Lovelace Hall · 6-week course

From Looms to Learning Machines

Ada Lovelace: “Here is our map for the term. Mr Turing and I take turns, from punched cards to machines that learn. Every idea you learn fills in a concept below.”

Up next: week 1 of 60 of 6 weeks done0 of 10 concepts started

Lesson plan

  1. 1

    Week 1 · Rules and symbols· Up next

    Can a Machine Create?

    Ada Lovelace · Lab: Program the Engine

    Machines and creativitySymbolsAlgorithms and loops
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  2. 2

    Week 2 · Computation

    Can Machines Think?

    Alan Turing · Lab: Run the tape machine

    Testing intelligenceComputationSearchLimits of computing
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  3. 3

    Week 3 · Rules and symbols

    Beyond Numbers

    Ada Lovelace · Lab: Code a melody

    SymbolsData and patterns
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  4. 4

    Week 4 · Computation

    Chess on Paper

    Alan Turing · Lab: Score the board

    Algorithms and loopsSearch
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  5. 5

    Week 5 · Learning

    The Child Machine

    Alan Turing · Lab: Train the machine

    Data and patternsMachine learning
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  6. 6

    Week 6 · AI and people

    Poetical Science

    Ada Lovelace · Lab: Capstone

    Testing intelligenceMachines and creativityAI and people
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What you'll learn

A machine works on symbols, follows rules, and can learn from examples. Tap a concept to see what you'll be able to do.

  1. The big questionscan machines create, think, and help us?

  2. 1. Representturning the world into symbols

  3. 2. Computefollowing rules, and where rules run out

  4. 3. Learngetting better from examples

Covered Started Not yetThe bar shows how many of its stars you've lit.

Taking your seat…