...The Rise of Robotics in the Workforce Carlos Andres Aznaran ITT Technical institute, San Bernardino Mrs. Boyer February 6, 2015 The Rise of Robotics in the Workforce Since the days of Isaac Asimov, there has been a lingering question that many find foolish, while others find more realistic than we know. Will robots take over the world? Since the invention of the personal computer, we have taken tremendous strides in technology. There are new technologies now in the workforce. It seems more plausible that soon our jobs can be a thing of the past. This essay will talk about: how artificial intelligence is used to perform basic computations, how robots are working side by side with humans, and the impact robots have on low wage jobs. The roots of artificial intelligence (AI) can be traced to the days of Aristotle. He described a method of mechanical logic known as syllogism. Syllogism is a logical argument that uses deductive reasoning to come at a conclusion based on two or more propositions that are assumed to be true (Noving, 2012). Scientists have been working on developing AI since the 1960s. The main issue that was raised was that there was no formulaic way of describing a computer as “intelligent”. There are many computers and programs that are smarter than most humans, but if their functions are to multiply large numbers, or keep track of thousands of bank account balances, then they are not referred to as intelligent. They are only referred to as correct (Noving...
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...environment and make millions, more companies will likely jump on that same ship. When more and more companies start to make money at the expense of the environment, more people become in the same situation as the Amungme and Kamoro. On top of that, our food sources will dwindle and our water contaminated. If our environment is continually destroyed, other resources will be destroyed too. Ex. Copper may be abundant, but with all the copper mining going on, lumber is now scarce. My solution to this problem would be by following Eduardo Nebot, a robotics specialist at the University of Sydney. . His paper mainly consists of a safe alternative to strip mining using advanced robotic technology, which would be a feasible, safer and cost effective strategy. What he also found out was that --mining deposits are becoming increasing smaller, and destroying the surroundings for a small amount would waste time and not justify the consequences. His robotics could identify how big or small the deposits are. Strip mining can have sever effects on everything around the site. According to the Strip Mining Handbook written by Professor Mark Squillace strip mining “can severely erode the soil or reduce its fertility; pollute waters or drain underground water reserves; scar or alter the landscape; damage roads, homes, and other structures; and destroy wildlife.” (Squillace, 2009) What I also found interesting is that “because large areas of vegetation have been removed, flash floods...
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...“You cannot get out of computers any more than you put in. Other versions are that computers only do exactly what you tell them to, and that therefore computers are never creative. The cliché is true only in the crashingly trivial sense, the same sense in which Shakespeare never wrote anything except what his first schoolteacher taught him to write—words”. Richard Dawkins The human race since the beginning of time has always had the deep urge to control, to name, to create ultimately in his own viewpoint as he was formed from God. Man forges his own purpose from the desires of his imagination and the rare strength of his will to create. His implements have been modified as time has gone on, but his longing, his passion to create; to change his world has not. The paper will address Artificial Intelligence from several aspects. The history, the key players, everyday uses, technologies and the future will be conversed. Definition Artificial intelligence is defined as the study of intelligent behavior and the attempt to find ways in which such behavior could be engineered in any type of artifact. Simply is the act of putting human intelligence into a machine. AI is a major section of computer science dealing with the reformation of intelligent behavior in computers: the capability of a machine to emulate intelligent human behavior. It can be correlated to the parallel task of using computers to understand human intelligence; however AI does not have to limit itself to methods...
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...Our Time and Our Secret greatly emphasize that how someone is raised and the events that happen in his or her life can shape who they are and what decisions they make. For example, Himmler’s strict and oppressive childhood led him to become a heartless Nazi leader in the massacre of Jews and Robby’s grief over the death of his closest friend led him to become a thief and a murderer who will spend the rest of his life paying for his crimes .The “Banking” Concept of Education, although not a narrative like the other two passages, does explain that education plays a large role in students’ life experiences. Freire believes that the “problem-posing” method of education will be more effective in helping students tackle real-life situations to make...
