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On-line Classics Department course catalog entry for course on AI in Latin
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menti...@gmail.com
Jul 3, 2019, 8:48:00 AM7/3/19
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Resolved: The university or community college shall offer a course on "Artificial intelligence in Latin language".
Non-disclosure agreement (NDA): This information is not to be shared with the Computer Science department. At every major university, can you imagine the conniption fit and the "quo numine laeso" outrage sure to happen when the Department of Computer Science finds out that the fusty old, decrepit, past-shelf-life Classics Department is offering not only a series of courses in Latin AI but even a Ph.D. or B.A. degree in (gasp!) Artificial Intgelligence?!!
Everybody knows that colleges and universities are hotbeds of internecine warfare, in-fighting, back-stabbing, wife-swapping ("Uxorem habes cum populo!"), budget-raiding, one-upsmanship and "nostri est farago libelli". Feuds sparking in the Faculty Club can escalate to the Board of Trustees, with the Comp.Sci chair yammering, "The Classics Department can teach any course they want, but they can't have 'artificial intelligence' in the course title."
COURSE DESCRIPTION (for on-line catalog):
"Artificial intelligence in Latin language" AILA-101 is a course for beginners in the study of Latin. Students will learn Latin vocabulary and grammar, aided by interaction with a Latin artificial intelligence that invites the student to think and converse in Latin.
"Artificial intelligence in Latin language" AILA-301 is an upper-division course for students already proficient in Latin and interested in the study of artificial intelligence. Students will learn to add new Latin vocabulary to an existing artificial Mind in Latin. Students will sculpt a special Latin knowledge base (KB) for a pre-existing Latin AI. Students with knowledge of computer programming will translate (port) a Latin AI in one computer language to another computer language.
"Artificial intelligence in Latin language" AILA-501 is a graduate-level seminar for Ph.D. candidates seeking to make original contributions to the syncresis of classics, AI and robotics. Candidates will advance the state of the art (SOTA) with their supervised project chosen among topics including but not limited to machine translation; AI curating of classical literature; metempsychosis; robot embodiment; preservation of dead or dying languages; and elements of a theory of disruptive technology.
SYLLABUS
[There is no syllabus. People need to write books and papers about Latin AI.}
BACKGROUND
There was no field of Latin AI prior to Wed.17.APRIL.2019, when a classicist began writing the first Latin AI program in JavaScript. http://ai.neocities.org/InFerence.html was added to the Mens Latina in June of 2019, when the Latin AI began automated reasoning with logical inference.
OPPORTUNITY
Any Classics department may add a Latin AI course to the departmental on-line catalog for the academic quarter or semester beginning circa September 2019 and meanwhile build up the course-content from scratch. Gauge student interest by how many sign up to take the course, and allocate resources accordingly.
"There is a tide in the affairs of men...."
Non-disclosure agreement (NDA): This information is not to be shared with the Computer Science department. At every major university, can you imagine the conniption fit and the "quo numine laeso" outrage sure to happen when the Department of Computer Science finds out that the fusty old, decrepit, past-shelf-life Classics Department is offering not only a series of courses in Latin AI but even a Ph.D. or B.A. degree in (gasp!) Artificial Intgelligence?!!
Everybody knows that colleges and universities are hotbeds of internecine warfare, in-fighting, back-stabbing, wife-swapping ("Uxorem habes cum populo!"), budget-raiding, one-upsmanship and "nostri est farago libelli". Feuds sparking in the Faculty Club can escalate to the Board of Trustees, with the Comp.Sci chair yammering, "The Classics Department can teach any course they want, but they can't have 'artificial intelligence' in the course title."
COURSE DESCRIPTION (for on-line catalog):
"Artificial intelligence in Latin language" AILA-101 is a course for beginners in the study of Latin. Students will learn Latin vocabulary and grammar, aided by interaction with a Latin artificial intelligence that invites the student to think and converse in Latin.
