Artificial life

the past decade alone, the use of technology throughout society has increased dramatically. Technological advances have gone from being privileges to integral parts of the daily lives of a large population of the world. A shift towards developing artificial intelligence (AI) has occurred in order to increase convenience and efficiency of tasks and processes for individuals, businesses, and nation-states. However, unintended consequences have arisen alongside the rapid development of these…

wasn’t very enthusiastic about the topic our group chose, artificial intelligence (AI). Instead, I planned to research the Zika virus. When that idea was voted out, I had to accept the fact that our topic was AI, which initially was a difficult challenge for me. Before researching this topic, I never really knew what AI was. I’ve heard of it in movies, but didn’t realize that it was a widely researched phenomenon that influences everyday life. To gain an insight, I researched this topic using…

The world of artificial intelligence is advancing at a rapid rate with robots becoming increasingly human like everyday. Advancements in these technologies requires us as humans to understand the benefits and the ramifications of introducing this scarcely understood technology into our everyday lives. Blindly allowing a new form of intelligence could be potentially catastrophic if not fully understood as the stability of these technologies are yet to be understood. Within Isaac Asimov's story…

Will artificial intelligence devices become human’s best friend? YuMi is no ordinary streamline robotic machinery. According to ABB, “it is the first truly collaborative dual-arm industrial robot” (para. 2), this statement suggests that factories may someday erase the safety lines between human employees and machineries. Equipped with the state of the art artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, YuMi is able to intuitively interact with human (Kirchner et al., 2015) making it possible for…

Though not having met Jacque Fresco in person, he has had a huge impact in my life. For most of my life, I wanted to be a doctor due to the monetary and social benefits. This dream of mine was from the tender age of two. At that point in time, I was fascinated by my pediatricians. This continued till around the late 8th grade. It was during the 8th grade where I developed a fascination with physics and wanted to be a physicist. However, when I moved to the United States in the summer of 2014, I…

With the resurgence of artificial intelligence in the media and news, I have gained an interest in the philosophical aspects of it. I would like to write a research paper about whether or not an artificial intelligence is deserved of human rights. This topic has greatly peaked my interest, mostly because I have seen the issue proposed in numerous movies and games that I enjoy. Also, there is no definitive answer, so my goal would to present information, then give my opinion and allow the reader…

FlexMed. It began when my five best friends from my dorm hall decided that they wanted to live together off-campus sophomore year. The influence that three computer science engineers, a mechanical engineer , and a business student can have on one 's life is incredibly significant, to say the least. So, when the semester ended, we each went back home for our first summer vacation in college, eagerly awaiting the…

Violent delights have violent ends "The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race” (Stephen Hawking). Hawking divulges that as we approach the singularity, our own creations will render us evolutionarily obsolete. Our great developments over time are the things that have allowed us to make our own tools, languages and commerce but someday instead of creating new technology our innovations may bring us to our own demise. Science fiction writer Vernor…

Daniele Aquino Trigilio, Mike Vis 194s 8/30/16 Final Exam A) Neuromancer and Cyberpunk Film In the famous novel “Neuromancer”, written by William Gibson, was one of the first pieces of literature to introduce Cyberpunk as a subgenre within science-fiction. One major component within cyberpunk, deals with augmentations that are put upon the human being both physically and virtually. To put in perspective, one perfect example of augmentation that appears in Neuromancer, puts forward a…

A couple of weeks ago, Professor Baasten asked the class, “Do you want to have a child?” and followed up with, “Why?” The lecture went on, explaining the different reasons why people want to have children despite it being an irrational act, and he even allowed us to explain our own take as to why we wanted to have children. However, we then talked about when people are physically unable to have children – infertility. Many talk about how wonderful children are, yet some are not able to…