AI in Context: Back to Basics
Understand the foundations behind AI and computing.
Why Back to Basics?
AI tools and frameworks are changing rapidly. The underlying ideas are much more stable.
This section collects material that helps build a solid understanding of the foundations behind AI and intelligent computing.
Topics may include:
- Mathematics
- Probability and statistics
- Algorithms and data structures
- Optimization
- Computing fundamentals
- Programming
- Other fundamentals as they become relevant
The emphasis is on understanding rather than memorizing, and on going back to first principles when it helps explain how something actually works.
Topics Covered
This is an evolving collection. Topics and material will be added as the project develops.
▶ AI Algorithms vs. Conventional Algorithms
▶ Evolution Towards AI: From Rules to Goals
▶ Direct Learning vs. Iterative Optimization
▶ Beyond 3D: Extending the Mathematics We Already Know