NSC 110 Deans Scholars Seminar
Mirrors on
Ourselves
Elaine Rich
Textbooks and Other
We will read parts or all of the following books:
· Crevier, Daniel, AI: The Tumultuous History of the Search for Artificial Intelligence. Basic Books, 1993. This one is out of print but available used from Amazon.
· Moravec, Hans, Robot: Mere Machine to Transcendent Mind.
· Teller, Astro, Exegesis.
· Diamond, Jared, The Third Chimpanzee.
And I’ll hand out additional readings.
Other Books You May Want to Read
Movies
We will discuss several movies in class. You should make sure you’ve seen each movie before we discuss it. A list of likely movies includes:
· Frankenstein
· The Day the Earth Stood Still
· Forbidden Planet
· Bicentennial Man
· Short Circuit
· A.I.
· I Robot
Class Attendance and Quizzes
You must come to class. There will be a sign in sheet every day. If it begins to appear that people are coming to class without having done the reading, there will be quizzes at the beginning of class.
Students with Disabilities
Any student with a documented disability (physical or cognitive) who requires academic accommodations should contact the Services for Students with Disabilities area of the Office of the Dean of Students at 471-6259 (voice) or 471-4641 (TTY for users who are deaf or hard of hearing) as soon as possible to request an official letter outlning authorized accommodations.
Academic Integrity
You should read carefully the class policy on class policy on academic integrity. Cheating of any form will not be tolerated and will result in a failing grade in the class.
Additional Class Policies
You should read CS Department Code of Conduct. The policies described there will be followed in this class.