Chihuahua or Muffin? (2018)

Elective - Chihuahua or Muffin?

9 days

Tutors

Jeroen Bouweriks
Brigit Lichtenegger
Arjen Suijker
Javi Lloret

Special Guests

Florian Cramer
Geert Mul
Maaike Harbers
Boris Smeenk
Arthur de Boer

Description

In 2014, a machine passed the Turing Test for the first time since it was developed by Alan Turing in 1950.
The test was based in the question “Can a computer trick a human into thinking it’s actually a fellow human?”.
Even more recently, self-driving cars started driving completely autonomously without a safety driver.
The recent developments in the field of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning are opening up new possibilities but also presenting new challenges and ethical dilemmas. In this elective, students will be introduced to Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning through a series of lectures, presentations, hands-on workshops and discussions. What is the current state of AI, and where is it going? How does a machine learn? And why must self-driving cars be programmed to kill? Invited guest lecturers will include media artists and theorists Geert Mul and Florian Cramer.

Planning

Week 1

Monday

Kickoff with Brigit Lichtenegger & Jeroen Bouweriks

Tuesday

AI and Machine Learning - Background history, philosophy, Turing Test and chatbots with Brigit Lichtenegger

Wednesday

Theory Session on Neural Networks. Workshop Predictive Analytics with Arjen Suijker

Thursday

Arthur de Boer and Boris Smeenk present their work, and part 1 of their Deep Learning workshop.

Workshop Wekinator with Javier Lloret

Friday

Part 2 and results of the workshop with Boris and Arthur

Presentation, lecture and discussion with Geert Mul en Florian Cramer

Week 2