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28 Post author: XFrequentist 29 November 2011 04:41PM

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Comment author: AlexMennen 29 November 2011 06:52:11PM 4 points [-]

The new Model Thinking class seems especially applicable here, as it appears to be explicitly rationality-related. From the description, it looks promising.

Comment author: gwern 29 November 2011 09:03:08PM 0 points [-]

I've signed up; it reads as doable, which some of the AI stuff reportedly hasn't been, I get the impression.

Comment author: Dr_Manhattan 29 November 2011 09:57:12PM 2 points [-]

Not sure about your reports; as one data point I'm taking both AI and ML courses while working full time; they're quite doable (and I'm a rather average lw forum member as far as math is concerned). I have the impression at least the ML course has been slightly dumbed down for this wide an audience.

Comment author: AnotherKevin 30 November 2011 02:19:04PM 0 points [-]

The ML class has definitely been dumbed down. The on campus class' notes and assignments are publicly viewable here.

Comment author: XFrequentist 29 November 2011 09:53:47PM 1 point [-]

I've found the AI class to be very doable, although a bit more of a time sink than I expected.