[GLLUG] Stanford -- Intro to AI course -- available free online

[Jennifer Crampton]

In case you didn't see, registration for the class is now open:

https://www.ai-class.com/registration/

On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 1:03 AM, Richard Houser <rick at divinesymphony.net> wrote:
> I probably won't be available for a regular local study group, but we'll
> see.  I live outside of town and my schedule isn't exactly regular.  I may
> be able to do something ad-hoc once or twice, though.
>
> On Aug 11, 2011 7:19 PM, "Jennifer Crampton" <crampton.jennifer at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> I'm strongly thinking of signing up. Maybe we could have a local study
>> group, too?
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 7:18 PM, Bryan Laur <bjlaur at mtu.edu> wrote:
>>> Thanks. This is interesting.
>>>
>>> Although I've already taken an AI course, I've signed up just to see how
>>> well this works.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 8/11/2011 6:01 PM, Frank Dolinar wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi, everyone,
>>>> FYI, this came down the wire last night.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>    Stanford 'Intro To AI' Course Offered Free Online
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  <http://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/08/04/1646210/Stanford-Intro-To-AI-Course-Offered-Free-Online>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Posted by Unknown Lamer <http://unknownlamer.org/> on Thursday August
>>>> 04, @01:20PM
>>>> from the i'm-afraid-i-can't-let-you-do-that dept.
>>>> An anonymous reader writes /"IEEE Spectrum reports that Stanford's CS221
>>>> course 'Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
>>>> <http://www.ai-class.com/>' will be offered online for free. Anyone can
>>>> sign up and take the course
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> <http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/artificial-intelligence/you-you-can-take-stanfords-intro-to-ai-course-next-quarter-for-free>,
>>>> along with several hundred Stanford undergrads. The instructors are
>>>> Sebastian Thrun <http://robots.stanford.edu/>, known for his
>>>> self-driving cars
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> <https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/04/02/1529237/Googles-Driverless-Car-and-the-Logic-of-Safety>,
>>>> and Peter Norvig <http://norvig.com/>, director of research at Google.
>>>> Online students will actually have to do all the same work as the
>>>> Stanford students. There will be at least 10 hours per week of studying,
>>>> along with weekly graded homework assignments and midterm and final
>>>> exams. The instructors, who will be available to answer questions, will
>>>> issue a certificate for those who complete the course, along with a
>>>> final grade that can be compared to the grades of the Stanford students.
>>>> The course, which will last 10 weeks, starts on October 2nd, and online
>>>> enrollment is now open."/ When asked how they would deal with ten
>>>> thousand students, Professor Thrun replied: /"We will use something akin
>>>> to Google Moderator <http://www.google.com/moderator/> to make sure
>>>> Peter and I answer the most pressing questions. Our hypothesis is that
>>>> even in a class of 10,000, there will only be a fixed number of really
>>>> interesting questions (like 15 per week). There exist tools to find
>>>> them."/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> *---------------------------------------------*
>>>> * Frank Dolinarfrank.dolinar at comcast.net  *
>>>> * PO Box 886                     517.351.1899 *
>>>> * East Lansing, MI 48826                      *
>>>> *---------------------------------------------*
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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