CSC 261 – Artificial Intelligence

Spring 2026

• Syllabus here
• Schedule here
• Professional and Scientific Conduct document
• Coding Policy
• Deliverables and due dates on Gradescope (AI reflections are a special case).
• Class materials will be posted on Canvas.
• AI Reflections deliverable (will be updated during the semester to include more topics).

Spring 2025

• Syllabus here.
• Schedule here.
• Coding Policy here.
• Deliverables and due dates on Gradescope (AI reflections are a special case).
• Class materials will be posted on Pweb.
• AI Reflections deliverable (will be updated during the semester to include more topics).
  

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Spring 1, 2021

• Course Schedule.
• Textbook Readings.
• Syllabus (accessible version here).

Deliverables

• EthicsPoster
• ReadingJournal

Guest Lecturer

• Mental Imagery for Visuospatial Reasoning in Artificial Intelligence. James Ainooson.
• A case for AI alignment research. Alex Turner.

Community – AI Journal Club:

• 02/05 Intro;
• 02/12 Recommender Systems;
• 02/19 AI alignment research, and Strong AI vs. Weak AI;
• 03/12 “Addiction by Design”.