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| − | ** [[Media:CSC103_PCDemolitionLab_2013.pdf | PC Demolition Lab]] | + | [[Image:FacebookPage1013.png|right|100px|link=https://www.facebook.com/pages/Computer-Science-Smith-College/264041891883]] |
| + | ** [[Media:CSC103_PCDemolitionLab_2013.pdf | PC Demolition Lab]] (see the pictures on the [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Computer-Science-Smith-College/264041891883 department Facebook page]!) | ||
** <font color="magenta">Take-Home Exam</font> | ** <font color="magenta">Take-Home Exam</font> | ||
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| − | ** Quiz | + | ** [[CSC103 Quiz on Singularity 2013 | Quiz]] |
** Discussion | ** Discussion | ||
*** [http://cs.smith.edu/~thiebaut/research/singularity/ieee_spectrum__signs_of_the_singularity.pdf Signs of the Singularity] by Vernor Vinge. | *** [http://cs.smith.edu/~thiebaut/research/singularity/ieee_spectrum__signs_of_the_singularity.pdf Signs of the Singularity] by Vernor Vinge. | ||
*** [http://cs.smith.edu/~thiebaut/research/singularity/ieee_spectrum__can_machines_be_conscious.pdf Can Machines Be Conscious?], Christof Koch and Giulio Tononi. | *** [http://cs.smith.edu/~thiebaut/research/singularity/ieee_spectrum__can_machines_be_conscious.pdf Can Machines Be Conscious?], Christof Koch and Giulio Tononi. | ||
| − | + | ** Ray Kurzweil on the Singularity. Bio taken from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Kurzweil Wikipedia]: | |
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| + | Raymond "Ray" Kurzweil (/ˈkɜrzwaɪl/ kurz-wyl; born February 12, 1948) is an American author, inventor, futurist, and a director of engineering at Google. Aside from futurology, he is involved in fields such as optical character recognition (OCR), text-to-speech synthesis, speech recognition technology, and electronic keyboard instruments. He has written books on health, artificial intelligence (AI), transhumanism, the technological singularity, and futurism. Kurzweil is a public advocate for the futurist and transhumanist movements, as has been displayed in his vast collection of public talks, wherein he has shared his primarily optimistic outlooks on life extension technologies and the future of nanotechnology, robotics, and biotechnology. | ||
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| + | * Food for thought... | ||
| + | ** [[Information_about_the_Singularity | Additional articles]] on the issue of the Singularity (including IEEE Spectrum issue on the subject). | ||
| + | ** [http://www.ted.com/talks/susan_blackmore_on_memes_and_temes.html Susan Blackmore's] TED talk on Memes and Temes. | ||
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