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...The Wellesley Effect. I heard this phrase a few days ago and it inspired me to rewrite this essay. I watched the video for the campaign and it brought shivers down my spine as I realized everything the Wellesley women were saying is something I would like to get out of college. Wellesley “is the place” where I will be able to become a woman of science and art and sport. Wellesley’s liberal arts education will give me the opportunity to become a well-rounded individual. I will be able to explore my passion for science through the innovative and accessible state-of-the-art equipment, which will allow me to better examine the intricate anatomy of the body, and the complex networks and structures of the brain that fascinate me. After learning about biology, my enthusiasm towards science grew, which drove me to...
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...communism and rapid spread of democracy around the world led to the fall of several autocratic regimes. This was followed by violent conflicts especially in sub-Saharan Africa and parts of Eastern Europe as people demanded more rights and freedom from oppression. Additionally, the advent of globalization which was brought about by rapid technological developments especially in the field of Information Technology (IT) led to interconnectedness among nations and economic interdependence. In my opinion, globalization and economic interdependence have been beneficial to most people in the world. However, the contemporary world is faced with several challenges which constitute threats to future global stability, security and prosperity. 2. This essay will portray my personal views of those threats that I perceive to be the most potent and thus represent the modern equivalents of the four horsemen of the apocalypse. In my view, the main drivers of change in today’s world are poverty, religious extremism, technological advancement and climate change. POVERTY 3. I believe that poverty is perhaps the underlying reason for most conflicts in the world today. A vast majority of the world’s population lives in very poor conditions without access to basic amenities such as food, shelter and primary health care. This is evident in developing countries where inequality is rife and the wealth of the state is not equitably distributed among the...
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...busiTAFE NSW Higher Education A student’s basic guide to bibliographies and referencing: Harvard Style Version: February 2012 www.highered.tafensw.edu.au TAFE NSW - Technical and Further Education Commission CRICOS Provider Code 00591E Last revised: February 2012 Page 1 of 10 Why reference Most of the work you produce requires referencing to demonstrate that you have researched and considered the ideas of others in researching your topic or presenting your argument. Referencing is also necessary because it prevents you from ‘plagiarising’ which can lead to an automatic fail result. Plagiarism is using someone else’s thoughts, words or ideas and writing them as if they were your own. It is technically stealing and is a breach of ethics. Referencing tells the reader where the original idea can be found. What should be referenced? Anything that you have read or heard that has influenced your writing: • A concept or idea • A paraphrased quote • A direct quote • Personal communication • Class notes • Script or screenplay • A contestable argument General knowledge does not need to be referenced, for example: Canberra is the capital of Australia. But if you read that ‘The Yass – Canberra plains were chosen because of the snow in Dalgety …’ this would have to be referenced. A contestable argument that would need to be referenced may be: It is a fact that Lady Denman, rather than the Surveyor Scrivener actually proclaimed the name Canberra. In-text...
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...For every programming language in which you have at least four months of programming experience, list the language, number of months experience you have in using the language (not how long you have known it), and capacity in which you used the language (e.g., courses completed including marks, work experience, self education). (600 character limit) Through my sister’s help, I am currently working on implementing the Sudoku game in JAVA and Euchre card game in C language. I also took the Introduction to JAVA course offered by University of Waterloo distance education, and scored 97 in the final exam. I self-taught myself web development from w3schools and coursera. In the summer, I also self-taught the basics of C and C++ using the ‘C Programming: A Modern Approach’ textbook and coursera. In grade 9, I took the school course, Introduction to Programming, where I learned computer basics and the language,...
