| Lalish-Menagh, Trevor on 26 Apr 2012 20:34:31 -0700 |
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| Re: We have has NoSQL Summer and Functional Fall, it is time to start preparing for AI Winter! |
Thanks Jim! That is good stuff. I am reaching out to AI profs as well and getting some good papers. I'll compile a list soon! On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 10:21 PM, Jim Snavely <ludflu@gmail.com> wrote: > I will vote for the Shannon paper - the father of modern information > theory: yes please! > > I think it will be especially interesting to hear his thoughts on a > discrete problem like chess because I normally associate Shannon with > probablistic reasoning. To me a more "representative" Shannon paper > would be "Prediction and Entropy of Printed English" > (http://www.princeton.edu/~wbialek/rome/refs/shannon_51.pdf) But Chess > is probably more fun! > > The Canny paper wouldbe an interesting choice. Its a measure of how > much progress AI has made that most people no longer consider edge > detection to be AI. > > I would also like to nominate a more modern choice, which I think will > also be a bit more accessible Âbecause it touches on a critical divide > in modern AI - between probablistic, bottom-up methods, and > rationalistic, top-down thinking. > > "On Chomsky and the Two Cultures of Statistical Learning" by Peter Norvig > http://norvig.com/chomsky.html > > It also has the virtue of being a raw cage match between two > intellectual heavyweights, both of who I admire tremendously. > > --Jim > > On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 8:52 PM, Lalish-Menagh, Trevor <trev@trevmex.com> wrote: >> I am glad there is interest in the group. >> >> Let's start with throwing out some paper ideas. I'll start: >> >> Claude Shannon (1950). "Programming a computer to play chess" >> (http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/text/2-0%20and%202-1.Programming_a_computer_for_playing_chess.shannon/2-0%20and%202-1.Programming_a_computer_for_playing_chess.shannon.062303002.pdf) >> >> A.M. Turing (1950). Turing: Computing Machinery and Intelligence. By >> Alan M. Turing (1950). Mind 59 (Oct 1950): 433-60. ["Originally >> published by Oxford University Press on behalf of MIND (the Journal of >> the Mind Association), vol. LIX, no. 236, pp. 433-60, 1950. Published >> on the abelard site by permission of Oxford University Press."] An >> all-time classic paper that discusses the prospects of AI and >> dismisses some still-current arguments against AI. Introduction of the >> Turing Test as a way of operationalizing a test of intelligent >> behavior. (PDF file of the orignal journal article downloadable from >> Oxford University Press). >> (http://mind.oxfordjournals.org/content/LIX/236/433.full.pdf+html) >> >> McCarthy, et al. (1955). A Proposal for the Dartmouth Summer Research >> Project on Artificial Intelligence. J. McCarthy, M. L. Minsky, N. >> Rochester, and C.E. Shannon. August 31, 1955. "We propose that a 2 >> month, 10 man study of artificial intelligence be carried out during >> the summer of 1956 at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. The >> study is to proceed on the basis of the conjecture that every aspect >> of learning or any other feature of intelligence can in principle be >> so precisely described that a machine can be made to simulate it." And >> this marks the debut of the term "artificial intelligence." >> (http://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/history/dartmouth.pdf) >> >> John McCarthy (1960). Recursive Functions of Symbolic Expressions and >> Their Computation by Machine, Part I. "This was the original paper on >> LISP. It is copied with minor notational changes from CACM, April >> 1960. If you want the exact typography, look there. A few >> typographical changes have been made, but the notation has not been >> modernized. There are also some new explanatory footnotes. Part II, >> which never appeared, was to have had some Lisp programs for algebraic >> computation." - from his list of Papers on Programming Languages (I >> know we did this on, but it bears repeating: >> http://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/recursive.pdf) >> >> Philip E. Agre and David Chapman (1987). Pengi: An Implementation of a >> Theory of Activity. "AI has generally interpreted the organized nature >> of everyday activity in terms of plan-following. Nobody could doubt >> that people often make and follow plans. But the complexity, >> uncertainty, and immediacy of the real world require a central