Artificial intelligence

Autonomous labor could mean big changes in the future for the workforce. Robots are on a steady slope to eliminate millions of jobs over the coming decades. Stowe Boyd, lead researcher for GigaOM Research, believes by 2025 “Pizzas will not be delivered by teenagers hoping for a tip. Food will be raised by robotic vehicles, even in small plot urban farms that will become the norm, since so many people will have lost their jobs to ‘bots. Your X-rays will be reviewed by a battery of Watson-grade…

Introduction With the introduction of drone technology, businesses are quickly realizing the capabilities of this disruptive technology. Companies such as Amazon and North Shore Rescue, among others, are coming up with ways to implement this technology into their business models. Drones are creating a shift in the business world towards the use of airspace technology, as opposed to land vehicles. This new shift could change the very nature of many industries as jobs become obsolete, and other…

A contemporary social issue currently face today that will have an impact on the Marine Corps in 15-20 years is the utilization of technology. Modern technology such as computers and personal hand held devices have its advantage and disadvantages. Computers are able to speed up communications, procedures, and save lives with the use of robots to disarm an improvised explosive device. With the advantages that it brings to the fight, it also has its drawbacks. Technology can take away from…

In a world full of growing technology, it would be safe to assume that all these advancements would highly benefit the growing population. Sadly, that’s not the case in most instances. The advancements in technology seems to be making humans more dependent on devices. Besides the fact that people are getting more dependent on technology, each device has its own algorithm, which people may not even realize. In Steven Poole’s article, “Slaves to the Algorithm,” he discusses the many ways people…

IQs of 200? In today’s society more and more technology and theories are being proven every day. One theories that has been proven is brain surgery to increase intelligence. It seems out of this world, but is is really a thing.It is a very inconvenient way to get smarter, because not everyone may be able to afford it. Increasing intelligence can change and make humans into robots. The people without the surgery will start to rely on robots and will become lazy. One reason that it is…

A Murder Most Foul: The Death of the Atanasoff-Berry Computer The brainchild of the brilliant John Vincent Atanasoff and Clifford Edward Berry, the Atanasoff-Berry Computer, had many enemies. Were these enemies what ultimately lead to its untimely demise? The Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC) is claimed by many to be the first modern digital electronic computer. Whether or not this is true; at the very least it was a precursor to ENIAC, the computer that most people who are not on the side of the…

Functionalism itself is described as the philosophy of the mind which contains different properties of both behaviorism and identity theory. The main idea of functionalism is that the different mental states that we have as humans; emotions, beliefs, successes, are what they are due to what they do in our bodies. An example that is used to mirror functionalism is the computer metaphor. This metaphor is where the mind represents a type of computer software which is located inside of our brain and…

The innate brain systems of all mammals/animals are developed on and surpass the capacities of both the right and the left hemisphere of the brain. Minute animals like the worms have pseudo sensory brain function mechanisms that has been connected by nerves having very few neurons. There is a neural net that links the brain stimuli system with few intermediary layers and that could be used as an illustration model (Sowa 1983). The brain of a reptile is infinitesimally small compared to those of…

The election has such poor candidates running to be president of America that scientists made a robot. The robot was programed with history of the world. This robot was intentionally made to be a candidate. Robert the robot did what he was programed to do and went for election and won. Robert was smart on his campaigning. His complaining wasn't all just mudslinging. Robert campaigned about how he was going to get America out of debt from experimenting with flying cars. Robert promises that…

One game that ties these elements together is Rugrats: Search for Reptar is a PlayStation game that was released in 1998.The game is based on the popular Nickelodeon cartoon Rugrats, which aired from 1991 until 2004. The game follows the main character of the cartoon, Tommy Pickles, who has lost his Reptar puzzle (IMDb). The last time I recall playing the game was twelve years ago at the age of nine. In order to get a good understanding of the game again I watched a walkthrough of someone else…