Rationality and Intelligence
Stuart Russell
(University of California, Berkeley)
March 22nd
Lubrano Conference Room

Abstract

The long-term goal of artificial intelligence (AI) research is the creation and understanding of intelligence. Productive research in AI benefits from a notion of intelligence that is precise enough to allow the cumulative development of robust systems and useful theorems, yet general enough to avoid defining away the interesting aspects of the problem. In this talk I outline a gradual evolution in our formal conception of intelligence that brings it closer to our informal conception and simultaneously reduces the gap between theory and practice.