From: Anders Sandberg (asa@nada.kth.se)
Date: Fri Nov 05 1999 - 15:11:57 MST
"Leonardo Gonzalez" <magos@extropian.net> writes:
> It would be nice to be able to study self-organizing systems without needing
> to be engaged in a post-graduate math or physics program. Or AI without
> needing a bullet-proof computer science and math background. Or cognitive
> neuroscience without a degree in biology, or psychology.
>
> The technical nature of these subjects require substantial preparation. But
> by not addressing these topics at the undergraduate level, I think too much
> of the "good stuff" is saved 'til later and not many students get exposed to
> them.
This is likely something that differs from university to
university. Here we have undergraduate courses in neural networks,
cognitive psychology, AI and even some biomedicine including
neuroscience. It might not be that deep, but it is at least possible
to get a "sip" of the stuff. But it is still clear that many students
feel that all the good stuff is beyond their level, and they get very
excited when you drop it into their courses (I have had great fun
throwing in the occasional neuropsychology perspective in a course on
text and image processing I helped with).
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