Artificial intelligence is hot
Via artificial intelligence programmming, an iPhone is used to drive the "Spirit of Berlin," an autonomous car, in Berlin (Nov. 2, 2009) Credit: AFP/GETTY IMAGES
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That's the number of learners, as of Friday evening, inquiring about Stanford University's online "Introduction to Artificial Intelligence" course. Those who take the free, 20-lecture course, taught by leading artificial intelligence experts Sebastian Thrun and Peter Norvig, will get a "statement of accomplishment," but no college credit. The enormous interest stems from the celebrity of the instructors and the cutting-edge subject of robotics. For the rest of us, it's a lesson in the phenomenon of decentralized education. Get information at www.ai-class.com
