Wednesday, August 17, 2011

70,000 Students for Free Online Course

"Stanford University has opened up to the public an introductory artificial intelligence class, taught by two luminaries in the field. Anyone with high-speed Internet, anywhere in the world, can enroll in the online course.

Just don’t expect a lot of face time with the professors. As of Tuesday afternoon, more than 70,000 people had signed up to receive registration information for the AI course, which runs from October until December. Participants will be allowed to register in late summer, according to the course Web site."

Source: Scientific American Observations Blog, August 16--written by John Matson who is an online news reporter for Scientific American focusing on space, physics and mathematics. August 16, 2011

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