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Week #6 Response/Week #6 Response

Week 6 Response

Posted by mohamed layachi on

The Offspring is a quite interesting episode about the development of a new artificial intelligent life created by Data who itself is the first android in the Star Trek series. He creates what he calls Lal from a series of neural network copies of his system and knowledge database. Lal is referred to as his child as Data feels that he is passing on his legacy and uniqueness as a species but Picard feels this was a grave mistake. Creating a new life form bothers him because Data was once a unique being and now that he has created life it brings up a slew of ethical questions. The step forward in technological AI development is what worries the admiral of the Starfleet because it is a huge stride in the field. This stride has been done in secret by Data and it primarily worries the Starfleet that this transition will end their control over all technological development. More importantly they understand how dangerous it can be if there are more androids which can be stolen by enemies who may use them for destruction. This relates so clearly with how technology is developing at this very moment in time. Artificial intelligence is highly researched and developed but where can a society begin to draw the line on the ethics of the matter. How can we teach a system to think for itself and expect it to abide by our strict system of behavioral mannerisms and ethical judgments. The more developed as a society the more control we lose on the things we create. In my field AI seeks to help aid in the processing needs we require to read and analyze data. There are many things that programs aid us in completing exponentially faster and ultimately i can see a future where AI should focus on improving those practices. It worries me that AI could become destructive that is why it should be monitored closely so that it functions within the parameters of what we require it to do.

Reflection #2/Reflection #2

Sameer’s TechReport#2 Artifact_Reflection

Posted by Sameer Kunwor on

Technical Report#2: Artifact_REFLECTION

I have chosen Statue of Liberty for the artifact. I would say I have done lots of research online mainly via Wikipedia and done pretty good job.

This artifact represents freedom because it was a gift from the French after the American Revolution to show our alliance and friendship with them. I haven’t really separated the abstract, keywords and have done differently in order to explain in a box or table format. It will be easier to know the separate facts and more distinct.

The difficult part for me was to choose the picture to be uploaded as it looks so perfect from every angle. The facts I have mentioned were easy to get via Wikipedia and I believe that the purpose of the statue of liberty was received and even to this day will be our shining light to guide us to our dreams. The artifact culture now thinking about it more is more about the history of America.

Overall, I would say I deserve 92+ which is in the grade form of ‘A’. At last, while researching and writing about this artifact, I got to know lots of history related to Statue of Liberty.

Reflection #2/Reflection #2

Geetangalie’s Self Reflection #2

Posted by Geetangalie Goberdan on

In composing this descriptive essay, it took me several tries. I had difficulties in choosing a fictitious artifact that had enough substance to write about. I initially thought I would describe the Lazarus Pit from the CW show Arrow but I found myself running out of things to describe about it pretty quickly since specifics of size, composition and other details needed for a descriptive essay were unavailable. In the end, I chose to write about the Handy Dandy Notebook as seen in the Nick Jr.’s television series Blue’s Clues. In my opinion, I did well at including images to explain what I had described in my essay. I made sure to add not only regular images but also gifs to capture the reader’s attention. I believed since I was writing about a children’s television show I could keep my images light-hearted as such. So, not only do my images portray what I had described but also does it in an entertaining way.

Since my artifact was not very “technical” as it was not comprised of as many components internally as say an electronic artifact would, my downfall in this assignment would be not having enough to write on. I did try my best to explain all the parts to the Handy Dandy Notebook, which mostly had to do with its physicalities. Therefore, I believe I deserve an A for this project since although I did write sufficient enough detail and included images to support my writing, I might lose points for the specific artifact I chose.

 

Week #10 Response/Week #10 Response

Week#10Response#9

Posted by Sameer Kunwor on

Technologies is a double-edged sword

There is no doubt that it is quite harmful for people to accept the using of technologies in a way. They let us lose ourselves sometimes and unsafe for the world security because of technologies existing. Even it is a kind of dangerous thing if people cannot control it correctly. Despite it, people can still get a lot of convenience and benefits from technologies. From a very large extent, technologies promote the standard of people’s lives.

It is true that there is a big problem for people to be controlled by technologies. A quite common phenomenon exists at present, that is, a great number of people cannot do anything or even cannot live without technologies. They totally become a kind of slaves of technology. For example, the popularity of using phones has become much more for people recently, especially for young people. Phones are the representations of modern world. A large quantity of people are attracted by the function of phones. They start to be focus on or even addicted to it. Thus, they gradually lose themselves,

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Week #9 Response/Week #9 Response

Week#9Response#8

Posted by Sameer Kunwor on

Briefcases Vs. Backpacks

            In this article, written by Laura Bolin Carroll, Rhetoric and the importance is explained in a variety of different ways. The author, herself uses pathos, logos, and ethos in her way of describing the three rhetorical appeals.

First, in her writing she begins by saying, “The moment your professor walked in the room, you likely began analyzing her and making assumptions about what kind of teacher she will be.” (45) She uses this quote to catch our attention as student. Not just in the beginning of her article but throughout the whole thing she uses multiple real-life examples that we know most people experience daily. This helps us understand how different things catch the attention of people.

Secondly, she also talks about implications of rhetorical analysis. As we may have experienced at some point in our lives people often comprehend ideas differently. You might say something, and people may draw a completely different meaning from it than you intended this is very important when you look at who your audience is. Your writing must adapt to your specific audience.

Finally, she gives us very good explanations of each rhetorical appeals. For example, throughout out the article she lets us know that, ethos is the credibility one uses in an article, for example using good citing resources, we know that pathos means appeal by emotion which I believe is the best rhetorical appeal but depends on each audience, and a very important on is logos, writer use logos to logically explain ideas in ways that make perfect sense to members of the audience.

Overall, you still might ask yourself what is rhetoric? People might define rhetoric in many ways, but to me rhetoric is simply appealing to the chosen matter by using either ethos logos, or pathos to properly plead your case, sell your ad, appeal to audience, and many more things the goal at the end of the day is to use the three rhetorical appeals in ways of getting an audience’s attention.

Works Cited

Carroll, Laura Bolin. “Steps towards rhetorical analysis.” Backpacks Vs. Briefcases.

https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1EVte07c03_VRQ33WEO07Xpuhyi4mNV7g

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