Read the Dialogue Contrafactus and Chapter XIX: Artificial Intelligence: Prospects (pages 633-680) of GEB. Then post a short written response on our class discussion board. One or two paragraphs is fine. Your response should not be a summary of the reading itself; rather, you should describe your own thoughts and reactions — questions that occurred to you as you were reading, points that you found particularly interesting, connections to other relevant ideas, passages that were confusing, and so on. Please also include at least one question for class discussion. I consider your response postings to be official writing assignments, so you should take some time to formulate your thoughts and craft your response, making sure to carefully proofread it for proper grammar and punctuation before submitting it.

Here is how to post your response:

1. Using your favorite word-processing software, write your response offline, carefully editing and proofreading it for spelling and grammar. If you compose your response online in MySLC, you run the risk of losing your work before you're done, due to Internet connectivity problems or other technical glitches that can arise. Some students have lost their almost-finished postings this way in the past, so don't let it happen to you! You have been warned.
2. Log into MySLC.
3. Click on the COMP 1026 F(1) course link under My Courses.
4. Click on Discussion on the left. (If you don't see the links on the left, click on the three horizontal bars in the upper left corner of the window.)
5. Click on Spring - Reading response #8.
6. Click on Add post and then copy and paste your written response into the text window. Please do not attach your response as a separate file. Then click the Submit button at the bottom of the window.
7. If you're using a public computer, remember to log out of MySLC and close your browser when you're done.

Please let me know if you have any problems with this procedure.