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The Basics

  • Can computers think?
  • Imperative and declarative approaches to problem-solving
  • Purpose of artificial intelligence for government
  • Definition of artificial intelligence. Turing test. Other determinants
  • Development of the concept of intelligent systems
  • Key achievements and directions of development

Neural Networks

  • The Basics
  • Concept of neurons and neural networks
  • A simplified model of the brain
  • Neuron capabilities
  • XOR problem and distribution of values
  • Polymorphic nature of sigmoidal functions
  • Other activation functions
  • Construction of neural networks
  • Concept of neuron connections
  • Neural network as nodes
  • Building a network
  • Neurons
  • Layers
  • Scales
  • Input and output data
  • Range 0 to 1
  • Normalization
  • Learning Neural Networks
  • Backward Propagation
  • Steps of propagation
  • Network training algorithms
  • Range of applications
  • Estimation
  • Approximation capabilities and problems
  • Examples
  • XOR problem
  • Lotto?
  • Equities
  • OCR and image pattern recognition
  • Other applications
  • Implementing a neural network for modeling job predictions of stock prices

Current Challenges

  • Combinatorial explosion and gaming issues
  • The Turing test revisited
  • Over-confidence in the capabilities of computers
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