Spring 2024 Computer Science 458. 4/3/2024

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Logical Problem of the day

The average gait of a pedestrian in a given city can predict which of the following urban statistics: the number of libraries, the length of electrical conduit, or the number of patents filed in that city.

https://pollev.com/slade You may also download the app to your phone. Use the "slade" poll id.

Spurious correlations

Canvas Quiz of the Day (need daily password)

Most days, there will be a simple canvas quiz related to the lecture. You need a password to activate the quiz, which I will provide in class. These quizzes will count toward your class participation grade. The quiz is available only during class.

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Administrivia

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    Assignments

    Assignments. The project and hw3 are also available. Note: do not use machine learning for hw3.

    Luciano Floridi podcast with Peter Salovey

    April 3, 2024 podcast

    Monday's Guest lecture: Richard Apostolik, Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP), Monday April 1st

    Presentation slides.

    Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP)

    Chatham House Rule

    Pig Butchering Scam - since 2020.

    Qualitative Arithmetic

    See QualitativeArithmetic.html May be used for hw3.

    For each of the following, do you want the quantity to be high, low, or in a range?

    Emotions

    See Emotions.html

    Note: I do not include any code examples. I actually like writing code. However, were I to give you examples, (as I do in Goals.html below), I fear that I might stifle your creativity. You all know how to write computer programs. I do not want to prejudice your thoughts. I am confident that you can figure this stuff out and come out with interesting data structures and algorithms. If your code is especially clever or interesting, I may include it in future editions of this course - with attribution of course.

  • Winograd SHRDLU

  • Goals.html

    Goal-based Systems

    See GBDMgoals.html Chapter 3: Goals.

    The Realm of Decisions

    For the next class and the coming weeks: Give an example of an explanation you thought interesting because it was especially good or bad. It can be personal or from the news. Use the Discussions section of canvas (not Ed Discussion). You earn a quiz point by posting to Discussions.
  • What is a correct decision? See A Realistic Model of Rationality. This short paper provides a high-level introduction to the topics we will discuss in this course: goals, plans, resources, relationships, goal adoption, explanations, subjective decisions, emotions, advice, and persuasion. We contrast it with the standard economic decision theory. We want to develop a theory that can be implemented in a computer program.

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