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Fundamentals

  • Can computers think?
  • Imperative versus declarative approaches to problem-solving
  • The origins and purpose of artificial intelligence
  • Definitions of artificial intelligence, the Turing test, and other key criteria
  • The evolution of intelligent systems
  • Major achievements and future directions in development

Neural Networks

  • Fundamentals
  • The concept of neurons and neural networks
  • A simplified model of the brain
  • Neuron capabilities
  • The XOR problem and the nature of value distribution
  • The polymorphic nature of sigmoidal functions
  • Other activation functions
  • Architecture of neural networks
  • The concept of neuron connections
  • Neural networks as nodes
  • Building a network
  • Neurons
  • Layers
  • Weights
  • Input and output data
  • Value range from 0 to 1
  • Normalization
  • Training Neural Networks
  • Backpropagation
  • Propagation steps
  • Network training algorithms
  • Application ranges
  • Evaluation
  • Challenges in approximation capabilities
  • Examples
  • XOR problem
  • Lotteries?
  • Stocks
  • OCR and image pattern recognition
  • Other applications
  • Implementing a neural network to predict stock prices

Contemporary Issues

  • Combinatorial explosion and gaming challenges
  • The Turing test revisited
  • Overconfidence in computer capabilities
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