CS 188 Spring 2026
Instructors: Dan Klein, Stuart Russell / Lecture: TuTh, 12:30-2:00 PM, Lewis 100 [Zoom, Recordings Playlist, Recordings Media Gallery (accessible to enrolled students only)]
Announcements
Week 12 Announcements
- Final Exam
- The final exam accommodations logistics form has been released and is located here. Please read through and complete this ASAP if you need any accommodations (including DSP). It is due Thu, Apr 23 at 11:59 PM PT. If you are okay with taking the exam in-person at the normal time (Thu, May 14, 3-6PM) without any accommodations, then you don’t need to fill out this form.
- Assignments
- Homework 10 is due Thu, Apr 23 at 11:59 PM PT.
- Project 5 is due Fri, Apr 24 at 11:59 PM PT.
Course Calendar
| Wk. | Date | Lecture (pptx) | Readings | Discussion | HW | Project |
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| 1 |
Tue Jan 20 | 1. Intro, Agents, and Environments Slides / Video / Recording |
AIMA 1-2
1.1 |
No Discussion | HW0 [optional]
(due Fri Jan 23) |
Project 0 (optional)
(due Fri Jan 23) |
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Thu Jan 22 | 2. Uninformed Search Slides / Video / Recording |
AIMA 3.1-3.4
1.2-1.3 |
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| 2 |
Tue Jan 27 | 3. A* Search and Heuristics Slides / Video / Recording |
AIMA 3.5-3.6
1.4 |
No Discussion | HW1
(due Thu Feb 05) |
Project 1
(due Fri Feb 06) |
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Thu Jan 29 | 4. Local Search Slides / Recording |
AIMA 4.1-4.2
1.5 |
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| 3 |
Tue Feb 03 | 5. CSPs I Slides / Video / Recording |
AIMA 6.1
2.1-2.4 CSP Demo |
1. Search Discussion: Worksheet / Solutions / Video Exam Prep: Worksheet / Solutions / Video |
HW2
(due Thu Feb 12) |
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Thu Feb 05 | 6. CSPs II Slides / Video / Recording |
AIMA 6.2-6.5
2.4-2.6 |
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| 4 |
Tue Feb 10 | 7. Game Trees I Slides / Video / Recording |
AIMA 5.2-5.5
3.1-3.2 |
2. CSPs Discussion: Worksheet / Solutions / Video Exam Prep: Worksheet / Solutions / Video |
HW3
(due Thu Feb 19) |
Project 2
(due Fri Feb 20) |
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Thu Feb 12 | 8. Game Trees II Slides / Video / Recording |
AIMA 5.2-5.5, 16.1-16.3
3.3-3.6 |
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| 5 |
Tue Feb 17 | 9. MDPs I Slides / Video / Recording |
AIMA 17.1-17.2
4.1-4.2 |
3. Game Trees Discussion: Worksheet / Solutions / Video Exam Prep: Worksheet / Solutions / Video |
HW4
(due Thu Feb 26) |
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Thu Feb 19 | 10. MDPs II Slides / Video / Recording |
AIMA 17.1-17.2
4.3-4.5 |
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| 6 |
Tue Feb 24 | 11. RL I Slides / Video / Recording |
AIMA 22
5.1-5.3 |
4. MDPs Discussion: Worksheet / Solutions / Video Exam Prep: Worksheet / Solutions / Video |
HW5
(due Thu Mar 05) |
Project 3
(due Fri Mar 13) |
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Thu Feb 26 | 12. RL II Slides / Video / Recording |
AIMA 22
5.4-5.5 |
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| 7 |
Tue Mar 03 | 13. Probability Slides / Video |
AIMA 12.1-12.5
6.1-6.2 |
5. RL Discussion: Worksheet / Solutions / Video Exam Prep: Worksheet / Solutions / Video |
HW6
(due Thu Mar 19) |
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Thu Mar 05 | 14. Bayes Nets Slides / Video |
AIMA 13.1-13.3
6.3-6.4 |
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| 8 |
Mon Mar 09 | Midterm (Mon Mar 9, 7–9pm PT) |
6. Probability and Bayes Nets Discussion: Worksheet / Solutions / Video |
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Tue Mar 10 | 15. Bayes Nets: Exact Inference Slides / Video |
AIMA 13.3
6.6 |
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Thu Mar 12 | 16. Bayes Nets: Sampling Slides / Video |
AIMA 13.3-13.4
6.7-6.8 |
HW7
(due Thu Apr 02) |
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| 9 |
Tue Mar 17 | 17. Markov Models & HMMs Slides / Video |
AIMA 14.3, 14.5
8.1-8.3 |
7. BN Inference and Sampling Discussion: Worksheet / Solutions / Video Exam Prep: Worksheet / Solutions / Video |
Project 4
(due Fri Apr 10) |
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Thu Mar 19 | 18. Dynamic Bayes Nets and Particle Filtering Slides / Video |
AIMA 14.3
8.4-8.5 |
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| 10 |
Tue Mar 24 | Spring Break |
No Discussion | |||
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Thu Mar 26 | ||||||
| 11 |
Tue Mar 31 | 19. Rational Decisions Slides / Video |
AIMA 16.5-16.6
7.1-7.3 |
8. HMMs, Dynamic Bayes Nets, and Particle Filtering Discussion: Worksheet / Solutions / Video Exam Prep: Worksheet / Solutions / Video |
HW8
(due Thu Apr 09) |
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Thu Apr 02 | 20. ML I: Decision Trees and Linear Regression Slides |
AIMA 19.1-19.3, 19.6
9.1, 9.5 |
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| 12 |
Tue Apr 07 | 21. ML II: Naive Bayes and Bayesian Learning Slides / Video |
AIMA 20.1, 20.2
9.2 |
9. VPI Discussion: Worksheet / Solutions Exam Prep: Worksheet / Solutions |
HW9
(due Thu Apr 16) |
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Thu Apr 09 | 22. ML II: Naive Bayes and Bayesian Learning, continued Video |
AIMA 20.1, 20.2
9.2 |
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Tue Apr 14 | 23. Deep Learning I: Perceptrons and Neural Networks Slides / Video |
AIMA 21
9.3-9.4, 9.6-9.9 |
10. Naive Bayes Discussion: Worksheet / Solutions Exam Prep: Worksheet / Solutions |
HW10
(due Thu Apr 23) |
Project 5
(due Fri Apr 24) |
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Thu Apr 16 | 24. LLMs I: Language Models Slides / Video |
AIMA 19.3 | ||||
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Tue Apr 21 | 25. LLMs II: Fine-Tuning and Aligning Slides |
AIMA 24.4-24.5 | 11. Deep Learning Discussion: Worksheet / Solutions Exam Prep: Worksheet / Solutions |
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Thu Apr 23 | 26. Application: AI for Global Nuclear Monitoring Slides |
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| 15 |
Tue Apr 28 | 27. AI Safety | ||||
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Thu Apr 30 | 28. Further Thoughts | |||||
| 16 |
Tue May 05 | RRR Week |
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Thu May 07 | ||||||
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Tue May 12 | |||||
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Thu May 14 | Final Exam (Thu May 14, 3-6pm PT) |