AI 101

AI 101 “Understanding AI”

A non-technical survey semester over:
- Some trends in AI use
- Some historical conversations around AI
- Some technical background in implementing minimal AI
Taught this year via Google Colab.
- It’s fast (it’s not)
- It’s free (to us for now)
- It’s fun (trust me)

TTh 0940-1110

Prof. Calvin

Syllabus

Syllabus link

Calendar

Week	Date (T)	Lecture (T)	Lab (Th)
0x0	08/35	Ada & Alan	Turing’s Test
0x1	09/01	Python	Colab
0x2	09/08	(Un)supervision	Dichotomy, Solution
0x3	09/15	Regression	\(n\)D
0x4	09/22	Classification	Tree tree
0x5	09/29	Graphs	Sudoku
0x6	10/06	Guest	Thinking Game
0x7	10/13	Neural	Weights
0x8	10/20	Perceptron	Multi-class
0x9	10/27	Matrix	Learning
0bX	11/03	`None`	Falsify
0xA	11/10	XOR	Compression
0xB	11/17	Markov	Sonnet
0xC	11/24	Prompts	`None`
0xD	12/01	Cloud	Perspectives

*The final is described here and is due Monday, December 7th at 11:00 a.m..

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# AI 101 "Understanding AI"

- A non-technical survey semester over:
    - Some trends in AI use
    - Some historical conversations around AI
    - Some technical background in implementing minimal AI
- Taught this year via Google Colab.
    - It's fast (it's not)
    - It's free (to us for now)
    - It's fun (trust me)

### TTh 0940-1110

### [Prof. Calvin](mailto:ckdeutschbein@willamette.edu)

### Syllabus

- [Syllabus link](syllabus/syllabus.pdf)

# Calendar

|Week|Date (T)|Lecture (T)|Lab (Th)|
|:--:|:---|:----|:-------|
|0x0|08/35|[Ada & Alan](00_turing.md)|[Turing's Test](01_test.md)|
|0x1|09/01|[Python](10_python.qmd)|[Colab](11_colab.md)|
|0x2|09/08|[(Un)supervision](20_supervise.qmd)|[Dichotomy](21_key.qmd), [Solution](https://github.com/cd-public/ai101/blob/main/sols/key_key.ipynb)|
|0x3|09/15|[Regression](30_regress.qmd)|[$n$D](31_nd.qmd)|
|0x4|09/22|[Classification](40_class.qmd)|[Tree tree](41_treetree.qmd)|
|0x5|09/29|[Graphs](50_graph.qmd)|[Sudoku](51_sudoku.qmd)|
|0x6|10/06|[Guest](6__guest.md)|[Thinking Game](6_1_doc.qmd)|<!--Perceptron|Dice|-->
|0x7|10/13|[Neural](60_neural.qmd)|[Weights](61_weights.qmd)|
|0x8|10/20|[Perceptron](70_perceptron.qmd)|[Multi-class](71_multi.qmd)|
|0x9|10/27|[Matrix](80_matrix.qmd)|[Learning](90_learning.qmd)| <!-- compression or prey -->
|0bX|11/03|[`None`](https://events.willamette.edu/e/7358)|[Falsify](91_false.qmd)|
|0xA|11/10|[XOR](A0_xor.qmd)|[Compression](A1_compress.qmd)| <!-- XOR -->
|0xB|11/17|[Markov](B0_markov.qmd)|[Sonnet](C1_sonnet.qmd)| 
|0xC|11/24|[Prompts](C0_prompt.qmd)|[`None`](https://events.willamette.edu/e/7373)|| 
|0xD|12/01|[Cloud](D0_cloud.qmd)|[Perspectives](D1_perspect.qmd)|

*The final is described [here](Z_final.qmd) and is due [Monday, December 7th at 11:00 a.m.](https://my.willamette.edu/site/registrar/info/mywu-summative-evaluations).