...I think the essay "How do people get news ideas" absolutely relate to our course and LINKS. Working as a team is to bring people in many skills together in order to solve problems, to gather information and even to get new ideas. I found some quote that relate to this, as followed: If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an "idea" and I have an "idea" and we exchange these "ideas", then each of us will have two ideas.---George Bernard Shaw According to Isaac Asimov' essay, The optimum number of the group would probably not be very high. I should guess that no more than five would be wanted. A larger group might have a larger total supply of information, but there would be the tension of waiting to speak, which can be very frustrating. It is absolutely true. Although having a large number of people within team may provide a lot of information, it will frustrate to members. Then within the team should collect only appropriate people such as different skills. However, teams have proved that they can make many great solutions and provide several new ideas, but sometime those Ideas may be similar because they do, work, think in the same or similar environment. According to the essay, sometimes teams need to have a conference at different places such as coffee stores and someone' home to have new environment and it easier to get new ideas. To improve individual skills are also important...
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...our perception of the world?Standards * Literature Reading Standards Grades 9-10 1. Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text * Literature Reading Standards Grades 9-10 2. Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text. | Step 2—Assessment Evidence | Students will be assessed through: * Jigsaw Oral Presentation * Student Journals | Step 3—Learning Plan | 1. The teacher will ask the students “When, if ever, do you think the human race will cease to exist?” (H) (O) 2. The students will individually read The Last Question by Isaac Asimov http://www.multivax.com/last_question.html . Explain to the students that they will read the story and attempt to look for links between the sections of the story. (W) (T) 3. The students will be placed in groups and will discuss their thoughts about the story as a whole. (E) (T) 4. Each group will be assigned one of the seven sections of the short story and will analyze the purpose of the section and how it links to the section directly before and after it. (E) 5. The teacher should listen in on each group’s discussion...
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...good at answering questions given by those who make the SATs. What if they were given the task to grow crops like a farmer, or give them a test on how to fix a car, they would probably do much worse. Author Isaac Asimov experienced this first hand with his mechanic; in his essay: What Is Intelligence Anyway, explains how intelligence is subjective to those who are judging who is intelligent or not. Even still, a person who scores perfect on their SAT did not get their without hard work and determination. Kathy Seal; in her essay: The Trouble With Talent: Are We Born Smart Or Do We Get Smart?, explains how hard work and determination is why many Asians are considered more intelligent than Americans in academics. The hard work that the Asians try to implement into their children’s brains, makes them value hard work. Whereas in America we see a genius and think he must have been born that way. Both of their thoughts combined leads to one conclusion; intelligence only matters to those who are judging who is intelligent and who is not, intelligence is defined by someone who has knowledge on a specific topic, and for someone to become intelligent it takes hard work. Intelligence is subjective. It only matters to the person who is judging who is intelligent and who is not. Asimov explains how he feels about this in his essay; “My intelligence, then, is not absolute but is a function of the society I live in and of the fact that a small subsection of that society has managed to foist...
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...ASSIGNMENT 1 COMP-202, Fall 2014, All Sections Due: September 19th , 2014 (23:59) Please read the entire pdf before starting. You must do this assignment individually and, unless otherwise specified, you must follow all the general instructions and regulations for assignments. Graders have the discretion to deduct up to 10% of the value of this assignment for deviations from the general instructions and regulations. These regulations are posted on the course website. Be sure to read them before starting. Question 1: Question 2: Question 3: 60 points 20 points 20 points 100 points total It is very important that you follow the directions as closely as possible. The directions, while perhaps tedious, are designed to make it as easy as possible for the TAs to mark the assignments by letting them run your assignment through automated tests. While these tests will not determine your entire grade, it will speed up the process significantly, which will allow the TAs to provide better feedback and not waste time on administrative details. Plus, if the TA is in a good mood while he or she is grading, then that increases the chance of them giving out partial marks. Marks can be removed if comments are missing, if the code is not well structured, or if your solution does not follow the assignment specifications. Assignment Question 1: Scratch Project (60 points) You are to head to http://scratch.mit.edu/ and create an account. Start by exploring some projects, and click on the see...
