"Robots"
This video was very interesting. Now I have a better understanding of the term singularity. It is sad that robots are taking over so many of our jobs, and it is surprising that they are cheaper to buy than it is to pay humans. Again it seems to all come down to money, like many things in life. Humans loosing jobs and robots taking them does not seem to play in much to company's, just the fact that they could save some money and make more. I hope there are still some companies out there that stand for creating more jobs.
Saturday, November 2, 2013
"WATSON" wow Watson is really smart and really fast. I'm thinking it is just programmed to recognize certain words that would lead to the answers that it gave. I'm still not thinking it has any kind of humanness even though they were able to make it sound like a human. Just a computer doing its thing!! Really fun to watch.
"Singularity"
Singularity is a supposed moment in time when artificial intelligence will have progressed so much that it is to the point of passing human intelligence. Some think that there may come a time that we will no longer be in charge but computers will be. It is true that artificial intelligence has grown exponentially for years now and there are is such unfathomable artificial intelligence out there that almost all of us can not even understand. But all this is possible because of the intelligence of humans. If singularity were to become a reality, it would greatly change civilization. Life for us will no longer be the same.
I being of average intelligence would like to believe that the "smart" humans that are inventing and creating super artificial intelligence would include such things along with everything else that would always insure that we control and demand all actions taken by artificial intelligence making sure that singularity never happens. Then again I would have to assume the reason that a person or company would push for more and more levels of advancement in artificial intelligence would be for either the all mighty dollar or for recognition. That being said, if that were the case I suppose a person may continue with their pursuit even with the threat of singularity happening. Maybe they assume it will not happen in their life time, so it doesn't matter. Basically I am just left wondering why would this happen if it is us doing it, and why would it not be stopped if it known that it may not be good for us??? Just like all other things above my intelligence level, I am sure there is just so much more I do not understand about this topic and the people involved.
I still would like to believe there is nothing that compares to the human mind and there is not any artificial intelligence that could really surpass it. As far as I know computers or technologies can not choose things based on gut instincts, they can not over come difficulties based on drive and passion and they do not have compassion while making decisions. With out these and other human characteristics any sort of intelligence is just plain old lacking in its capabilities. Now if I am wrong and computers and programs are capable of doing these things....well then I know even way less than I originally thought and we are all in trouble.
I being of average intelligence would like to believe that the "smart" humans that are inventing and creating super artificial intelligence would include such things along with everything else that would always insure that we control and demand all actions taken by artificial intelligence making sure that singularity never happens. Then again I would have to assume the reason that a person or company would push for more and more levels of advancement in artificial intelligence would be for either the all mighty dollar or for recognition. That being said, if that were the case I suppose a person may continue with their pursuit even with the threat of singularity happening. Maybe they assume it will not happen in their life time, so it doesn't matter. Basically I am just left wondering why would this happen if it is us doing it, and why would it not be stopped if it known that it may not be good for us??? Just like all other things above my intelligence level, I am sure there is just so much more I do not understand about this topic and the people involved.
I still would like to believe there is nothing that compares to the human mind and there is not any artificial intelligence that could really surpass it. As far as I know computers or technologies can not choose things based on gut instincts, they can not over come difficulties based on drive and passion and they do not have compassion while making decisions. With out these and other human characteristics any sort of intelligence is just plain old lacking in its capabilities. Now if I am wrong and computers and programs are capable of doing these things....well then I know even way less than I originally thought and we are all in trouble.
Sunday, October 27, 2013
Flatworld!
This is a fascinating article about a new perspective on things that I have never thought of before. The most alarming part to me is that the education of my children may be obsolete soon. I work very hard in many ways to ensure my children are getting a good education, but now I wonder what is it really worth. What is my education really worth? I will be meditating on the information in this paper for awhile!!
