The Time Machine

At the time the French pioneered the use of a tactic where they hide behind a hill or rise in topography out of the enemies’ direct line of sight, the field officers forward to sight correct the aim, and then the corrections to the firing solution then relayed…

a title. Las Vegas thrives on attracting tourists to come over for the weekend and spend all their hard-earned money at the slot machines and poker tables conveniently placed around everywhere around the Strip. Gambling is not just monopolized on the Strip, though; it can be found all throughout the city. Locals are greeted with the oh so familiar sound of a slot machine being played upon entering a grocery or convenience store. Gambling had been so normalized in Las Vegas that locals no longer…

Artificial intelligence (AI) is the science that makes the machine intelligent, e.g. when the computer makes decisions in a similar way that human does. AI is applied in software or machines From the research I did, the scientists are investigating on two type of AI, one AI is that it has its own personality, it can acts as human, has own emotion, feel what human can feel and its own thinking, so singularity. And this AI has self learning program so it is like human can learn from experience.…

not just about having a good time, it’s about having a true time. There are other intrinsic goods we value such as truth, self-discovery, and autonomy, therefore hedonism is false. Nozick provided a very well-known argument in an attempt to examine hedonism, the ‘Experience Machine’, which is basically an experiment concerning simulated experiences. This machine is the ultimate virtual reality headset which creates life-like simulations that…

there have also been studies on the consequences of such intelligent machines such as taking over humans jobs; a study conducted in 2013 investigated ”how susceptible are jobs to computerization” and claims that within few decades 47 percent of todays jobs will be taken over by automation. Herbert Simon once said “Machines will be capable, within twenty years, of doing any work a man can do”. Which then raises the question; if machines can do almost any work a man can do, what would humans do?…

the Slots machine again stole my money, it was my sixth loss in a row. The big flashing red words of “LOSS” on the digital screen and the loud voices of joy fed on my insecurities. I was sitting here bleary-eyed and unshaven in front of this wealthy machine, but I was only adding to its wealth, as I slowly munched through the family’s life savings. I just spent 2 hours deskbound, hungry and dirty in this luxurious casino guilty but was forced to. There was no other way, this slots machine was…

During the early 1900's miners in southern West Virginia were fighting, literally, for simple rights that every worker deserves. A 40-hour work week, decent pay that wasn't in scrip, and a sense of safety. On May 19 of 1920, members of the Baldwin-Felts detective agency arrived in the town of Matewan to evict union miners from houses owned by the Stone Mountain Coal Company. After catching wind of the detectives’ activities, Matewan Mayor Cabell Testerman and a pro-union sheriff named Sid…

the article ‘Smarter Than You Think,’ by Clive Thompson, the author explains the comparison of the human mind vs machine intelligence. He talks about the speed of these machines in a game of chess and the millions of calculations it can make in just seconds. Compared with humans, these machines outmatch ourselves in everything expect in one way. Thompson explains even though machines are better they have trouble with “intelligence amplification,” but when paired together the possibilities are…

have learner's good fortune, then you need to experience that once more. After such a large number of misfortunes you realize that some fortunes will undoubtedly come your direction. Furthermore, you begin enjoying the sticking of the coins and each time that happens, you feel, or think to feel a touch of heaven. Your cash to no end and your chicks…

old one. Hearing hundreds of reasons why it 's better or faster only tempt people, especially gen Z, to upgrade to the latest and greatest. In the article, Slot Machine in Your Pocket, Tristan Harris talks about how people become addicted to their phones just like slot machines and how people, on average, check their phones more than 100 times a day. In the article, "Is Google Making Us Stupid?", Nicholas Carr refers to many sources about what google and the internet have done to us. Technology…