AI in the Millennial Generation

Date and Time: September 17, 2008 Two sessions: 9-12 and 1-4

I will be the invited guest speaker for this event and here's the draft outline I made for them:

Title: ArtiGence: for the Millennial Generation

Intro:

From the beginning human being or mankind has always been fascinated or rather curious about recreating himself or the world around him. This very statement has to do not only with the technology but also with morality and some issues like: "Are we trying to be gods" or "just acting to our very nature." or this is just a plain technological pursuit of a man.

As students: I think this will be beneficial and helpful for us to observe and learn for the meantime, weigh and balance sometime, judge and take action at the proper time.

Objectives: Promote Awareness, Build Confidence, and Inspire to Create AI prototype.

Discussion:

I. AI 101.

          A. Basic Questions

          B. Branches of AI

          C. Application of AI

II. AI @ your own blank mind?

          A. For good

          B. For bad

III. AI Generation, ::our = “Y” Generation.

          A. Philippe Kahn

          B. Jeff Bezos

          C. Mark Richard Shuttleworth

          D. Raymond Kurzweil

IV. AI Black Hole - which gravitational pull you want?

          A. Educational Pull

          B. Business Pull

          C. Lifestyle Pull

          D. Future Pull

V. Demos

          A. Simple AI program from Visual Basic and C++

          B. Chess Master Game Application

          C. iPhone featuring MEMS accelerometer.

          D. Some websites:

                   1. http://www.sitepal.com

                   2. http://www.personalityforge.com/

                   3. http://alicebot.org/

VI. References

Conclusion:

I think the key here is to passionately live with it and make AI a lifestyle in order to fully comprehend and reap its rewards.