INT428:ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ESSENTIALS

L:3 T:0 P:1 Credits:4

Course Outcomes: Through this course students should be able to

CO1 :: describe basic knowledge representation, problem solving, and learning methods of
artificial intelligence.

CO2 :: compare uninformed and informed search strategies to solve AI problems.

CO3 :: discuss knowledge representation and statistical reasoning methods for AI.

CO4 :: analyze different AI strategies for game playing and NLP essentials.

CO5 :: explain Generative AI fundamentals and prompt engineering for crafting effective
prompts.
CO6 :: apply the learned skills and techniques through hands-on tasks that involve a combination
of GPT tools, data analysis, visualization, and presentation creation.

Unit I
Introduction : What is intelligence?, what is artificial intelligence?, Foundations of artificial
intelligence(AI), History of AI, Basics of AI, Artificial Intelligence Problems, Artificial Intelligence
Techniques, applications of AI, branches of AI, Modern AI tools and their Applications
Problem Spaces and Search : Defining the problem as a state space search, Production systems,
Problem characteristics, Production system characteristics, Issues in designing search problems
Unit II
Uninformed Search Strategies : Breadth first search (BFS), Depth first search (DFS), Bi-directional
Search, Iterative Deepening
Informed Search Strategies : Heuristic functions, Generate and Test, Hill Climbing, Simulated
Annealing, Best first search, A* algorithm, Constraint satisfaction
Unit III
Knowledge Representation : Approaches in knowledge representation, Issues in knowledge
representation, Propositional logic, Predicate logic, Forward versus backward reasoning
Statistical reasoning methods : Probability & Bayes' theorem, Bayesian networks, Dempster
Shafer-Theory, Certainty factors & rule-based systems
Unit IV
Game playing : Evaluation function, Minmax Problem, The min-max search procedure, Alpha-beta
cutoffs, Alpha-beta pruning
Natural Language Processing : Introduction to NLP, NLP phases, Construction of parse tree, Spell
checking, Bag of words model, Soundex algorithm, Applications of NLP, Chatbots, Alexa, Siri, Cortana
Unit V
Introduction to Generative AI : Fundamentals of Generative AI, Generative AI model types, How
Gen AI works, Difference between GPTs and search engines
Prompt Engineering : Fundamentals of prompt, Importance of Prompt Engineering, Overview of
language models, Key elements of a good prompt, Prompt Patterns, Prompt Tuning
Unit VI
ChatGPT Advance Data Analysis : ChatGPT Advanced Data Analysis vs. ChatGPT, Building Data
Visualization and Creating a Presentation, Working with structured data, Working with media, Zip files
for automation, Working with small documents, Appropriate use of ChatGPT Advanced Data Analysis,
Human and AI Process planning, Error identification techniques, Error handling
Advanced topics in Artificial Intelligence : Machine Learning and its types, Overview of Neural
Networks, Overview of Genetic Algorithms, Overview of Fuzzy Logics

List of Practicals / Experiments:

List of Practicals
• Implement state space search and production system to solve water jug problem.

• Implement Breadth First Search (BFS) and Depth First Search (DFS).

• Implement Best first search on a given problem.

Session 2024-25 Page:1/2

• Using AI tools for image, audio and video editing

• Implement Bayes theorem and Bayesian network and perform inference.

• Implement the Minimax algorithm with Alpha-Beta pruning for a simple game.

• Create a web application where users can drag and drop documents to get AI-generated summaries.

• Implement a chatbot to automate customer support for common queries.

• Use ChatGPT Advanced Data Analysis to build data visualizations and create presentations based on
structured data.

Text Books:
1. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE by RICH, KNIGHT, MCGRAW HILL EDUCATION

References:
1. INTRODUCTION TO GENERATIVE AI by NUMA DHAMANI AND MAGGIE ENGLER, Manning
Publications
2. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: A MODERN APPROACH by STUART RUSSELL, PETER NORVIG,
PEARSON

Session 2024-25 Page:2/2