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Week 5- Digital Philosophy and A.I.
Essay 1 - Do you think artificial intelligence will be a significant problem in the future?
In the book “Einstein’s Wastebasket,” Andrea Diem-Lane covers Nick Bostrom’s work on Super Intelligence. Super Intelligence can be easily encountered in the current era of science fiction, which is more commonly centered on “the growing and pervasive fear that the artificial programs we have invented and nurtured since the advent of electronic computers will soon transcend our own human cognition and intelligence and will outstrip our ability to control them” (32). Nick Bostrom believes that machines will continue to develop and become so powerful and advanced that they may be able to reprogram and build themselves better than we ever could.
Artificial intelligence implies that machines have the capacity to feel emotions and simulate human function for themselves just as our consciousness enables us to do. This poses a significant problem in the future, for fear of our safety. While the further development of technology could assist in our own endeavors to understand the human brain and consciousness, we do not take into account all that machines will learn and a possible agenda they may create for themselves. Machines today carry a great capacity of knowledge that can be accessed and shared across the globe faster than ever thought possible. The advancement of technology is not a problem if it is used for good, however, we must plan on how to address this growth in a positive and effective manner before all control is lost.
Diem-Lane, Andrea. Einstein’s Wastebasket. Walnut: MSAC Philosophy Group, 2016. Web.
Essay 2 - How has technology impacted your life?
I know that technology has rapidly advanced from the time I was born to today. From Walkman players to CDs and digital downloads, as well as rotary dial telephones to the latest iPhone, technology has come a long way. Even now, advancements are constantly being developed. In the video “Ray Kurzweil: The Coming Singularity,” Ray states, “By 2029, we will have reverse engineered and modeled and simulated all the regions of the brain and that will provide us the software algorithmic methods to simulate all the brain’s capabilities including emotional intelligence…” That very thought is mind-blowing and something I wouldn’t have even dreamed to be possible in my lifetime. Just as I believe a majority of modern America would say, I have been irreversibly impacted by technology and am dependent on it on a daily basis. Even now, I would not be able to partake in this online class without the use of internet and a computer. While much of the older generation shames the younger on our dependency of technology, it is now a basic necessity for our day-to-day lives. Technology has allowed me the opportunity to communicate with relatives in far countries in an instant and given me access to “all human knowledge in a few keystrokes.”
Kurzweil, Ray. “Ray Kurzweil: The Coming Singularity.” Online video clip. YouTube. YouTube, 28 April 2009.
Essay 1 - Do you think artificial intelligence will be a significant problem in the future?
In the book “Einstein’s Wastebasket,” Andrea Diem-Lane covers Nick Bostrom’s work on Super Intelligence. Super Intelligence can be easily encountered in the current era of science fiction, which is more commonly centered on “the growing and pervasive fear that the artificial programs we have invented and nurtured since the advent of electronic computers will soon transcend our own human cognition and intelligence and will outstrip our ability to control them” (32). Nick Bostrom believes that machines will continue to develop and become so powerful and advanced that they may be able to reprogram and build themselves better than we ever could.
Artificial intelligence implies that machines have the capacity to feel emotions and simulate human function for themselves just as our consciousness enables us to do. This poses a significant problem in the future, for fear of our safety. While the further development of technology could assist in our own endeavors to understand the human brain and consciousness, we do not take into account all that machines will learn and a possible agenda they may create for themselves. Machines today carry a great capacity of knowledge that can be accessed and shared across the globe faster than ever thought possible. The advancement of technology is not a problem if it is used for good, however, we must plan on how to address this growth in a positive and effective manner before all control is lost.
Bibliography
Diem-Lane, Andrea. Einstein’s Wastebasket. Walnut: MSAC Philosophy Group, 2016. Web.
Essay 2 - How has technology impacted your life?
I know that technology has rapidly advanced from the time I was born to today. From Walkman players to CDs and digital downloads, as well as rotary dial telephones to the latest iPhone, technology has come a long way. Even now, advancements are constantly being developed. In the video “Ray Kurzweil: The Coming Singularity,” Ray states, “By 2029, we will have reverse engineered and modeled and simulated all the regions of the brain and that will provide us the software algorithmic methods to simulate all the brain’s capabilities including emotional intelligence…” That very thought is mind-blowing and something I wouldn’t have even dreamed to be possible in my lifetime. Just as I believe a majority of modern America would say, I have been irreversibly impacted by technology and am dependent on it on a daily basis. Even now, I would not be able to partake in this online class without the use of internet and a computer. While much of the older generation shames the younger on our dependency of technology, it is now a basic necessity for our day-to-day lives. Technology has allowed me the opportunity to communicate with relatives in far countries in an instant and given me access to “all human knowledge in a few keystrokes.”
Bibliography
Kurzweil, Ray. “Ray Kurzweil: The Coming Singularity.” Online video clip. YouTube. YouTube, 28 April 2009.