...The episode trailer focuses on Data. He is an android that looks like a man. This episode is based on a scientist named Maddox, who found a breakthrough to produce androids like Data, the scientist needs to study and disassemble Data to create more. Data is android created to mimic human behavior an extremely accurate manner. He is extremely advanced and smart. The point that interest me is why Data refused to undergo the procedures to be examined and dismantled. After watching “The Data of Star Trek” video, the question I ask myself is Data a human being? Even if he is android? Data refused to be dismantled and experimented upon. He believed that it’s immoral to experiment on him without a consent. Data is free to think and make choices....
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...I, Robot Educates The Three Laws Of Robotics: 1) A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. 2) A robot must obey orders given it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. 3) A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law (Asimov). These are the three laws that govern the robots in the movie I, Robot. Not only can this Hollywood film entertain us, but it can also teach us about ourselves by it. I, Robot is an example of how society is based around technology, is quick to conform, is fearful of annihilation, feels safe with rules, and humanizes everything. Technology has significantly taken over our lives. Radios, MP3 players, ovens, refrigerators, cars, computers, cell phones, technology is everywhere. The average human being cannot go through a day without coming in contact with some type of technology. Not only do we enjoy the technology we have, but we want more. That’s why in I, Robot the future is pictured as a technological universe where robots are made to do whatever we want them to. The robots aren’t the only technology witnessed throughout the movie though. There are also hand scanners, laser strip surveillance cameras, demolition robots, futuristic autopilot cars, high-tech parking garages, and tons of new technology (I, Robot). This portrays society perfectly. As I said earlier, we come in contact on a day-to-day...
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...Ethical Concerns in Computing: Robot Ethics Ashley Ramos INF 103: Computer Literacy Cathy Johnson November 26, 2013 From a cash register to driverless cars, technology is all around us whether we like it or not, and it is only going to continue to grow. The more technology advances, the more we can do or use it for, and the more concerns it raises. When a computer was first introduced, we weren't thinking about if it could tell right from wrong, we were thrilled that we had a machine that could do somewhat complex calculations. As technology advanced these issues of morals came into play. The first person to look into ethics and the issues that go along with it was James Moor (Bowles, 2013). Since then it has been a highly debated topic that continues to grow. There are many different ethical issues involving information technology, some of which are mentioned in our textbook. Just like with any personal data (Social Security Numbers, bank account information, etc), we expect this information to be kept private and only give it out to who we believe to be trusted people. "Privacy of that data and the importance of ensuring that only authorized people know certain things about other people's lives." (Bowles, 2013). Another issue mentioned in the textbook is the accuracy of our personal information that is entered into the various systems. This information is only as accurate as the human typing it in makes it. Because digital information is so much easier...
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...2013 DeVry University Introduction & Brief description of robotics technology: (Elizabeth Burrier) Robotics has been coming further and further in technology over the years. Robots are not just something you see in the movies, they are now used by the military, NASA and the medical field. This paper will take you through the world of Robotics, and show you the best, newest and what is to come. There was a big popularity Automatons in ancient and Medieval times were very popular. Simple automatons for the use as tools, toys and as part of religious ceremonies were made possible by the Ancient Greeks and Romans. Automatons were population as part of clocks and religious worship, in Europe and the Middle East. The Arab polymath Al-Jazari left texts illustrating his various mechanical devices. Working to develop the foundations of computer science in the early to mid-nineteenth century, Charles Babbage continued to provide entertainment during the 19th century. In 1920, Karel Capek published his play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots), which introduced the word "robot". Robotics became a burgeoning science and more money was invested. Robots spread to Japan, South Korea and many parts of Europe over the last half century, to the extent that projections for the 2011 population of industrial robots are around 1.2 million. Robotics is something that came about a long time ago, in the ancient and medieval times with automatons. The Industrial Revolution and the increased focus...
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...Chris Gerdes who is a boyish and bespectacled standard engineering professor, was worried about some ethical issues in driverless cars movement and he was arguing about the way that driverless cars programmed to work. He was thinking about the robotic minds , and how should it works without any ethics problems. In addition, according to Patrick, who worked with Gerdes in his 7 bag garage filled with robot cars said that Gerdes was focusing more in the ethics and laws in thier work. Gerdes had a workshop on driverless ethics for 90 engineers and researchers which included from electric carmaker Tesla Motors and tech giant Google in 2017. Tesla which going to introduce an autopilot feature in this year. In 2017 GM is going to debut Cadillac,...
