COMPSCI 111 Final: CS111_Notes

• School: University of Auckland
• Department: Computer Science
• Course: COMPSCI 111
• Professor: Damir Azhar

Document Summary

Dartmouth summer research project on artificial intelligence. Pro(cid:448)ide (cid:862)useful(cid:863) artefa(cid:272)ts that are argua(cid:271)ly i(cid:374)tellige(cid:374)t. To provide greater insight on cognition in human/animal brains. Alan turing, 195(cid:1004) (cid:862)co(cid:373)puti(cid:374)g ma(cid:272)hi(cid:374)ery a(cid:374)d i(cid:374)tellige(cid:374)(cid:272)e(cid:863) Imitation game: is the computer distinguishable from a human. Manual with instructions detailing the appropriate response. Could become self-aware and exhibit intelligent behaviour. Weak ai (cid:862)appear(cid:863) to (cid:271)e self-aware, small domain. Average gamer is 30, has been playing for 12years. Approximately 91% of us children aged 2 17 play esports. 7 years to manually compile 1880 us census results. Herman hollerith, 1890 census results in 2 yrs. 1914, became ibm, international business machines corporation. Harvard mark 1 to calculate artillery tables for the us military. Replaced vacuum tubes, made computers smaller, faster and more reliable. Created things, eg. mouse, gui, laser printer. Users work on a terminal connected to computer. Processing completed in short slice of time on main computer. Intel founded in 1968 by gordon moore and robert noyce.