Thursday 4/19

NFAI I: Connectionism, Genetic Algorithms, Artificial Life, and Situated Robotics

Readings

Texts

• Jay Rosenberg, "Connectionism and Cognition" (pdf)
• Jerry Fodor and Zenon Pylyshyn, "Connectionism and Cognitive Architecture: A Critical Analysis" (pdf)
• Rodney Brooks, "Intelligence Without Representation" (pdf)
• Christopher Langton, "Artificial Life" (pdf)

Videos

• Robot Evolution
• Atlas Speaks
• UBot-5 at LPR
• JPL Spirit and Opportunity Navigation
• Conway's Game of Life
• The Uncanny Valley
• Our Robotic Future

Lecture Quiz Questions

Note that the questions below refer to our readings and discussion from Tuesday, 4/12.

• What is Locke's the Prince and the Cobbler Thought Experiment, and what does it show?
• Why did we reject Locke's Memory View?
• What are the brain fission/fusion thought experiments, and what do they show?
• Why is the Teletransporter Thought Experiment so problematic for personal identity?