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...Antonice Thomas Timeline 10 Overview 15 The Future 17 Dylan Zinkiewicz Economic Talk 19 Marketing & Media Influence 24 Katherine Vega Psychological considerations and Sociological effects 29 Environmental Implications 33 Brooke White Ethics and Legal Issues 37 Conclusion 45 References 46 Intro to Robotic Surgery Robotic surgery is defined in the medical dictionary as "the performance of operative procedures with the assistance of robotic technology" ("Robotic," n.d.). Robotic surgery is an emerging technology that began its experimental phase in 1985 with the introduction of the PUMA 560 robotic arm. The first use of a robot for a surgical procedure was a neurosurgical biopsy, recorded in 1985. Following this successful surgery was the first laparoscopic surgery using the same kind of robot; the robotic arm. In 1987, a successful cholecystectomy was performed. In 1988, doctors decided to use the PUMA 560 robotic arm for a transurethral resection procedure. Finally, in 1990, the Automated Endoscopic System for Optimal Positioning (AESOP) became known as the first system to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) (Samadi, 2015). Robotic surgery is a computer-controlled robot and it focuses on precision. It is a system that is used to enhance the surgeon's skills. Therefore, the science behind this technology is haptics; which is also known as touch. David B. Samadi, M.D. is the Chairman of Urology, Chief of Robotic Surgery...
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...Robotic surgery is the latest development that uses robots and computer aided apparatus to aid in normal surgical procedures. It is a new technology and mostly used in well-developed countries. With robotic surgery a single surgeon is able not only to perform multiple surgeries but also do his/her work from any part of the world (McConnell, Schneeberger & Michler, 2003). Robotic surgery is a type of procedure that is similar to laparoscopic surgery. It also can be performed through smaller surgical cuts than traditional open surgery. There are small precise movements that are possible with this type of surgery. It gives some advantages over standard endoscopic techniques. Sometimes robotic-assisted laparoscopy can allow a surgeon to perform a less-invasive procedure that was once only possible with more invasive open surgery. Once it is placed in the abdomen, a robotic arm is easier for the surgeon to use than the instruments in endoscopic surgery. The robot reduces the surgeon’s movements. The robot assistance reduces some of the hand tremors and movements that might otherwise make the surgery less precise. Robotic instruments can access hard-to-reach areas of your body more easily through smaller incisions compared to traditional open and laparoscopic surgery. This procedure is done under general anesthesia where you are asleep and pain free. The surgeon sits at a computer station nearby and directs the movements of a robot. Small instruments are attached to the robot's arms...
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...Osborne………………………………12 7. Economic Questions & Considerations by Kim Payne………………………...18 8. Psychological Considerations & Sociological Effects by Rebecca Pistillo…….26 9. Implications for the Environment by Michael Plesnarski………………………33 10. Moral & Ethical Implications by Karen Quaderer…………………………… 39 11. Bibliography…………………………………………………………………….47 Abstract In this research paper our team will look at the use of Robotic Technology in the medical field, more specifically in the surgical field as well as discuss the issues and implications surrounding the topic. Our discussion will include topics ranging from the history and development of robots that can be found in surgical rooms, political concerns regarding the Food and Drug Administration and their requirements to approve use of these robots, the legal aspect of robotic technology on how to determine which party is held liable in case of accidents or malfunctions that can lead to injury and a legal case that shows the difficulty to prove fault against a manufacturer. Also discussed will be the economic ramifications on our society, psychological, sociological, cultural, moral and ethical impacts on human life, in particular the patients that undergo surgery involving a robotic surgical system, and the environmental impacts of robotics in surgery. It is our hope that through this research paper that we are able to explain to and educate our readers on the impacts of Robotic Surgery as this type of surgery...
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...become a major aspect of this country due to the fact of the patriotism surrounding the subject and the purpose of serving and defending your country doctrine. In recent years, superior nations such as the Untied States have produced new technological ways of how to conduct warfare without the responsibility of any casualties. In retrospect, these innovative weapons are great because it protects the defense team from casualties and mishaps within war and it “gets the job done”. But with all these positive aspects of these new technologies, are we loosing the concept of war? With the use of these autonomous machines replacing human soldiers in the battlefield, this creates an opposition that war is not against man anymore, it against machine. I feel that warfare is not more just because with the absence of human fighters because it looses true concept of war in a political sphere and ultimately cause more danger...
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...Over the past few decades, Star Trek has influenced our society with the unique jargon, futuristic technologies, and the ethical issues that are presented throughout the show. Although it seems unrealistic that a science fiction entertainment franchise may teach us about present day life and endeavors that we may encounter in the future, Star Trek successfully does exactly that throughout it’s many television episodes and movies. In ”The Measure of a Man" (season 2 episode 9) and "Ethics" (season 5 episode 16) from Star Trek: The Next Generation, some of the most evident characteristics are the issues we may encounter in both robotics and the new technology in the medical field. Through the situations the humans, Klingons, and androids encounter on the Starship Enterprise, we are able to see the different opinions people have around current and future ethical issues. As intelligent technologies and robots quickly advance and become more apparent in our everyday lives, we must have a good understanding of what rights these technologies have and in what just ways we are able to use them. Star Trek: Next Generation does an excellent example of presenting this issue in “The...