Friday, October 18, 2013
SKANKBLOG
Wow...this article about a model who is suing Google for being called a skank on a their blog site is entertaining. My first reaction to it was...well if she wasn't at the club acting all like that then people wouldn't write such things about her. But then again maybe it is not true...although there was a not so nice picture to go along with it that make a good argument. This is a tough subject because because after further research the author accusing Liskula Cohen of being a skank was revealed by Google when her privacy was supposed to be protected. So on the one hand, I would be very upset and feel violated if someone was defamating my character for all to read, and I would feel violated if Google revealed my name in this circumstance. This is a tough one and I'm not totally sure where I stand.
Wow...this article about a model who is suing Google for being called a skank on a their blog site is entertaining. My first reaction to it was...well if she wasn't at the club acting all like that then people wouldn't write such things about her. But then again maybe it is not true...although there was a not so nice picture to go along with it that make a good argument. This is a tough subject because because after further research the author accusing Liskula Cohen of being a skank was revealed by Google when her privacy was supposed to be protected. So on the one hand, I would be very upset and feel violated if someone was defamating my character for all to read, and I would feel violated if Google revealed my name in this circumstance. This is a tough one and I'm not totally sure where I stand.
Facebook Activist
In the article, Middle East Uprising: Facebook's Secret Role in Egypt, it addresses Egypt in 2011 when the people protested against the president along with other issues. It resulted in getting the president out, but cost many people lives and many injured. This article claims that Facebook helped protect activists sites as the protests approached. One in particular page was named "We are all Khaled said" and it had 400,000 fans. They are saying that Facebook left the page up until the day of the election and even protected it therefore having views that support the revolt. I myself do not know what to think about this, I'm not sure if it is good to let people have the freedom on Facebook to fight for rights or if it is not OK, but now that I have seen this I will be considering it much more.
In the article, Middle East Uprising: Facebook's Secret Role in Egypt, it addresses Egypt in 2011 when the people protested against the president along with other issues. It resulted in getting the president out, but cost many people lives and many injured. This article claims that Facebook helped protect activists sites as the protests approached. One in particular page was named "We are all Khaled said" and it had 400,000 fans. They are saying that Facebook left the page up until the day of the election and even protected it therefore having views that support the revolt. I myself do not know what to think about this, I'm not sure if it is good to let people have the freedom on Facebook to fight for rights or if it is not OK, but now that I have seen this I will be considering it much more.
Amnesty International
This is an amazing website that focuses on Human Rights and the fight to improve them. I respect the fact that it is independent from government, political ideology, economic interest, or religion. It is an informative site revealing the travesties that are happening all around the world with a desire to help and pitch in. It runs solely on memberships and donations. The most fascinating part is that a person is able to search their library full of years of their fight against human rights with over 50,000 reports, press releases, and appeals.
This is an amazing website that focuses on Human Rights and the fight to improve them. I respect the fact that it is independent from government, political ideology, economic interest, or religion. It is an informative site revealing the travesties that are happening all around the world with a desire to help and pitch in. It runs solely on memberships and donations. The most fascinating part is that a person is able to search their library full of years of their fight against human rights with over 50,000 reports, press releases, and appeals.
Sunday, October 13, 2013
Second Life
I remember when my daughter and husband showed me second life a couple years ago. It looked cool and kinda fun. I never really had much interest in it, but now that I think about it, it really says a lot about us as a society. To really want to spend so much time being some body else, or a shadow of yourself. I believe it is evidence of unhappiness and lack of esteem. I am sure this is true for some but not all users of course. I think it is similar to nearly half of Americans being on antidepressants, or 1 in 10 adults having addiction problems. Many people are looking for an escape, just as in Second Life. Sadly I saw a news article about a married couple who got arrested for neglecting their 3 year old while they played second life. I could see the draw towards this virtual reality, but I am busy with the 5 million other priorities, and could never fathom having time to spend on this site.
MORE VIDEOS!!
Capacities: I never would have known their were so many levels of capacity of a computer! We are not even using most of these yet...so it makes me wonder why they have so many and why they are so large.
Bits and Bytes: I found some of the words interesting in this video. I discovered that the work bit comes from the fact that it is a binary digit. I love that when you split a bit in half it is called a nibble.
