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This is the site for 6.034 Artificial Intelligence, with Professor Patrick Winston.
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== '''Welcome to the 2017 Edition of 6.034'''==
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* [[Frequently Asked Questions | Frequently asked questions]]
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* [[Grading and collaboration policy]]
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== News ==
== News ==
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=== Wednesday, October 15 ===
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===Summer 2017===
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The final examination is scheduled for 9-12, Monday, December 15, duPont.
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=== Friday, October 10 ===
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[[Lab 3]] is finally out. It will be due on Friday, October 17.
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You can see a modern demonstration of the use of constraints in drawings via the Demonstrations link.  You can see the original
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[http://courses.csail.mit.edu/6.034f/movies/waltz_high.avi Waltz program] in action as well, in a video that is much deteriorated, having started out on 16mm film, then becoming VCR, and finally an avi file with some sort of standard video encoding.
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=== Sunday, September 28 ===
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We forgot to specify a due date for [[Lab 2]] so far. It will be due on Friday, October 3.
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Quiz one is graded.  You can get it back from your recitation instructor on Thursday or Friday, or failing that, from your TA Monday and Tuesday, or failing that, from Professor Winston, 32-251, catch as catch can.  Answers will be discussed in recitation.  Breakpoints follow:
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Per grading policy, your quiz one grade will be compared with Part 1 of the final, and you will get the higher grade.  See [[Grading and collaboration policy]] for details.
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Students in Monday tutorials this week should attend a Tuesday tutorial of their choice.
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Due to problems with the tester, we've extended the due date of [[Lab 1]] until Friday, September 19.
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[[Lab 1]] is released.
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Tutorials have been assigned. Recitations haven't yet. You should have received your section number by e-mail. Times and places are on the [[Tutorials]] page.
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If you didn't fill out a tutorial sheet, just go to a section that you can make it to, and ask the TA when you get there.
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The 2017 edition of 6.034 will offer an optional 3-unit add-on set of lectures given by Professor Robert C. Berwick. This addition will supplement the main lectures and recitations because it will focus on the science side of 6.034, addressing long-standing scientific questions and biological intelligence, rather than existing tools for building applications.  Evolution and  human language will be emphasized.
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Day and times taught will be posted here as soon as known.
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The notes from the mega-recitation [[Python for Schemers]] are up.
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Mechanism for expressing interest will be posted here as soon as known.
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We were unclear about the time of mega-recitations. Mega-recitations occur on Fridays at 11 AM, the same time slot that is occupied by lectures on Mondays and Wednesdays.
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The first mega-recitation, on Friday, September 5, will teach "Python for Schemers".
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====About 6.034, Fall 2017 Edition====
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In the fall semester of 2017, 6.034 will meet Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 10 to 11
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If you have not yet filled out recitation and tutorial scheduling forms, please pick up spare copies and leave them at 32-251 as soon as possibleYou will learn which tutorial and recitation you are in by email.
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in 10-250Most, but not all of Professor Winston's lectures will be on Monday and
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In the fall of 2008, the official language of 6.034 will be Python for a variety of reasons having little to do with the strengths and weaknesses of the language.    Relative to past years, homework will ramp up somewhat more gently to give Scheme speakers an opportunity to adapt.  We expect a weekend with any of the many Python books would be adequate preparation.  See, for example, the [http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/books/285856/ref=pd_zg_hrsr_b_1_5_last Amazon list].
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lectures. It will be extremely difficult to field questions on the right-now material
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* [http://diveintopython.org Dive into Python] is a well-recommended book that is available online. It's written for experienced programmers who just don't know Python yet. It's meant to quickly take what you already know about other languages and explain how Python does them.
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6.034 is no longer offered in the spring term.
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* At the other end of the spectrum, the text that was used in 6.00 has been expanded into one called ''Think Python''. It's [http://www.greenteapress.com/thinkpython/ online]. It is targeted at people who have not programmed much or at all.
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More details will emerge during the first lecture.
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* In the middle is the O'Reilly book ''Learning Python''. MIT has a subscription to O'Reilly, so anyone with an MIT IP address can read the book [http://proquest.safaribooksonline.com/9780596513986/ online].
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'''We are pleased to note''' that Bloomberg has listed 6.034 as among [http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/2500  "Five of the Best Computer Science Classes in the U.S."]
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What they meant to say is that 6.034 has had outstanding TAs.

Revision as of 14:43, 17 June 2017

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Contents

Welcome to the 2017 Edition of 6.034

Logistical stuff:

Reference stuff:

News

Summer 2017

Special 2017 opportunity

The 2017 edition of 6.034 will offer an optional 3-unit add-on set of lectures given by Professor Robert C. Berwick. This addition will supplement the main lectures and recitations because it will focus on the science side of 6.034, addressing long-standing scientific questions and biological intelligence, rather than existing tools for building applications. Evolution and human language will be emphasized.

Day and times taught will be posted here as soon as known.

Mechanism for expressing interest will be posted here as soon as known.

About 6.034, Fall 2017 Edition

In the fall semester of 2017, 6.034 will meet Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 10 to 11 in 10-250. Most, but not all of Professor Winston's lectures will be on Monday and Wednesday. On many, but not all Fridays, you will learn about what is happening in the field right now from someone who is doing work right now in an area related to the Monday and Wednesday lectures.

Examinations will cover material from the traditional lectures as well as the right-now lectures. It will be extremely difficult to field questions on the right-now material if you do not attend the right-now lectures because the material is not yet in textbooks or, in many cases, published papers.

Recitations (previously known as "tutorials") will meet weekly on Monday and Tuesday. On the first day of class, you will fill out a form that will enable us to assign you to a recitation.

6.034 is no longer offered in the spring term.

More details will emerge during the first lecture.

We are pleased to note that Bloomberg has listed 6.034 as among "Five of the Best Computer Science Classes in the U.S." What they meant to say is that 6.034 has had outstanding TAs.

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