1. Introduction and Scope
PATRICK WINSTON: Welcome to 6034. I don't know if I can deal with this microphone. We'll see what happens. It's going to be a good year. We've got [INAUDIBLE] a bunch of interesting people. It's always interesting to see what people named their children two decades ago. And I find they were overwhelmed with Emilys. And there are not too many Peters, Pauls, and Marys, but enough to call forth a suitable song at some point. We have lots of Jesses of both genders. We have a [INAUDIBLE] of both genders. And we have a Duncan, where's Duncan? There you are, Duncan. You've changed your hairstyle. I want to assure use that the Thane of Cawdor is not taking the course this semester. What I'm going to do is tell you about artificial intelligence today, and what this subject is about. There's been about a 10% percent turnover in the roster in the last 24 hours. I expect another 10% turnover in the next 24 hours, too. So I know many of you are sigh...