A research paper written by Ananta Nair for a class for the Masters of Integrated Sciences program has been published in a leading artificial intelligence blog, Towards Data Science. The paper argues that to build artificial general intelligence we must first understand how intelligence arises, and covers the mechanisms needed to scale to higher-order cognition.
Canvas Outage
Canvas access has been restored for our users, but the service reliability remains uncertain. Due to recent events, Canvas has had intermittent outages which are at the discretion of the vendor and may occur during a final exam. Faculty and staff may continue to use Canvas, but we strongly advise faculty and students to prepare a contingency plan for turning in assignments and final exams in the event Canvas access becomes unavailable again.
Instructure, the company that owns Canvas, has provided an FAQ about the incident, which may not answer all your questions. We will share more information if it becomes available.