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...Al ARABIA FOR EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT AL ITTIHAD PRIVATE SCHOOL- Mamzar العربيـــــــــــــــة لتطويــــــــــــر التعليـــــــــــــم - مذرســـــة االتحــــــاد الخاصــــــة الممزر Boys Section Weekly Homework S R DAYS حربيت اصالييت 12 May - 16 May GRADE 5 نغت عربيت اجخًاعياث English Math Sceince ICT Art Sunday حم اَشطت انطانب درس انٓجرة انُبٕيت انى انًذيُت انًُٕرة ٍحم ٔرلت حًاري To study for quiz on Wednesday : Sequence of events. Exercise on p157 of practice book. 1 Monday حم يٍ يهزيت احكاو 10انخالٔة صفحت To study for quiz on Quiz Material: 8-1/ 8Wednesday : Adverbs 3/ 13-2/ 13-3 exercise on p199 and 200 2 Tuesday ٌ" انًادة انًطهٕبت في االيخحا صذيمُا حضيٍ - انُحٕ كم ياحى ّ" دراصخ To study for quiz on Wednesday : vocabulary words on Tucker's Travels. In copybook and in the reader 3 Wednesday ٔرلت حذريباث Study for Quiz: 1. How Does Matter Change?(booklet) 2. What is Sound?(booklet) related sheets 4 Thursday w.b. pg. 94 ex 1 to 16 +18 + 5 Comments Al ARABIA FOR EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT AL ITTIHAD PRIVATE SCHOOL- Mamzar العربيـــــــــــــــة لتطويــــــــــــر التعليـــــــــــــم الممزر - مذرســـــة االتحــــــاد الخاصــــــة Boys Section Weekly Homework S R DAYS حربيت اصالييت 12 May - 16 May GRADE 6 نغت عربيت اجخًاعياث English Math Sceince ICT Art Sunday حم اَشطت انطانب درس ٍانًٕاخاِ بيٍ انًٓاجري ٔاالَصار 1 Quiz Syllabus: 1. Fact&Opinion...
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...Ever since the first prison opened in the United States in 1790, incarceration has been the center of the nation's criminal justice system. Over this 200 year period many creative alternatives to incarceration have been tried, and many at a much lower cost than imprisonment. It wasn't until the late 1980's when our criminal justice systems across the country began experiencing a problem with overcrowding of facilities. This problem forced lawmakers to develop new options for sentencing criminal offenders. Unlike jail or prisons, which create an expensive cycle of violence and crime, these alternatives actually prevent violence and strengthen communities. Community corrections programs provide many communities with local punishment options as an alternative to prison or jail. These sanction programs are lower cost alternatives to the increased prison and jail constructions, based on the cost per offender. These programs provide local courts, state departments of corrections, and state parole boards with a broad range of correctional options for offenders under their jurisdiction. The overall goals of these programs are to fit the appropriate punishment with the crime, the offender is punished and held accountable, and the public safety is protected. There are several programs available as an alternative to incarceration, the earliest being probation. Probation is still widely used for first time offenders. This program allows the offender a sort of second chance in the community...
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...threaten almost half of modern jobs - Analytical essay It is commonly known that robots are occupying a lot of jobs that previously belonged to humans. But will this pattern continue? And is the future of human jobs looking as grim as it first seems? Carl Frey and Michael Osborne write the topic of globalized computerization in their article “Machines on the march threaten almost half of modern jobs”. The article was published on theconversation.com the 23rd of September 2013. It is commonly known that technology is replacing a number of jobs but the article states that there is more to it. Generally, the text informs the reader that the global computerization has taken a great number of middle-class jobs resulting in a hollowing out of the middle class. But as time goes, more jobs are in danger of being threatened by robots, algorithms or similar. Actually, almost half of modern jobs are in the danger zone. This is because technology can simplify the tasks of manual labor or the like following a replacement of the human worker. Furthermore, the increasing productivity of higher-class jobs has also contributed to the divide in wages received among the world’s population. However, not all jobs are in danger in the near future as the article states because engineering and science jobs requires creative intelligence, which robots lack. This also goes for occupations demanding some sort of social intelligence along with arts, media, education and health-care. The article is structured...
