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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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* Use 6.034-staff@mit to contact us.
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* [[Calendar]]
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===Logistical stuff:===
* [[Frequently Asked Questions | Frequently asked questions]]
* [[Frequently Asked Questions | Frequently asked questions]]
* [[Grading and collaboration policy]]
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* [[Demonstrations]]
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* [[Staff | Staff names and email addresses]]
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* [[Recitations | Recitations]]
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* [[Office Hours | Office Hours]]
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* [[6.S077_with_Professor_Berwick | 6.S077 with Bob Berwick]]
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* [[6.S966:_A_Graduate_Section_for_6.034 | 6.S966 with Gerald Sussman]]
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* [[Reference material and playlist | What material will be on the quiz?]]
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* [[Calendar]]
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* [[Reference material and playlist]]
* [[Labs]] (also known as "problem sets")
* [[Labs]] (also known as "problem sets")
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* [[Tutorials]]: no rooms yet, preliminary assignments available.
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* [http://piazza.com/mit/fall2017/6034 Piazza]
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* Recitations are as scheduled and assigned by the registrar: Thursday recitations in 24-407 and Friday recitations in 26-210.
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* [[Demonstrations]]
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* [http://web.mit.edu/dxh/www/ Dylan's AI Demonstrations]
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* [http://courses.csail.mit.edu/6.034f/Examinations/ Quiz archive]
* [http://courses.csail.mit.edu/6.034f/Examinations/ Quiz archive]
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* [[Staff]]
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Note that the current staff mailing list is '''6.034-2017-staff@'''.
== News ==
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=== September 11th ===
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===September 2017===
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====Sunday, September 10: Recitations are now assigned====
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Recitations have been assigned! To view or change your recitation, please visit the [https://ai6034.mit.edu:444/recitation/ 6.034 Recitation Self-Service page]. Recitations begin on Monday 9/11 (tomorrow) and Tuesday 9/12. We'll see you there!
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====Wednesday, September 6: Recitation Sign-Up====
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Recitations will start next Monday 9/11 and Tuesday 9/12. Please fill out the [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfVVrHiB9gj2EATvaYFx4HBH0X6gTRjoO1wn3uditphv8tdBQ/viewform recitation request form] by 5pm today to indicate your recitation preferences. Recitation assignments will be sent out by Sunday afternoon.
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Our email list is incomplete and does not include, for example, late-registering students, so if
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If you are not yet registered for the class, please fill out the recitation request form anyway, and register for 6.034 as soon as possible.
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you have not received email from us, please email the [[Staff]] and be sure
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to monitor our web page for announcements during the coming week.
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Professor Teller's subject, 6.142, has moved to an 11am start time to
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===Summer 2017===
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accommodate students who want to take both 6.142 and 6.034.
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We will have either tutorials or open office hours on Monday,
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====Special 2017 opportunity for extra units====
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depending on whether the registrar can get rooms for us by then.
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The locations will be announced during lecture. 
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Preliminary tutorial assignments are now available: [[Tutorials]]
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The notes from today are available: [http://web.mit.edu/6.034/www/Mr1-basics.py] [http://web.mit.edu/6.034/www/Mr1-points.py] [http://web.mit.edu/6.034/www/Mr1-gotchas.py]
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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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=== September 10th ===
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To avoid conflicts with other classes, Professor Berwick will offer the once-a-week extra session twice:
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Lab 0 is now available.
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3-4 on Wednesdays 36-153
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Please '''do''' bring a laptop to the mega-recitation tomorrow, if you have one.
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2-3 on Fridays. 36-155
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Download Python '''2.6''' from [http://www.python.org/download python.org] -- do not download 3.1, as it will be incompatible with some of the software we hand out.  This download also includes the IDLE program, which we will demonstrate tomorrow.
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You can attend either of the two sessions.
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=== September 9th ===
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If you are interested, sign up for 6.S077 in addition to 6.034.
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[http://doodle.com/tptv9y2bu8qxt6hi Give us your tutorial availability] please.
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====Special 2017 opportunity for graduate credit====
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There will be no regular recitations this week. There is a mega-recitation, however.
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The 2017 edition of 6.034 will offer an optional, experimental, graduate-credit version, for graduate students only, by Professor Gerald J. Sussman. Students involved will do all 6.034 classes, homework, and quizzes plus an extra class with Professor Sussman and extra work. [[Media:6.S966-prospectus.pdf| You can read the prospectus here.]]
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The slides (missing from lecture today) are now [http://ai6034.mit.edu/fall09/images/6.034-lecture-1.pdf available].
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The class, 6.S966, will meet on Fridays, 11am-12noon, in 34-303.
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If you are interested, register for 6.S966. '''When registering, you must explicitly register for 12 units'''; the registration software will try to default to 1 unit.
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==== Mega-recitations ====
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==== 6.034 Lab 0 Released ====
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Mega-recitations occur on Fridays at 10 AM in 10-250, the same time slot that is occupied by lectures on Mondays and Wednesdays.
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The first mega-recitation, on Friday, September 11th, will be a refresher on the Python programming language.
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Many students interested in taking 6.034 for credit wonder if their Python skills are adequate for the 6.034 laboratory assignments, especially those who have not taken 6.0001 or equivalent. The answer is to be found in Lab 0, which in past years we have released at the beginning of the semester.
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==== Times and places of recitations and tutorials ====
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You can look over Lab 0 now, before the semester begins, so that you can determine if you should review Python for a day or two before the semester begins.  You can find Lab 0 [[Lab 0 | here]].  
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Please fill out the [http://doodle.com/tptv9y2bu8qxt6hi Tutorial scheduling form].  You will learn which tutorial you are in by email.
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Unexpectedly, the registrar supplied us with recitation time slots we can live with, so attend at the time and place you were assigned.
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If you have any questions, email the 6.034 staff at 6.034-2017-staff@.  
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====About 6.034, Fall 2017 Edition====
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Wednesday.  On many, but not all Fridays, you will learn about what is happening in the
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field right now from someone who is doing work right now in an area related to the
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Monday and Wednesday lectures.
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==== Python ====
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Examinations will cover material from the traditional lectures as well as the right-now
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The official language of 6.034 is Python for a variety of reasons having little to do with the strengths and weaknesses of the language.  We expect a focused 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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if you do not attend the right-now lectures because the material is not yet in textbooks
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or, in many cases, published papers.
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Alternatively, you can follow one of the suggestions of Rob Speer, head 6.034 TA in 2008:
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Recitations (previously known as "tutorials") will meet weekly on Monday and Tuesday.  On
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the first day of class, you will fill out a form that will enable us to assign you to a
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recitation.
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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 20:03, 10 September 2017

