Tuesday, 13 November 2012
Human Thinking
It is said to be that machines think just like humans but with a technological mind. An example of this would be called 'Artifical Intelligence'.
Artifical Intelligence
The development of an artificially conscious entity may happen within our lifetimes. Our bodies is important for our intelligence. Robots are also important for AI.
What Is A Robot?
An embodied creature or robot is one that has a physical body and experiences the world, at least in part, directly through the influence of the world on that body. A more specialized type of embodiment occurs when the full extent of the creature is contained within that body”.
Artificial Life
In other words Artificial Life (Al) is when an associated art form which examine systems that are related to life, its processes and its evolution through stimulations using computer models, robotics and bio chemistry.
Theres an example of a computer programme that relates to life in a human form.
Chatterbot
Thursday, 8 November 2012
User Interface + Mind Uploading
User interface is ameans by which people interact with a particular machine. Its a layour of applications with graphic or textual controls. It is all about thinking about the relationships between the technology and the body or relationships between life and technology. The way technology has been created, it has been rapidly increasing over the years which has the ability to control u human beings.- The human being isnt the mind, its embodied.
MIND UPLOADING
Mind uploading or whole brain emulation. (its called mind transfer). Is the hypothecal process of scanninga biological brain in detail and copying its state into a computer system or another computational device.
There are different types of 'Mind Uploading' and how the different ways the technology takes over our minds:
MICROTOME PROCEDURE
When a human brain is disected into slices. For example; each slice is scanned and the computer uses this data to reconstruct the pateints brain circuitry- then the stimuluation is activated.
NANOREPLACEMENT PROCEDURE
Billions of microscopic machines are injected into the brain. It takes up residence in or near the neurons and they learn from them. Neurons are replaced with nanomachine actuators.
Wheres the life between life and non life?
If an uploaded person is alive then what about a robot (Not created by a person but still very intelligent). What about a super computer?
Futurist Ray Kurzweil projected super computer processing power based on, 'Moores Law'.
Computer Activism
Earliest Computers
- Code Breaking-Colossus
- US Census-UNIVAC
- Knowledge Machine
The personal computer revolution 1975 was developed by hobbyists. It has bright colours and lively images-its something to play with and enjoy.
1990s Cyberspace (matrix-greenscreen)
Cyberspace is often described with familar spatial images like cities. It is made of information and the internet isnt the world wide web.
MYTHS OF INTERNET
Cyberspace is a place apart and so not subject to rules that apply to the real world. The technology of the internet makes it free from control by governments and other non cyberspace institutions.
-The technology of the internet is making us more social
-The widespread adoption of the internet is bringing about prosperity and well being, based solely on a weightless 'knowledge based' computer.
-We are on a verge of a new political era of computers- mediated democracy.
Richard Wise critised the claim that the widespread adoption of the technology. The humans embrace technology.It has free control over our bodies and we spread ourselves across the planet. Freedom isnt necessarily a good thing- its all about the human mind and how we adapt.
Technology
It all started off with writing. It was created before technology was made. (Writing is using technology. Technology is known to be; Arts, skills and the way things are gained. Right up to the 20th century, the word 'technology' wasnt used. Words similar were; engineering, tools,machines. Etc.
Technology is known to be, Industrial Science. Objects of material culture which is expanding everyday and so is the word. Human beings have too adapt to the tecnology.- It makes us see a world in a different sense-our minds are said to be 'technologised'. This means that our mind is controlled by technology and the media- it is a way of alienating you and takes away the value of nature and the spirtutal world.
It extends our abilities in some ways-it extends the ability too communicate and it can harm our minds in a way. Society recognises that it is a bad idea in some cases because it is a destructive force and that it gets in the way of being a human being.
We live in a society which is highly regulated- which is said that we have too much tecnology in this world but you can argue and say, just because technology is very wide in the society, it doesnt necessarily mean that all human beings use it.
There are many historical examples of people walking away from technology. In the 19th century people went too factories.
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