[lug] AI classes in Second Life

[Walter Pienciak]

>From a colleague; thought there might be interest among those on
this list.

Walter

On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 04:41:53PM -0400, j.iorio at ieee.org wrote:
> Hi everybody,
> 
> I wanted to pass along some interesting information sent to me by David 
> Fliesen, one of our active participants on IEEE Island in Second Life and 
> an expert in artificial intelligence:
> 
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> The IEEE will start teaching classes on the art of Artificial Intelligence 
> (AI) beginning in September.  Our first class will be "AI 101" and will 
> cover the following:
> 
> * History of Artificial Intelligence
> * A.L.I.C.E. and Pandorabots
> * Scripting a Pandorabot in Second Life
> * AI Cross Talk
> * Resources for additional learning
> 
> Joey Aboma will start teaching these "30-min or less" classes on weekends 
> beginning on September 3.  Please contact him if you have ideas for 
> additional classes or would like to help teach others about the wonders of 
> AI.
> 
> Classes will be taught at Artificial Intelligence Learning Center(AILC) on 
> the sims of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics  Engineers (IEEE). 
>  Here is the SLURL and LM for the classes: 
> http://slurl.com/secondlife/IEEE%202/56/161/27
> 
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> 
> As you can see, these classes will be held on IEEE Island.
> 
> Hope to see you there!  These classes represent an excellent use of 
> virtual environments -- exactly what we'd like to encourage.  Please feel 
> free to spread the word -- it would be great to have a big crowd, and 
> given the presenter, I guarantee you'll find it worthwhile.
> 
> In addition, I received this info:
> 
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> 3 Free Stanford Courses
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> 
> In a bold experiment in distributed education, Stanford University is 
> offering 3 free online courses:
> 
> * Intro to Artificial Intelligence: http://www.ai-class.com
> * Intro to Machine Learning: http://www.ml-class.com
> * Intro to Databases: http://www.db-class.com
> 
> Over 125,000 people already signed up for the 10-week AI course.
> 
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> 
> Also looks interesting for the AI-curious among us.
> 
> Thanks -- talk to you soon.
> 
> --jay
> 
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