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Contents

Welcome to the 2017 Edition of 6.034

Logistical stuff:

Reference stuff:

Note that the current staff mailing list is 6.034-2017-staff@.

News

September 2017

Sunday, September 10: Recitations are now assigned

Recitations have been assigned! To view or change your recitation, please visit the 6.034 Recitation Self-Service page. Recitations begin on Monday 9/11 (tomorrow) and Tuesday 9/12. We'll see you there!

Wednesday, September 6: Recitation Sign-Up

Recitations will start next Monday 9/11 and Tuesday 9/12. Please fill out the recitation request form by 5pm today to indicate your recitation preferences. Recitation assignments will be sent out by Sunday afternoon.

If you are not yet registered for the class, please fill out the recitation request form anyway, and register for 6.034 as soon as possible.

Summer 2017

Special 2017 opportunity for extra units

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.

To avoid conflicts with other classes, Professor Berwick will offer the once-a-week extra session twice:

3-4 on Wednesdays 36-153

2-3 on Fridays. 36-155

You can attend either of the two sessions.

If you are interested, sign up for 6.S077 in addition to 6.034.

Special 2017 opportunity for graduate credit

The 2017 edition of 6.034 will offer an optional, experimental, graduate-credit version, for graduate students only, by Professor Gerald J. Sussman. Students involved will do all 6.034 classes, homework, and quizzes plus an extra class with Professor Sussman and extra work. You can read the prospectus here.

The class, 6.S966, will meet on Fridays, 11am-12noon, in 34-303.

If you are interested, register for 6.S966. When registering, you must explicitly register for 12 units; the registration software will try to default to 1 unit.

6.034 Lab 0 Released

Many students interested in taking 6.034 for credit wonder if their Python skills are adequate for the 6.034 laboratory assignments, especially those who have not taken 6.0001 or equivalent. The answer is to be found in Lab 0, which in past years we have released at the beginning of the semester.

You can look over Lab 0 now, before the semester begins, so that you can determine if you should review Python for a day or two before the semester begins. You can find Lab 0 here.

If you have any questions, email the 6.034 staff at 6.034-2017-staff@.

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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