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Appetite for artificial intelligence is growing – How about a class of 140,000?

Students in this quarter’s intro to artificial intelligence class at Stanford University will have a few options when it comes to cribbing notes. Like about 140,000.

The university is conducting what it calls a "bold experiment in distributed education," by offering the course for free to anyone interested. Tens of thousands snapped at the chance, overloading the servers when the class kicked off this week.

The heavy interest was no doubt due to the world renowned AI experts teaching the course.

James Temple

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/10/13/BUFR1LH9JR.DTL#ixzz1ahv7cwXv

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