Resolved: The university or community college shall offer a course on
"Artificial intelligence in Latin language".
Non-disclosure agreement (NDA): This information is not to be shared with
the Computer Science department. At every major university, can you imagine
the conniption fit and the "quo numine laeso" outrage sure to happen when
the Department of Computer Science finds out that the fusty old, decrepit,
past-shelf-life Classics Department is offering not only a series of
courses in Latin AI but even a Ph.D. or B.A. degree in (gasp!) Artificial
Intelligence?!!
Everybody knows that colleges and universities are hotbeds of internecine
warfare, in-fighting, back-stabbing, wife-swapping ("Uxorem habes cum
populo!"), budget-raiding, one-upsmanship and "nostri est farago libelli".
Feuds sparking in the Faculty Club can escalate to the Board of Trustees,
with the Comp.Sci chair yammering, "The Classics Department can teach any
course they want, but they can't have 'artificial intelligence' in the
course title."
COURSE DESCRIPTION (for on-line catalog):
"Artificial intelligence in Latin language" AILA-101 is a course for
beginners in the study of Latin. Students will learn Latin vocabulary and
grammar,
aided by interaction with a Latin artificial intelligence that invites the
student to think and converse in Latin.
"Artificial intelligence in Latin language" AILA-301 is an upper-division
course for students already proficient in Latin and interested in the study
of artificial intelligence. Students will learn to add new Latin vocabulary
to an existing artificial Mind in Latin. Students will sculpt a special
Latin knowledge base (KB) for a pre-existing Latin AI. Students with
knowledge of computer programming will translate (port) a Latin AI in one
computer language to another computer language.
"Artificial intelligence in Latin language" AILA-501 is a graduate-level
seminar for Ph.D. candidates seeking to make original contributions to the
syncresis of classics, AI and robotics. Candidates will advance the state
of the art (SOTA) with their supervised project chosen among topics
including but not limited to machine translation; AI curating of classical
literature; metempsychosis; robot embodiment; preservation of dead or dying
languages; and elements of a theory of disruptive technology.
SYLLABUS
[There is no syllabus. People need to write books and papers about Latin
AI.}
BACKGROUND
There was no field of Latin AI prior to Wed.17.APRIL.2019, when a
classicist began writing the first Latin AI program in JavaScript.
http://ai.neocities.org/InFerence.html was added to the Mens Latina in June
of 2019, when the Latin AI began automated reasoning with logical inference.
OPPORTUNITY
Any Classics department may add a Latin AI course to the departmental
on-line catalog for the academic quarter or semester beginning circa
September 2019 and meanwhile build up the course-content from scratch.
Gauge student interest by how many sign up to take the course, and allocate
resources accordingly.
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/humanities.classics/dnNzBlHIbhI/FMslyDD8CAAJ
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