Configuration: My husband does a defragment of our computer on a regular basis and this appears to be another way of doing that, that I did not know about.
Disk Clean up: This is a video about how to clean up your disk to make it run better, as I watch the guy explain the how to part, he really makes it look so easy.
Intro to SQL: Now this one went way over my head. It was a very complicated video on how to retrieve data from a computer.
Bits and Bytes: I found some of the words interesting in this video. I discovered that the work bit comes from the fact that it is a binary digit. I love that when you split a bit in half it is called a nibble.
Configuration: My husband does a defragment of our computer on a regular basis and this appears to be another way of doing that, that I did not know about.
Disk Clean up: This is a video about how to clean up your disk to make it run better, as I watch the guy explain the how to part, he really makes it look so easy.
Intro to SQL: Now this one went way over my head. It was a very complicated video on how to retrieve data from a computer.
Saturday, October 5, 2013
Videos!!!
Many of these videos I found to be very educational:
Computer parts: This video reinforced what our instructor showed us during lecture. I was shocked when I heard that leaving a computer running all the time for a year could cost up to 700 dollars.
Nova: I found it interesting to know that the watch was actually the first computer and that all computers are actually all ran on a binary code made up of just two numbers.
CPU: This was an interesting explanation of why or why not to get a high end computer.
Taking apart a computer: Another great demonstration of the main parts of a computer.
Ram vs Disk: This video explains the storage of a computer and how the hard drive stores files and it talks about virtual memory.
Replace Laptop ram: So this shows that just about anyone could change the ram in a laptop, super easy!!
How a disk works: I've always wanted to be able to see what is going on inside of a disk player, and this video shows what is going on in there. I found it very interesting.
How to buy a laptop: This video was of course helpful and I am thankful to have access to it, because if I was going to buy a computer I would probably just go with the cheapest one that also looks cool. So I know little to nothing about it.
How to buy a balanced machine: This video was great but it still is a bit over my head and hard to figure out. It just helps me realize how little I really know about computers.
Computer parts: This video reinforced what our instructor showed us during lecture. I was shocked when I heard that leaving a computer running all the time for a year could cost up to 700 dollars.
Nova: I found it interesting to know that the watch was actually the first computer and that all computers are actually all ran on a binary code made up of just two numbers.
CPU: This was an interesting explanation of why or why not to get a high end computer.
Taking apart a computer: Another great demonstration of the main parts of a computer.
Ram vs Disk: This video explains the storage of a computer and how the hard drive stores files and it talks about virtual memory.
Replace Laptop ram: So this shows that just about anyone could change the ram in a laptop, super easy!!
How a disk works: I've always wanted to be able to see what is going on inside of a disk player, and this video shows what is going on in there. I found it very interesting.
How to buy a laptop: This video was of course helpful and I am thankful to have access to it, because if I was going to buy a computer I would probably just go with the cheapest one that also looks cool. So I know little to nothing about it.
How to buy a balanced machine: This video was great but it still is a bit over my head and hard to figure out. It just helps me realize how little I really know about computers.
Slashdot.com was an interesting website to say the least, and I felt it was for "smart" people. Much of the material was completely over my head. I am always envious of the people who are much more aware than myself of current issues and modern technology. In a way I felt it was a sort of "Facebook" for nerds. When I say nerds I mean it in the highest esteem, because we all know it is the nerds who most often succeed in life and even become wealthy. Of course it was interesting and informative, and I almost wish I would spend more time looking at websites that actually tackle real life stuff with it seems limited drama, but then again I probably wont.
Thursday, October 3, 2013
Computer Experience
It is crazy that I have made it through 4 years of college with out taking this CIS class. I went from not knowing how to send an email to my junior year at OSU. My husband has always been there to help me learn what I needed to know to make it through. I feel like I know the Word program quite well, but have managed to not have to make one power point of my own in college, I have always had a group of people when presenting one, with at least one person knowing how to do one.
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