Post by oshefeldman on Jul 30, 2016 6:56:43 GMT
Week 5
1. Do you think artificial intelligence will be a significant problem in the future?
I think that artificial can be a significant problem in the future if we do not ensure that there is a safety precaution in place to keep Artificial Intelligence Machines in a peaceful state. If we do not ensure that such preventative measures are in place in the future, it is possible that machines will develop a hatred for their human creators, feeling they are no longer needed. As our AI technologies advance and become smarter, I believe we should implement serious controls to the temperament of the AI, ensuring that they are happy, peaceful machines.
As Ray Kurzweil explains in the video The Coming Singularity information technology grows exponentially. Our computing power doubles every year. He predicts that computers and AI technology will be a million times faster, smarter, more efficient in 20 years. The speed of exponential growth itself is also speeding up. Such growth can already be seen in real life, as he explains that he used to use a Supercomputer at MIT, which took up half a building. Today’s cell phones are exponentially stronger than that huge machine, which was once the hallmark of technological advancement.
Source: Ray Kurzweil, The Coming Singularity - www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uIzS1uCOcE
2. How has technology impacted your life?
Technology has impacted my life in many ways, some good, some bad, and some neutral. As a child, I was a huge fan of the PlayStation one, before I was even in kindergarten. I became instantly hooked on video games, and it was love at first sight. While I did not own a console myself, I would play on other people’s when my Dad and I would be over at his friends houses. I had a lot of fun playing games, and I would say that I generally had a positive experience with the Playstation 1.
Fast forward to my teenage years, I fell in love with a game called World of Warcraft. I used the money that I had saved from my first job washing dishes, and I bought myself my first laptop, a Macbook. Soon after I quit my job, and began playing the game every chance I got. Before school, during school, and after school I would login to the game every chance I got just to get a little gameplay in. My grades ended up taking a dive, and I was subsequently banned from the game by my Father.
Nowadays, technology benefits me, whether I am using online banking, paying with a debit card at the gas station, paying for my parking online on the Mt. Sac website, paying for my Starbucks on my phone, or any other time saving, effortless task that was once a huge endeavor to take on, technology is benefitting me in a positive way. While we can depend too much on technology psychologically and emotionally, it can also affect us in ways that are beneficial to us while causing little harm.
1. Do you think artificial intelligence will be a significant problem in the future?
I think that artificial can be a significant problem in the future if we do not ensure that there is a safety precaution in place to keep Artificial Intelligence Machines in a peaceful state. If we do not ensure that such preventative measures are in place in the future, it is possible that machines will develop a hatred for their human creators, feeling they are no longer needed. As our AI technologies advance and become smarter, I believe we should implement serious controls to the temperament of the AI, ensuring that they are happy, peaceful machines.
As Ray Kurzweil explains in the video The Coming Singularity information technology grows exponentially. Our computing power doubles every year. He predicts that computers and AI technology will be a million times faster, smarter, more efficient in 20 years. The speed of exponential growth itself is also speeding up. Such growth can already be seen in real life, as he explains that he used to use a Supercomputer at MIT, which took up half a building. Today’s cell phones are exponentially stronger than that huge machine, which was once the hallmark of technological advancement.
Source: Ray Kurzweil, The Coming Singularity - www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uIzS1uCOcE
2. How has technology impacted your life?
Technology has impacted my life in many ways, some good, some bad, and some neutral. As a child, I was a huge fan of the PlayStation one, before I was even in kindergarten. I became instantly hooked on video games, and it was love at first sight. While I did not own a console myself, I would play on other people’s when my Dad and I would be over at his friends houses. I had a lot of fun playing games, and I would say that I generally had a positive experience with the Playstation 1.
Fast forward to my teenage years, I fell in love with a game called World of Warcraft. I used the money that I had saved from my first job washing dishes, and I bought myself my first laptop, a Macbook. Soon after I quit my job, and began playing the game every chance I got. Before school, during school, and after school I would login to the game every chance I got just to get a little gameplay in. My grades ended up taking a dive, and I was subsequently banned from the game by my Father.
Nowadays, technology benefits me, whether I am using online banking, paying with a debit card at the gas station, paying for my parking online on the Mt. Sac website, paying for my Starbucks on my phone, or any other time saving, effortless task that was once a huge endeavor to take on, technology is benefitting me in a positive way. While we can depend too much on technology psychologically and emotionally, it can also affect us in ways that are beneficial to us while causing little harm.