I'm just concerned that teaching AI to 25K+ students is going to have an impact and it shouldn't be because P. Norvig didn't publish the next edition of AIMA. I wish they would realize that and change their mind on the assignments for the class. Even Javascript is more suitable for AI than Python!
On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 5:14 PM, Ken Wesson <kwess...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 1:36 PM, Lee Spector <lspec...@hampshire.edu> > wrote: > > As someone who works on code-modifying AI (genetic programming, much > along the lines described above -- which, BTW, I would expect Thrun and > Norvig to mention only briefly, if at all... but that's a debate for a > different forum) I find that languages that make code manipulation simple > and elegant do help one to experiment and develop these kinds of AI systems > more easily. > > > > But this is true whether the manipulated code is compiled and executed in > the normal way or treated as a data structure and interpreted in some other > way. > > > > On the one hand most people who work in genetic programming these days > write in non-Lisp languages but evolve Lisp-like programs that are > interpreted via simple, specialized interpreters written in those other > languages (C, Java, whatever). > > The ultimate in Greenspunning. :) > > -- > Protege: What is this seething mass of parentheses?! > Master: Your father's Lisp REPL. This is the language of a true > hacker. Not as clumsy or random as C++; a language for a more > civilized age. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with > your first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
