The Science of Intelligence

Fall 2024 – MIT

Course Overview

 

Prerequisites

6.036 and (9.40 or 18.06), or permission of the instructor

 

Important dates:

September 23 Project Proposal Draft, Project Proposal Review/Peer Review 

September 30 Project Proposal Final Draft

October 21, 28 Project Progress Presentation

December 4 Final project presentations

December 11 Final report write-up due

Class Meetings

Lectures W 130-330 (Room 46-3189)

Recitation: M 2-3 (Room 46-3189)

Office Hours: M 3-4 (Room 46-5156) or by appointment

All classes are held in person unless otherwise instructed

The first class meets on Wednesday, September 4th, 2024.

 

Grading

10%: Attendance

20%: Participation (Discussion and Challenge Questions)

5%: Proposal draft

15%: Project proposal final version

10%: Progress Report

15%: Final Report

25%: Final Presentation Assignment

Use of LLMs — such as Chat-GPT —  is allowed, but we ask students

  • to report if they use it
  • to write the prompts employed and
  • to provide feedback on the usefulness of the tool..