role >> for moment-to-moment improvisation." AAAI "Classic Paper" Award in >> 2006 for the paper's contribution to the field (and resurgence) of >> reactive planning. >> (http://www.aaai.org/Papers/AAAI/1987/AAAI87-048.pdf) >> >> John Canny (1983). A Variational Approach to Edge Detection. "The >> problem of detecting intensity changes in images is canonical in >> vision. Edge detection operators are typically designed to optimally >> estimate first or second derivative over some (usually small) support. >> Other criteria such as output signal to noise ratio or bandwidth have >> also been argued for. This paper describes an attempt to formulate set >> of edge detection criteria that capture as directly as possible the >> desirable properties of the detector." AAAI "Classic Paper" Award in >> 2002 in recognition of the wide use of the Canny Edge Detector >> introduced in this paper as well as seminal contributions in the areas >> of robotics and machine perception. >> (http://www.aaai.org/Papers/AAAI/1983/AAAI83-030.pdf) >> >> John McDermott (1980). R1: An Expert in the Computer Systems Domain. >> "R1 is a rule-based system that has much in common with other >> domain-specific systems that have been developed over the past several >> years. It differs from these systems primarily in its use of Match >> rather than Generate-and-Test as its central problem solving method; >> rather than exploring several hypotheses until an acceptable one is >> found, it exploits its knowledge of its task domain to generate a >> single acceptable solution." AAAI "Classic Paper" Award in 1999. >> (http://www.aaai.org/Papers/AAAI/1980/AAAI80-076.pdf) >> >> Other good jumping off points: >> http://aaai.org/AITopics/MostCitedPapers >> http://www.jair.org/bestpaper.html >> >> Let's get some debate going! >> >> Yours, >> Trevor >> >> On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 4:38 PM, greg conant <greg.conant@gmail.com> wrote: >>> i'm pretty excited for this idea too (and not just because of the cool >>> name!). Âit's been too long since i read anything about AI, so it'll be fun >>> to get a refresher. >>> greg >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 12:56 PM, Jim Snavely <ludflu@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Seconded. This is a great idea. I've dabbled in a couple of the >>>> stanford AI classes that have been going on recently. >>>> >>>> But I think the reading group format is great, and more accessible for >>>> folks with limited time. >>>> >>>> On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 1:33 PM, Corey Leigh Latislaw <colabug@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> > Trevor, >>>> > >>>> > Sounds like a great idea! >>>> > >>>> > I'd also like to propose a beginners spring for next year. It'd be great >>>> > to >>>> > get a general intro for the functional curious! I didn't feel that I had >>>> > a >>>> > ton to contribute at Functional Fall last year because I had very little >>>> > intro into the topic. >>>> > >>>> > Thanks, >>>> > Corey >>>> > >>>> > -- >>>> > Let's connect! >>>> > coreylatislaw.com >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 12:53 PM, Lalish-Menagh, Trevor >>>> > <trev@trevmex.com> >>>> > wrote: >>>> >> >>>> >> Hi all, >>>> >> >>>> >> Winter is a ways off, but I thought I would kick start the discussion >>>> >> on our next endeavor: AI Winter (named after >>>> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_winter). Some of us were talking at >>>> >> Philly ETE about this and I would like to make it an international >>>> >> event like NoSQL Summer was. >>>> >> >>>> >> I'd like to start with getting a list of papers together, but I am >>>> >> unsure where to start. The Journal for Artificial Intelligence >>>> >> Research best papers might be a good place >>>> >> (http://www.jair.org/bestpaper.html), but some intro papers would be >>>> >> really good as well. >>>> >> >>>> >> Once we have some papers in mind, I am going to reach out to the NoSQL >>>> >> Summer organizers for some promotional ideas. >>>> >> >>>> >> Looking forward to some good talks this winter! >>>> >> >>>> >> Yours, >>>> >> Trevor >>>> >> -- >>>> >> Trevor Lalish-Menagh >>>> >> trev@trevmex.com >>>> >> 484.868.6150Â(mobile) >>>> >> trevmex (AIM) >>>> > >>>> > >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> --Jim >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Trevor Lalish-Menagh >> trev@trevmex.com >> 484.868.6150Â(mobile) >> trevmex (AIM) > > > > -- > --Jim -- Trevor Lalish-Menagh trev@trevmex.com 484.868.6150 (mobile) trevmex (AIM)