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Read assignment before looking at Cognitive Architectures: Research Issues and Challenges, by Pat Langley and John E. Laird.
WRT: 1.25 hr
Read assignment before looking at CHIP: A Cognitive Architecture for Comprehensive Human Intelligence and Performance, by Howard Schrobe et al.
On a total of one side of one sheet of paper, using 10 pt type or larger, with standard interline spacing and margins, respond to all the following.
There has been a disturbance in the force, and the clock has wound back a year to May, 2007. In a real moment of temporary insanity, Winston has agreed to speak at 1:30 pm, right after the final class at the 11th International Conference On Cognitive And Neural Systems, a conference at BU, to which he will race just following the final 6.xxx class of the semester. Like most obligations, it seemed like a good idea when the commitment was made, and it felt like there would be plenty of time to prepare something, but now, alas, it looks like another just-in-time talk. All he has is a title, which attempts to recall, in a clever way, Minsky's Steps toward Artificial Intelligence:
Biologically Inspired
Steps toward ^ Artificial Intelligence
Having a few other things to do, Winston asks you for help because he knows you have had the 6.xxx experience. He asks for some talking points around which he can prepare his talk. He encourages you to lard your talking points with references to 6.xxx papers. Winston suggests it might be helpful to look at Chapter 1 of the CHIP report, written by Schrobe, Rao, and him, and chapter 6, written by him. He mentions that he will certainly contrast his approach with that of John Laird, who will speak earlier in the day, so it might be helpful to skim laird's paper.
Also, he thinks a DARPA program manager or two might be at the meeting, so he might want to think about how their presence should influence his talk.
He will, of course, start with a broken-glass outline, and suggests you do that as well, even though you need not hand one in.