Stanford "Intro to AI" course to be offered online for free

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Post by eguizzo » Thu, Aug 04, 2011, 1:02 PM UTC

Stanford "Intro to AI" course to be offered online for free
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Post by steverb » Thu, Aug 04, 2011, 1:44 PM UTC

I can't wait to see how well this works out. If the results are good it could put another nail in the coffin for classroom only education.

Although I foresee a lot of those that register for the free online course dropping out. Most people won't put a high enough value on a free class, especially if they're not getting credit.

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Post by killa_bee » Thu, Aug 04, 2011, 1:46 PM UTC

this has been posted like ten times

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Post by petercooper » Thu, Aug 04, 2011, 2:00 PM UTC

Previously (with discussion): http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2824780

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Post by clarkevans » Thu, Aug 04, 2011, 2:06 PM UTC

killa_bee wrote: post #3

this has been posted like ten times

It is the first time that I have seen it though -- and I check HN far too frequently.

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Post by freddealmeida » Thu, Aug 04, 2011, 2:26 PM UTC

has anyone started reading the AIMA? maybe we should set up a study group?

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Post by subnetvj » Thu, Aug 04, 2011, 3:19 PM UTC

Always wanted to do an AI course, would be signing up right away ...

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Post by AnupSavvy » Thu, Aug 04, 2011, 3:36 PM UTC

This is awesome !!! :)

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Post by vladd » Thu, Aug 04, 2011, 3:37 PM UTC

steverb wrote: post #2

I can't wait to see how well this works out. If the results are good it could put another nail in the coffin for classroom only education. Although I foresee a lot of those that register for the free online course dropping out. Most people won't put a high enough value on a free class, especially if they're not getting credit.

> Most people won't put a high enough value on a free class, especially if they're not getting credit.

Both Sebastian Thrun and Peter Norvig are Very Important Persons in Google (Google Fellow / Google Director). This is basically a free diploma to be put in the CV for any Google wanna-be engineer, if they can make it. I doubt even credit would be more important than it.

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Post by krschultz » Thu, Aug 04, 2011, 3:59 PM UTC

steverb wrote: post #2

I can't wait to see how well this works out. If the results are good it could put another nail in the coffin for classroom only education. Although I foresee a lot of those that register for the free online course dropping out. Most people won't put a high enough value on a free class, especially if they're not getting credit.

I agree with your assesment that many (most?) will sign up without truly giving it the effort required. I wish it was $20 - some token amount. To extrapolate metrics on 'paid' users vs free users on most freemium apps, the vast majority of people won't even open their wallet for a dollar. If you aren't serious enough to pay $20 for the class, you aren't serious enough to buy the book and do the homework.