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1 CS1AC16 Introduction
1 CS1AC16 Introduction
The main focus of the subject is how computers operate and what you can do with them.
Main ideas:
Robotics and artificial intelligence
o Daisyworld – an example of artificial life. Daisyworld is a computer simulation
introduced by James Lovelock to illustrate the plausibility of the Gaia theory – the world
filled by black and white daisies shows how the life influences the environment.
Cybernetics
o Feedback
o Open-loop and closed-loop
Open-loop – no feedback: a cause brings on an effect