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Course Outline
The Basics
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Can computers think?
- Imperative and declarative approaches to problem-solving
- The purpose of the advent of artificial intelligence
- The definition of artificial intelligence, the Turing test, and other criteria
- The evolution of intelligent systems
- Key achievements and development directions
Neural Networks
- The Basics
- The concept of neurons and neural networks
- A simplified model of the brain
- Capabilities of neurons
- The XOR problem and the nature of value distribution
- The flexible nature of sigmoid functions
- Other activation functions
- Constructing neural networks
- The concept of connected neurons
- Viewing neural networks as nodes
- Building a network
- Neurons
- Layers
- Scales
- Input and output data
- Range from 0 to 1
- Normalization
- Learning Neural Networks
- Backpropagation
- Propagation steps
- Network training algorithms
- Range of application
- Estimation
- Challenges in approximation capabilities
- Examples
- The XOR problem
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Lotto?
- Stocks
- OCR and image pattern recognition
- Other applications
- Implementing a neural network model to predict the stock prices of listed companies
Contemporary Issues
- Combinatorial explosion and gaming challenges
- The Turing test revisited
- Overconfidence in computer capabilities
7 Hours
Testimonials (3)
It felt like we were going through directly relevant information at a good pace (i.e. no filler material)
Maggie Webb - Department of Jobs, Regions, and Precincts
Course - Introduction to the use of neural networks
The interactive part, tailored to our specific needs.
Thomas Stocker
Course - Introduction to the use of neural networks
Ann created a great environment to ask questions and learn. We had a lot of fun and also learned a lot at the same time.