Post by Spenser Hale on Jun 11, 2015 19:50:00 GMT
1. Do you think artificial intelligence will be a significant problem in the future?
Artificial intelligence has its good sides and its bad sides, just like everything else that can be debated. However, I believe the good outweighs the bad in significant ways. In the video, “Is the Universe an App?” by Neuralsurfer, he talks about how Nick Bostrom’s essay from 2003 has a very important topic, which is about artificial intelligence. Bostrom states, “(3) we are almost certainly living in a computer simulation”. Many may agree with that, especially the generation of our parents and grandparents who are so used to everything being done by hand, not by a computer. However, the computer, although powerful, is only as powerful as one designs it to be. Many of us may not understand the full capacity and may believe that the computer is too smart or powerful for us to have; there are those who understand it and know how to control it if something were to go wrong. Although I agree that artificial intelligence is an amazing invention, I do also believe that we should not be hooked to our computers or phones 100% of the time. With that taken into consideration, I still believe that computers and many other electronic devices will help us in the future and instead of trying to compress it, we should embrace it and see what we can do with it.
Sources: Is the Universe An App – Neuralsurfer
2. How has technology impacted your life?
Technology is considered to be one of the greatest inventions of the world. It has, whether one likes it or not, impacted every single person’s life. Recently, with new technology, we can do much more than just the basics such as on our phones or on our tablets like the iPad. “I was not wowed by the device and navigated back to books as my first choice for reading material. That all changed, however, when I got initiated into the iPad. It wasn’t the iBook app (Kindle’s app is far superior in many ways, since it allows one to access your Amazon library over large array of platforms) or the beautiful way it put PDF documents onto the already built-in virtual bookshelf. No, it was the fact that I could read almost anything, anywhere, anytime while also accessing the web for news updates, Facebook updates, YouTube videos, Netflix streaming, online gaming, and whatever else strikes my interest or fancy at the time”(Lane pg. 11). This quote from the book Digital Philosophy explains how we use our devices for nearly everything we do. Instead of having to go to the library or to the store to buy items you need, you can simply order them at the touch of your finger on the screen. Technology has had a huge impact not only on myself, but everyone around me. We use it to connect with family across the states, to see old friends, to find research you need, anything. Personally, I use my iPad, iPhone, and MacBook Pro for everything. They help me with daily things and also things that might only come up every once and awhile. Technology is fantastic, and it is great to see that it is still improving.
Sources: Digital Philosophy - David Lane
Artificial intelligence has its good sides and its bad sides, just like everything else that can be debated. However, I believe the good outweighs the bad in significant ways. In the video, “Is the Universe an App?” by Neuralsurfer, he talks about how Nick Bostrom’s essay from 2003 has a very important topic, which is about artificial intelligence. Bostrom states, “(3) we are almost certainly living in a computer simulation”. Many may agree with that, especially the generation of our parents and grandparents who are so used to everything being done by hand, not by a computer. However, the computer, although powerful, is only as powerful as one designs it to be. Many of us may not understand the full capacity and may believe that the computer is too smart or powerful for us to have; there are those who understand it and know how to control it if something were to go wrong. Although I agree that artificial intelligence is an amazing invention, I do also believe that we should not be hooked to our computers or phones 100% of the time. With that taken into consideration, I still believe that computers and many other electronic devices will help us in the future and instead of trying to compress it, we should embrace it and see what we can do with it.
Sources: Is the Universe An App – Neuralsurfer
2. How has technology impacted your life?
Technology is considered to be one of the greatest inventions of the world. It has, whether one likes it or not, impacted every single person’s life. Recently, with new technology, we can do much more than just the basics such as on our phones or on our tablets like the iPad. “I was not wowed by the device and navigated back to books as my first choice for reading material. That all changed, however, when I got initiated into the iPad. It wasn’t the iBook app (Kindle’s app is far superior in many ways, since it allows one to access your Amazon library over large array of platforms) or the beautiful way it put PDF documents onto the already built-in virtual bookshelf. No, it was the fact that I could read almost anything, anywhere, anytime while also accessing the web for news updates, Facebook updates, YouTube videos, Netflix streaming, online gaming, and whatever else strikes my interest or fancy at the time”(Lane pg. 11). This quote from the book Digital Philosophy explains how we use our devices for nearly everything we do. Instead of having to go to the library or to the store to buy items you need, you can simply order them at the touch of your finger on the screen. Technology has had a huge impact not only on myself, but everyone around me. We use it to connect with family across the states, to see old friends, to find research you need, anything. Personally, I use my iPad, iPhone, and MacBook Pro for everything. They help me with daily things and also things that might only come up every once and awhile. Technology is fantastic, and it is great to see that it is still improving.
Sources: Digital Philosophy - David Lane