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...Isaac Asimov based his two stories, the “Segregationist” and “The Feeling of Power,” in a futuristic time on Earth. In the “Segregationist,” he depicts a surgeon who expresses that human and robots should not become one kind of species. In “The Feeling of Power,” he tells the story of humans that depend on computers too much. Asimov is portraying to us that human nature consists of behaviors such as being discriminative, over-relying on technology, and that humans are always unsatisfied with ourselves. In both of these stories, discriminatory behavior is shown through some of the characters. The surgeon, in the “Segregationist,” believes that humans and robots, also known as Metallos, should not hybridize themselves using each others’ parts. He disagrees with the med-eng, who supports the merging between the two types of citizens. The prejudiced surgeon’s opinion of hybrids being mongrels caused him to be called a segregationist by the med-eng. As for the scientific leaders in “The Feeling of Power,” they think they are better and more powerful than the ones who did not pass the standardized tests. Also, they treat the lower-class, like Myron Aub, as servants and inferior to them. Another example is that Programmer Shuman, Congressman Brant, and General Weider did not believe in Aub’s ability to do mathematical problems on paper. They thought that it was impossible that the powerful people finds mathematical questions “incalculable” without checking it on a computer, but Aub...
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...“All the Troubles of the World” Isaac Asimov’s science fiction story “All the Troubles of the World” explores human life in a world controlled by a single, central computer. Asimov creates a world in which Multivac (a massive computer) can predict human behaviour. As a result of its power people become reliant on Multivac and cease thinking for themselves. As people make Multivac more powerful, it becomes aware and tries to commit suicide. The story suggests that reliance on technology may result in people losing the ability to think critically. Examining the actions of the detective Ali Othman and the boy Ben Manners will make this clear. In this story, Ali Othman is one of the coordinators responsible for the care and control of Multivac. His daily job is to observe the daily crime probabilities which provided by the Multivac and take response to prevent the crimes happen. For example, Ali Othman is always based on the probability to check how many crimes will happen in a day, and then he starts to do some actions to prevent the crimes. Also he is just based on the rate of the probability to determine the crimes will happen or not. That means they do not have any real evidences before arrest and observe someone who is suspected by the Multivac. I this story, Ali Othman fins out that two first degree murders are appeared on the same day, and one of the case will be done by a man called Manner, so Ali Othman sends some police to arrest him. Even though they don`t have...
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...Isaac Asimov has distinguished himself as one of the most intellectual figure of science fiction for over five decades. Asimov was capable of stimulating generations of people to criticize and question science mysteries. He is also one of the most prolific writers of science fiction or any other genre. Young writers today still immolate his writing style and ideas. Isaac Asimov was born Isaak Ozimov in Petrovichi, Russia in 1920. In 1923, when he was three years old, he immigrated to the USA and settled in Brooklyn, New York with his parents, Anna and Judah and siblings, Veronica and Stanley. None of the resources shows why the family immigrated, but they were Orthodox Jews and there was great prejudice against Orthodox Jews in Russia, which led me to believe that this is the reason for their immigration. While Isaac’s parents continued to grow in their own faith, they didn’t force their beliefs upon their children, and in later years Asimov would claim he was an Atheist. Upon arriving, his parents opened a candy shop in Brooklyn, New York where young Asimov worked and where he became interested in the science fiction magazines that were sold in his parents store. Isaac was taught to speak English and only knew a few words in Russian. While Asimov was born on January 2, 1920 he started school when he was only five years old because his parents lied and said he was born in 1919, so he could start school a year early. The reason why his parents wanted him to start school early...
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...Ali Amjid Ms. Fera ENG4U0 December.2/2013 ISU Essay Two hundred years ago, seventy percent of American workers lived on a farm. Today automation has eliminated all but one percent of their jobs, in replacement we now have machines. In the last couple of decades, technology has taken massive strides and grown immensely. Communication is easier, more gadgets are available and tasks are becoming easier through technology. However, nothing is perfect and technological advancements will have many negative impacts on society. Complex robots and machines are being made daily and sold to companies who are replacing factory workers. Machines work more efficient than humans and do the work without major drawbacks. The book Player Piano, and the movie i, Robot display a dystopian world run by machines and robots. Player Piano is set in a world where machines are replacing every human laborer, and the only humans surviving are the machine engineers. In i, Robot, robots have been given to every household in Chicago but there are problems that come with such a luxury. To add on, the articles "Better than human: why robots will - and must - take our jobs" and an article by Forbes.com mention the harmful effects of automation, and what the scary future may look like. The significant growth, productivity, and reliability of robots and machines will soon replace most human labor and make it difficult to find employment. Despite the great advantages of using technology; the more it develops...
