Philosophy of artificial intelligence

men who founded Google while pursuing doctoral degree in computer science at Standford, speak frequently of their desire to turn their search engine in an artificial intelligence, a HAL-like machine that might be connected directly to our brains.” Carr, unlike Shirky, believes that instead of the social structure there will be this artificial computer that will control our…

Kelly and Thompson: How High-technology Products Affect Humans Robots and artificial intelligence are the most rapidly developing high-technology products in recent years. These techniques have been and continue to be applied to an expansive range of problems that arise in medical diagnosis, e-commerce, mathematics, etc. However, how technology promotes our cognitive abilities―making us smarter, more productive, and more creative than ever before? Clive Thompson, a Brooklyn-based technology…

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…

comes, technology and human capacity will accelerate and merge to become a new and different life-form. This may include machines becoming sentient. Believing in the singularity is a good thing. The singularity will bring up a new age of superhuman intelligence. “According to Ray Kurzweil the advancements in the GNR; genomics, nanotechnology, and robotics will pave the way” (Kurzweil, Ray. The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology). Imagine being able cure genetic diseases like…

Last month, I saw the movie Ex Machina, which shows a robot manipulating easily a human. It brings reflexions about the actual AI technology in progress. I think scientists are too much in a hurry to test their "super-humans" projects. Artificial intelligence does not have a place in today’s society. Certainly not yet. First and foremost, AI technology goes against human values, such as truth, simplicity and respect of the human being. We shouldn't include AI machines in our society, because…

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…

a human brain, the only technology that was available at the time for a project at that time. As time has progressed, new technologies have been discovered, and advance. We make use of that with a brain that relies on neural networks, and artificial intelligence, while our body was created by 3D printed body parts. However, our adaptation differs from the original when it comes to the social issues mentioned. In the source text, issues that are presented include the death penalty, and the…

how excited was that I actually got the opportunity to fly in one. Upon arriving to America I saw the major role of technology the daily American lifestyle, but I was unaware that people didn’t see it all as good. “The pace of progress in artificial intelligence (AI) is so fast that it has triggered alarm, leading to a Panorama investigation this week, entitled ‘Could a Robot do my Job?’” Jane Merrick (2015) mentioned in an Independent Newspaper. Although automation seems like a threat they are…