Readings

• Thinking AI: How Artificial Intelligence Emulates Human Understanding. J. MacCormick. Princeton, 2026. Dickinson Library full pdf on Brightspace
• John MacCormick. “Matrix Algebra: vectors, matrices, tensors, NumPy, and PyTorch”. pdf
• Alan M. Turing. “Computing machinery and intelligence.” In: Mind 59.236 (1950), pp. 433–460. Available on Brightspace
  • read only Sections 1-3, 6-7 (i.e., skip Sections 4 and 5). About 22 pages total.
• “The AI Deluge: interview with Mustafa Suleyman.” Part III, Chapter 4 (pages 119-135) of Ayana Elizabeth Johnson. (2024). What If We Get It Right? : Visions of Climate Futures (First edition). One World. Available on Brightspace
• John R. Searle. “Minds, brains, and programs.” In: Behavioral and Brain Sciences 3.3 (1980), pp. 417–424. Available on Brightspace