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...the collective intelligence of everything ever known with the full range of human emotions. His highly controversial experiments have made him famous, but they have also made him the prime target of anti-technology extremists. However, in their attempt to destroy Will, they inadvertently become the catalyst for him to succeed to be a participant in his own transcendence. For his wife Evelyn and best friend Max Waters, both fellow researchers, the question is not if they can but if they should. They realize their worst fears when Will´s thirst for knowledge evolves into a seemingly omnipresent quest for power, to what end is unknown. Dr. Will Caster is a famous researcher in AI. He has spent most of his life in the lab working to create a robot with all human functions. Will lives with his Wife, and together they have created a garden. His purpose to create a garden is that they could be together. During one of Will´s presentation, a member of the anti-technology terrorist group shoots him. His condition gets so bad, that he gets no more than a month to live. Will´s wife, Evelyn Caster is also a scientist and helps him with his projects. When Will dies, Evelyn comes in desperation and upload Will´s consciousness into the quantum computer that the project has developed. A project Will and Evelyn have been working on to create a sentient computer. Will did everything in his life because he loves Evelyn. When Will is uploaded to the computer, he wants Evelyn´s dream to develop. He...
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...is Farmbot, a small scale robotic farming tool to grow fresh produce all year round, all at home. The robot can detect and kill weeds with the weeding tool and onboard camera, seed with the seeder tool, water with the watering tool, and take soil quality measurements with the soil sensor. The four tools, depicted in the top left corner, combined with the user’s growing preferences, weather, and data on the plant, can optimize growth of the user’s plants. The robot moves on the x, y, and z axes, depicted on the right, to plant where the user specifies using the game-like app, depicted in the bottom left corner. To create the artifact, I started by creating a diagram using Google’s drawing tool on Google Drive, then transforming it into a PDF format. To type the written response, I started in Word and pasted the 2 halves into 1 google document....
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...Most Important Cybersecurity Vulnerability Facing IT Managers Today: You and I Cybersecurity vulnerabilities in the early years generally revolved around problems with computer hardware and software with no solid definition of what a vulnerability really was, much less which vulnerability would take home the “Most Important Vulnerability” title. In his thesis proposal on “Computer Vulnerability Analysis”, Krsul (1997, p. 2) starts his “Definition of Vulnerability” section by delving into the fact that there was no industry accepted definition that precisely defines “computer vulnerability.” Krsul goes on to ask us to review three of the most commonly accepted definitions of the day—remember, this is 1997!—that he will use to form the basis of this thesis (Krsul, 1997, pp. 2-3): 1. Bishop and Bailey define a vulnerability as “a characterization of a vulnerable state which distinguishes it from all non-vulnerable states.” (Bishop & Bailey, 1996, p. 2). Their report focuses on computer vulnerabilities from a state configuration view where computers are state devices, and a vulnerability is any flaw in software that allows a user (whether authorized or unauthorized) to transition the system from an “authorized state” to an “unauthorized state.” We commonly reference these types of vulnerabilities today as buffer overflow vulnerabilities, input validation vulnerabilities, improper system configuration, etc. 2. Longley and Shain define a vulnerability using several different...
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...------------------------------------------------- Robot Assisted Surgery: The Evolution of the Surgeon and the Operating Room Abstract The art of surgery has evolved significantly from the times of shaman priests in ancient Egypt and bloodletting barbers of Medieval Europe. This evolution was assisted by the development of new tools that were created as the result of some advancement in technology. These new instruments permitted the surgeons of their day to unlock new possibilities and develop new techniques, each more sophisticated than the one before. Due to the sensitive nature of surgery, moral and ethical obligations were established early on and eventually formed the basis of “The Hippocratic Oath”, which is still relevant to the modern surgeon. We are now in a place in history where robots are being used to assist with surgical procedures that were once only conceivably done by human hands. This paper seeks to detail this evolution as well as describe current and future applications of robotics in the surgery and the ethical implications inherit with this technology. This report will also attempt to identify and discuss the complex legal, political, and cultural issues that have also evolved with this science. A review of the literature was undertaken using Medline. Articles describing the history and development of surgical robots were identified as were articles reporting data on applications. This most recent development in surgical advancement has infinite potential...
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...David Scoma April 13, 2014 ABSTRACT (200-word summary of the entire paper) This research discusses the emerging technology of the human android. Different types of robots are discussed and, how these devices come together with computer technology. It begins with a description of this innovative modern day science and discusses its applications. To this end, it explores how robots and androids assist in both domestic and workplace activities. Next, our paper goes into detail on the historical development of human androids which goes back into the into the Renaissance time period. In addition, current development is briefly mentioned which includes economic support from the U.S President, further research, and considering an ongoing project. The collection of models are also noted followed by innovation changes that have been implemented up to this date. Last of all, the legal issues and concerns are described under different cases while government manufacturing has become significant. Next we will delve into the environmental implications androids and robots have on our society such as ensuring a safe society with the additions of these man-made creations and the possible threats they bring. This leads us into the moral and ethical implications of how they can improve our lives and the challenging code of ethics that is brought forth as to how we should consider them in today’s society. Acknowledgements This page is to acknowledge and thank the DeVry students that...
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