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...Critical Analysis of The Robot Invasion Patrick F. Nagle Delaware Technical Community College Critical Analysis of The Robot Invasion In the article The Robot Invasion by Charles Gillis, it talks about in the not too distant future how robotics will be a part of everyday society, how it will be used in manufacturing and labor industry instead of people for jobs that are dirty, dangerous, and difficult. The author argues that the world will be swarming with the robotics in the future which will change the job industry and even how basic chores are done around the house. The world is changing as the technology of robots are slowly taking over jobs, is not a too farfetched argument. “For many years the work of engineers and sci-fi writers have forecast a time when autonomous machines would become enough like living creatures to share our homes and work spaces.” The statement in this article is a good capture to draw the attention of the readers, drawing them into what they have seen on TV and in the media. Robots for many years have been the focus in movies and sci-fi, this is what we are expecting in the future of our world. This has brought the fears to the people to think that robots will take over the world and do harm on to them, which was a great way to understand that society will have a hard time adjusting or accepting that robots will be used in everyday life. As of right now there already is a little robot called the Roomba helping out in many households with the...
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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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...Technology is rapidly increasing and becoming more prevalent by the second. Each day technology is playing a bigger part in our daily lives. Technological developments are revolutionizing the way in which society lives as a whole. If we looked back twenty years we would never even think that the technology we have today would even be possible. This makes one wonder what the future holds for us. When can technological inventions pose a threat to our society? The recent study towards robotic military use and ethics poses a major threat. Robots interacting on a humanized level can be dangerous. The programmers have to take into account that no human person is the same. This makes programming of a robot very difficult. A robot should be able to sense personal feelings and emotions in order to interact with them correctly which ultimately could never be fully accurate. With people being so different, there leaves a lot of potential for a robot to act up and malfunction. If these accidents lead to injury or death you have to look at who is liable, and in these situations it is very hard to say. The UK and US have already spent large sums of money developing robots that could be implemented towards military use. The logic behind replacing people with robots deals with safety. If one army is capable of saving human lives by replacing them with robots it sounds like a great idea. The reality of the situation is that these robot armies could potentially face an enemy group...
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...A futuristic humanoid robot. Kahn et al. (2012) investigated children’s social and moral conceptions of a humanoid robot that was teleoperated to exhibit futuristic social capabilities. Ninety children (across 3 age groups: 9, 12 and 15) interacted with ATR’s Robovie in 15-minute sessions that ended when an experimenter interrupted Robovie’s turn in a game. Then, against Robovie’s stated moral objections (that it was unfair to Robovie, and caused psychological distress to Robovie), the experimenter put Robovie in a closet. Each participant was then engaged in a 50-minute structural-developmental interview. Behavioral results showed that during the interaction sessions, all of the children engaged in physical and verbal social behaviors with Robovie. Based on the interview data, the majority of the children believed that Robovie had psychological attributes insofar as they said that Robovie was intelligent (79%), had interests (76%), can be sad (64%), and had feelings (60%). The majority of children also believed that Robovie was a social other insofar as they said that they enjoyed having Robovie show them around the lab (89%), might like to spend time with Robovie if they were lonely (84%), might go to Robovie for comfort if they were sad (55%), would feel like they would need to comfort Robovie if Robovie told them “I’m sad” (81%), could trust Robovie with their secrets (57%), and thought that Robovie could be their friend (77%). Finally, the majority of children believed...
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...MECN1001: Critical Thinking Component Science Fiction Course reader Semester 2, 2015 “If science fiction is the mythology of modern technology, then its myth is tragic.” – Ursula Le Guin Lecturer and course co-ordinator: Ms Linda Mabin Linda.Mabin@wits.ac.za CM, 3rd Floor, East Wing, ADU (011) 717-7064 MECN1001: Critical Thinking Course Outline Science Fiction is a genre that is growing in currency around the world as a literature of cognitive estrangement, and one that has immense universal value because of this. To distance oneself from the ascendant structures of power is to perceive the world anew, filled with potential for change. For this reason, Science Fiction is a literature of immense value for a country such as South Africa. Approaching the challenges of a nation such as this requires an imagination trained to be meticulous in its logic, but unrestrained by the restrictions of present reality. Each tutorial activity is crafted to correlate with the concerns of the lecture material. Tutorials transpose the fundamental concerns dealt with in the subject matter of the lectures and ‘activate’ these ideas by having students demonstrate their knowledge not just in the form of individual written exercises, but through the vitally necessary process of engaging their tutors and peers in structured discussion. It is thus clear that the success of a tutorial is dependent on student participation, and as clear that the success of a tutorial depends on students being intrigued...
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...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 believe that by testing different methods of movement for a rescue robot, then robots will be able to rescue and help people in trouble when officials can't get to the people in need. Robots will be revolutionizing how people in trouble are rescued and helped. I believed that robots that use tread to move instead of metallic legs. Using treads will allow the robot to climb rocks and elevated surfaces while motorized legs will not be able to climb high surfaces. With motorized legs, there is a big possibility of the robot falling over or losing balance, which ruins the point of recue robot. I predict that treads will optimize the robots performance compared to the performance of a robot with legs or wheels. Treads allow the robot to optimize...
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