (I.2) John R. Searle, Minds, brains, and programs. J. Haugeland (ed). Mind Design II, MIT Press: Cambridge, MA, 1997.
   • (I.3) Stuart J. Russell, "Rationality and Intelligence," Artificial Intelligence, 94, 1997.

4. Answer the following question oand submit on Blackboard, Your response should be 350-500 words.

   Define Artificial Intelligence. Do you think there will be intelligent machines by 2050?