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Course Outline
Fundamentals
- Can computers truly think?
- Imperative versus declarative problem-solving approaches
- The foundational objectives of artificial intelligence
- Defining artificial intelligence, the Turing test, and other key criteria
- The evolution of intelligent systems concepts
- Major achievements and current development trajectories
Neural Networks
- Core concepts
- Understanding neurons and neural networks
- A simplified model of the human brain
- The functionality of neurons
- The XOR problem and the nature of value distribution
- The versatile nature of sigmoidal functions
- Alternative activation functions
- Architecting neural networks
- The concept of neuronal connections
- Visualizing neural networks as nodes
- Constructing a network structure
- Neurons
- Layers
- Scales
- Input and output data handling
- Values ranging from 0 to 1
- Normalization techniques
- Training neural networks
- Backpropagation
- Propagation steps
- Network training algorithms
- Areas of application
- Evaluation methods
- Challenges related to approximation capabilities
- Practical examples
- The XOR problem
- Lottery prediction? (Probability analysis)
- Stock market prediction
- OCR and image pattern recognition
- Other applications
- Case study: Implementing a neural network model to predict stock prices for listed companies
Contemporary Challenges
- Combinatorial explosion and gaming theory issues
- Revisiting the Turing test
- Addressing 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.