1. Insight needed by AI-students Arnoud Visser
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Insight needed by AI-students
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2. Rational Foundations of Artificial Intelligence
Philosophy (428 B.C. – present)
Mathematics (800 A.C. – present)
Psychology (1879 A.C. – present)
Computer Science (1940 A.C. – present)
Linguistics (1957 A.C. – present)
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3. Computer Science Provided to AI: Programmable machine (the artifact)
Operating systems
Programming languages
Analytical tools
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4. Computer Science Gained from AI: Time sharing Interactive interpreters
Linked list
Object Oriented programming
Graphical user interfaces
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5. Strong relationship Control Processors tend to be 10 years behind
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6. Strong relationship OS-features are 15 years behind Arnoud Visser
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7. Grounded in the real world
Intelligent Systems
Grounded in the real world
e.g. Palm Pilot Robot Kit from CMU
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8. Ubiquitous Systems
Systems interacting in an environment tend to have limited resources
Hardware
Software
e.g. BodyHopper project (3th year AI)
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9. Problems encountered in BodyHopper project
Port Forth compiler to PalmOS - jumps over 32K-code segments
Infrared communication - low level interrupt handling
Hop procedure - load both program and stack
Further timing problems with debug-statements
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10. Power Programmers You have to know what is inside Arnoud Visser
Main
memory
I/O
bridge
Bus interface
ALU
Register file
CPU
System bus
Memory bus
Disk
controller
Graphics
adapter
USB
Mouse
Keyboard
Display
I/O bus
Expansion slots for
other devices such
as network adapters
hello executable
stored on disk PC
You have to know what is inside
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11. Studio Class Room College Assignments Exercises Arnoud Visser
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12. Assignment 1
What is currently the robot with the most computing power?
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