2016 Nov 10
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Lecture 09 (b)
Part III B
Dynamical Systems (contd)
Nov 10, 2016
1. Last time (Nov 3), we got only up through slide #6 of the slides for lecture 08(b).
2. Today, therefore, we are going to continue with those lecture 08
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Fall 2016
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Syllabus
Through human history, people have
used machine metaphors to understand
the mind: clockworks in the 17th century, hydraulic and electro-magnetic
PHL342 Minds & Machines
2016 Nov 3
Lecture 08 (b)
Part III B
Dynamical Systems (contd)
Nov 3, 2016
(III Alternatives) Dynamical Systems
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Lecture 08 (b)
Van Gelders comparison of computational and dynamical sy
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2016 Oct 18
Lecture 06 (a)
John Searle and the
The Chinese Room
John Searle (then)
John Searle (now)
Oct 18, 2016
(II Classical Model) Chinese Room
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Lecture 06 (a)
Plot
1. Tuesday (to
2016 Nov 1
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Lecture 08 (a)
Conclusion:
III A Connectionism & Neural Networks
(Brain-Style Computing)
Introduction:
III B Dynamical Systems
Nov 1, 2016
1. Last Thursday (Lecture 07b) we introduced our rst alternative model of the min
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Lecture 05 (b)
Alan Turing and the Turing Test
Oct 13, 2016
19121954
(II Classical Model) Turing Test
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Lecture 05 (b)
The History of Computing
Turing published two papers
2016 Nov 15
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Lecture 10 (a)
Part III C
Embodied Robotics
Nov 15, 2016
Complete
Part III
(III Alternatives) Embodied Robotics
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GOFAI robotics (1960s and 1970s)
1. Used pl
2016 Oct 20
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Lecture 06 (b)
Critiques of (and morals from) GOFAI
Oct 20, 2016
Next week we will start Part III of the course: on alternative architectures!
(II Classical Model)
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Lectur
Before the connectionist model of memory, other models have been considered.
Two of them are notably popular: the Atkinson-Shiffrin model and the Tulving model.
Atkinson and Shiffrin propose that memory is a multi-store model divided into three
stages. In
