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The Human Intelligence Enterprise: 2018

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Paper

Artificial Intelligence—a personal view, by David Marr

WRT: 30 min

Assignment

If you discuss the paper or the assignment with another student—which we encourage—indicate whom you have talked with in your submitted composition. Of course your submitted composition must be written entirely by you.

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:

You are scheduled to have breakfast with President Reif. You have heard he is interested in MIT's new program, Exploring Intelligence, the Fourth Frontier.

He is eager to understand what the big thinkers have thought about what should be done an how. He has heard that you know about Marr and his legacy.

Actually, you have only read Marr's “Personal View” paper, so you prepare yourself for your breakfast with Reif by using that paper to construct talking points on what you would say should Reif ask the following questions: