| Day | Topic | Reading |
| 1 | The big picture | |
| Generate and test | 47–50 | |
| Problem reduction | 53–60 | |
| Rule chaining | 119–147 | |
| Knowledge engineering | 167–169 | |
| 2 | Heuristic search | Chapter 4 |
| Optimal search | Chapter 5 | |
| Constraint satisfaction | ||
| Search + constraint satisfaction | ||
| 3 | Nearest neighbors | 397–403 |
| Recognition trees | 423–437 | |
| Genetic algorithms | ||
| 4 | Neural nets | 443–457 |
| Support vectors | PPT notes |
| Day | Author | Topic | Focus on |
| 1 | Turing | Test for success | First and final few pages |
| Minsky | K-line archetecture | Whole thing | |
| 2 | Marr | Scientific methodology | Whole thing |
| Brooks | Engineering methodology | Whole thing | |
| 3 | Spelke | Language and orientation | Skim whole thing |
| Borchardt | Change, not state | Skip details | |
| 4 | Winston | The right way | No reading |