Journal Questions
 Answer the following questions for
Monday's reading on Melanie Mitchell's paper about Semantic Image Retrieval
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What is the goal of the system described in this paper?
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What are the main components of the computational architecture used in this paper?
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Come up with at least one question that you can ask Melanie Mitchell about this paper.
 Answer the following question for
Wednesday's reading about philosophy of AI (Mitchell Chapter 3)
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Define the difference between weak and strong AI.
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Some have argued that "Only when a machine feels things and
is aware of its own actions and feelings--in short, is
conscious--could we consider it to be actually thinking." Do you
agree? Why or why not?
 No journal response needed for Friday.