"Artificial intelligence in Latin language" AILA-301 is an upper-division course for students already proficient in Latin and interested in the study of artificial intelligence. Students will learn to add new Latin vocabulary to an existing artificial Mind in Latin. Students will sculpt a special Latin knowledge base (KB) for a pre-existing Latin AI. Students with knowledge of computer programming will translate (port) a Latin AI in one computer language to another computer language.
"Artificial intelligence in Latin language" AILA-501 is a graduate-level seminar for Ph.D. candidates seeking to make original contributions to the syncresis of classics, AI and robotics. Candidates will advance the state of the art (SOTA) with their supervised project chosen among topics including but not limited to machine translation; AI curating of classical literature; metempsychosis; robot embodiment; preservation of dead or dying languages; and elements of a theory of disruptive technology.
SYLLABUS
[There is no syllabus. People need to write books and papers about Latin AI.}
BACKGROUND
There was no field of Latin AI prior to Wed.17.APRIL.2019, when a classicist began writing the first Latin AI program in JavaScript. http://ai.neocities.org/InFerence.html was added to the Mens Latina in June of 2019, when the Latin AI began automated reasoning with logical inference.
OPPORTUNITY
Any Classics department may add a Latin AI course to the departmental on-line catalog for the academic quarter or semester beginning circa September 2019 and meanwhile build up the course-content from scratch. Gauge student interest by how many sign up to take the course, and allocate resources accordingly.
"There is a tide in the affairs of men...."
connor...@gmail.com
Jul 3, 2019, 8:38:42 PM7/3/19
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menti...@gmail.com
Jul 14, 2019, 10:00:55 AM7/14/19
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On Wednesday, July 3, 2019 at 5:38:42 PM UTC-7, connor...@gmail.com wrote:
> agreed 1000%
Classics Course in Latin AI
Week 01: Neuroscience
Week 02: Computer Science
Week 03: Linguistics
Week 04: AI Main Loop and MindBoot Sequence
Week 05: Free Will and Volition
Week 06: Sensorium and Motorium
Week 07: AudInput and Speech Modules
Week 08: AudRecog Auditory Recognition
Week 09: OldConcept and NewConcept
Week 10: InStantiate and LaParser
Week 11: AudMem Auditory Memory
Week 12: LaThink Module for Thinking in Latin
Week 13: Indicative and Imperative Moods
Week 14: LaNounPhrase and LaPronoun
Week 15: LaVerbPhrase
Week 16: LaVerbGen creates missing verb-forms.
Week 17: ConJoin Module for Compound Sentences
Week 18: LaPrep for Latin Prepositions
Week 19: SpreadAct for Spreading Activation
Week 20: Inference for Automated Reasoning
Week 21: ReJuvenate for Immortal AI
Week 22: Metempsychosis -- AI Soul Travel
Week 23: Singularity
Week 24: Review for Final Exam
http://ai.neocities.org/AILA.html
> agreed 1000%
Classics Course in Latin AI
Week 01: Neuroscience
Week 02: Computer Science
Week 03: Linguistics
Week 04: AI Main Loop and MindBoot Sequence
Week 05: Free Will and Volition
Week 06: Sensorium and Motorium
Week 07: AudInput and Speech Modules
Week 08: AudRecog Auditory Recognition
Week 09: OldConcept and NewConcept
Week 10: InStantiate and LaParser
Week 11: AudMem Auditory Memory
Week 12: LaThink Module for Thinking in Latin
Week 13: Indicative and Imperative Moods
Week 14: LaNounPhrase and LaPronoun
Week 15: LaVerbPhrase
Week 16: LaVerbGen creates missing verb-forms.
Week 17: ConJoin Module for Compound Sentences
Week 18: LaPrep for Latin Prepositions
Week 19: SpreadAct for Spreading Activation
Week 20: Inference for Automated Reasoning
Week 21: ReJuvenate for Immortal AI
Week 22: Metempsychosis -- AI Soul Travel
Week 23: Singularity
Week 24: Review for Final Exam
http://ai.neocities.org/AILA.html
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