INTELLIGENT MACHINES/HUMAN BEINGS

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Machines are getting smarter and smarter with rapid development of computers. This course reviews the endeavors of human beings in developing smart machines, and the achievements in machine intelligence and their impacts on our life. This course introduces the areas of artificial intelligence and discusses how a machine thinks. This course looks at the future of intelligent machines and their influence on us. Examples of topics to be discussed are: How are our daily life and society influenced by the intelligent machines currently? How does a machine think? How smart can a machine be? What if machines are smarter than us? Is a spiritual machine possible?