[lug] AI classes in Second Life

[Davide Del Vento]

Second life? Wasn't the thing discontined? Did ever work on Linux?

On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 22:45, Walter Pienciak
<wpiencia at thunderdome.ieee.org> wrote:
> 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:
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> 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
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> 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:
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>> ---------------------------
>> 3 Free Stanford Courses
>> ---------------------------
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Also looks interesting for the AI-curious among us.
>>
>> Thanks -- talk to you soon.
>>
>> --jay
>>
>>
>>
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