{"id":389,"date":"2020-12-17T22:55:42","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T22:55:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eliott-fernanda.cs.grinnell.edu\/home\/?page_id=389"},"modified":"2026-01-16T16:34:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T16:34:20","slug":"261-ai","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eliott-fernanda.cs.grinnell.edu\/home\/261-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"261_AI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.grinnell.edu\/preview_course_nopop.php?catoid=27&amp;coid=56071\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CSC 261 &#8211; Artificial Intelligence<\/a><\/p>\n<h1><strong>Spring 2026<\/strong><\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Syllabus <a href=\"https:\/\/eliott-fernanda.cs.grinnell.edu\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AI_syllabus_2026_Eliott.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Schedule\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/1drv.ms\/x\/c\/42f8e405c9c39228\/IQBY4MAlP-iESItVClEOu4hqAVvN17EyTTGWvCmWkrFU3Kw?e=VVfqtn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/eliott-fernanda.cs.grinnell.edu\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ProfessionalScientificConduct.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Professional and Scientific Conduct document<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/eliott-fernanda.cs.grinnell.edu\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/CodingPolicy_2026.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coding Policy<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Deliverables and due dates on Gradescope (AI reflections are a special case).<\/li>\n<li>Class materials will be posted on Canvas.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/1drv.ms\/w\/c\/42f8e405c9c39228\/IQDxvXBqsotNTKlmYgUp5e-xAWcCMjb8402reVy5OpS71Aw?e=0S6XK6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AI Reflections deliverable<\/a> (will be updated during the semester to include more topics).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1><strong>Spring 2025<\/strong><\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Syllabus\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/1drv.ms\/b\/c\/42f8e405c9c39228\/Eeydi_ElrMFKmPO8dyYs1wsB0D6wKvBxn3dQWYHI6-tgwg?e=5sWfxS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Schedule\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/1drv.ms\/x\/c\/42f8e405c9c39228\/EVY1KdUWoDdDsh9X72oMEuoBxp062eLjpiJH_omHElX3JA?e=w2eWc0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Coding Policy\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/1drv.ms\/b\/c\/42f8e405c9c39228\/EXDn6h9k5nxIu14GMb9yhsoB5yuILUhr73olTDB49FPPsA?e=0yLfsl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Deliverables and due dates on Gradescope (AI reflections are a special case).<\/li>\n<li>Class materials will be posted on Pweb.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/1drv.ms\/w\/c\/42f8e405c9c39228\/EXPa_2vGd45Mpmjj6Pwe2KEBnh9oIwPu4d2dMH0KwkWBgw?e=PPyZqt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AI Reflections deliverable<\/a> (will be updated during the semester to include more topics).<br \/>\n<hr \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1><strong>Spring 1, 2021<\/strong><\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/1drv.ms\/x\/s!AiiSw8kF5PhCjZg04J6INPL1X5540Q?e=N6vYvT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Course Schedule<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/1drv.ms\/x\/s!AiiSw8kF5PhCjZli1-t4tdbIXmEYpg?e=me1wOP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Textbook Readings<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/eliott-fernanda.cs.grinnell.edu\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/CSC_261_Syllabus_2021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Syllabus<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/eliott-fernanda.cs.grinnell.edu\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/261_Spring1_2021_Acc_v2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accessible version here<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/eliott-fernanda.cs.grinnell.edu\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/261_Spring1_2021_Acc.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">).<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Deliverables<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/eliott-fernanda.cs.grinnell.edu\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/EthicsPoster_v2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EthicsPoster<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/eliott-fernanda.cs.grinnell.edu\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/ReadingJournal_v2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ReadingJournal<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Guest Lecturer<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><b><b>Mental Imagery for Visuospatial Reasoning in Artificial Intelligence.<\/b><\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/ekowabaka.me\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">James Ainooson<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>A case for AI alignment research. <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lesswrong.com\/users\/turntrout\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alex Turner.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Community &#8211; AI Journal Club: <\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>02\/05 Intro;<\/li>\n<li>02\/12 Recommender Systems;<\/li>\n<li>02\/19 AI alignment research, and Strong AI vs. Weak AI;<\/li>\n<li>03\/12 &#8220;Addiction by Design&#8221;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CSC 261 &#8211; Artificial Intelligence Spring 2026 Syllabus here Schedule\u00a0here Professional and Scientific Conduct document Coding Policy Deliverables and due dates on Gradescope (AI reflections are a special case). 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