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Course Outline
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
7 Hours
Testimonials (3)
It felt like we were going through directly relevant information at a good pace (i.e. no filler material)
Maggie Webb - Department of Jobs, Regions, and Precincts
Course - Introduction to the use of neural networks
The interactive part, tailored to our specific needs.
Thomas Stocker
Course - Introduction to the use of neural networks
Ann created a great environment to ask questions and learn. We had a lot of fun and also learned a lot at the same time.