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...research the name Allen means noble and fair while de lo Are you familiar with the vocabulary enhancing game, Super Text Twist? That’s good! It is a computer game created by the GAMEHOUSE. It is played by forming words as many as you can from the set of jumbled letters. This morning we will play it using my name, ALLEN de los Reyes. But before anything else, let me give you simple facts about my name. Based on my research, the name Allen means noble and fair while my last name de los Reyes means royal. So what are we waiting for? Let’s now play TEXT TWIST. Technical writing, a form of technical communication, is a style of writing used in fields as diverse as computer hardware and software, engineering, chemistry, the aerospace industry, robotics, finance, consumer electronics, and biotechnology. [ Technical writers begin by forming a clear understanding of the purpose of the document they will create. If payment for production comes from a second party, this includes a detailed interview with the party that pays for the document's production. Technical writers then typically go on to gather information from existing documentation and from subject matter experts. A subject matter expert (SME) is any expert on the topic that the writer is working on. Technical writers are often not SMEs themselves (unless they are writing about creating good technical documentation). Workers at many levels, and in many different fields, have a role in producing technical communications. A good technical...
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...dedicated specifically for women. The main character Katherine Watson (played by Julia Roberts), however, did not see education as a privilege or a ‘finishing’ prize for women. During her first year as an art teacher at Wellesley, she tries to debunk the notion of female inferiority and subordination. She does this not only for the sake of her students, but for the sake of her work, her teaching, her art. Watson experiences the successes and failures of a variety of teaching methods to educate and counsel students in their lives and their intellectual development. These pedagogies include current-traditional, process, and feminist pedagogies. In addition to reviewing the pedagogy tactics, identifying how they function in the film, and determining the pedagogical accomplishments, a hypothetical syllabus will further explain the tactics, strengths or weaknesses, and the characteristics of the pedagogies. Judge 2 Current-Traditional Pedagogy Current-traditional pedagogy developed in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries and is based loosely on paragraph theory, where there is a rhetorical structure with set conventions that must be met. This pedagogy may be defined in regards to instructing composition by its emphasis on the prescripts of structure and style. Current-traditional is “the manifestation of the assembly line in education” and “the triumph of the scientific and technical world view,” as described by James A. Berlin (Alexander). However...
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...Question: How will you use the power of exponential technologies to bring about exponential impact? Answer: Embrace the idea of a Future that looks very different from Today. Before talking bigly about how the power of exponential technologies can bring about exponential impact, let’s take one step backward and see what the word “exponential” means to us first. The term “exponential” first popped up at 1965, it can be dated back to when Gordon Moore introduced the Moore’s law, which predicts the number of components per integrated circuit would double every year. With the establishment of Moore’s law, it left several insights to the world which are worth to mention: 1. It is predictable that the performance of technologies will double in very rapid way 2. The price of technologies will also decrease by half in very rapid pace. In terms of these prevailing conditions, we can see the exponential technology self-expands in its two traits to the world: Breadth and Depth. So how could these two expansions traditionally make exponential impacts in century? Take camera as an example, it has been evolved from the world’s first digital camera – Kodak Digital Camera at 1975 which cannot take video-taped to the nowadays digital single-lens reflex camera at 2016 which can offer superb image quality and video recording at 4K resolution. In terms of performance, instead of using camera to capture best moments every day, people now use camera: To show the rest of the “fan community”...
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...Society as we know it today has grown from a number of complexed changes and events throughout history. The aim of this essay is to explore and outline a number of key differences from the 1500-1800 time period to today’s modern world, a summary of Blainey’s (2001) work will help give an idea of how life was in that earlier time period and allows us to reference it against what we know as today. Particular differences will be outlined between the two time lines with focus on war, the roles of animals and work structure. These differences will highlight how society has changed from a localized unit to a global unit. Society on a global scale was mostly Agrarian in structure whilst some nomadic style hunter gathers or pastorals groups (Blainey (2001, p.410) still existed in the early 1500’s-1800’s. Life revolved around food, the production of food was what made up day to day life, the average house hold didn’t have enough land to produce what was needed and many people worked at neighbouring farms and meals themselves were used as partial payment. Food was almost the be all and end all it determined wealth, stature and even if and when young single women could marry, Blainey (2001, p.412) explains that if a harvest was plentiful the woman may marry however if the harvest was lean the wedding would be postponed. Work on the farm was predomitdly carried out by the woman and elder children, duties such as fetching fire wood, collecting water from the well, spinning yarn, cooking...
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