R.Yusuf Akbal 210112409 03.05.2013 Can machines be conscious? Can machines be conscious? Well‚ the answer actually depends on the kind of machines you are talking about. Based on quite a few instances and research work done on this particular topic‚ I think that the machines can indeed be categorized as conscious beings and in the following paragraphs I will be providing a couple of examples in order to support my argument. If we look at the definition of consciousness‚ which implies that ‘one
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media-intensive society‚ a profusion of media like TV‚ computers have fully integrated into urban life in many spheres like education‚ entertainment‚ and commerce‚ and therefore‚ some people consider that the technology such as multimedia teaching would replace teachers in class. I would say this does not sound very convincing because the superiority of the teachers are obvious. The first and most apparent advantage that face-to-face conversation is a vital ability for the environment of the social working
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What do humans mean when they say they know something? In the common scheme of things‚ they mean that they have learned some facts about a particular subject. In addition‚ they mean that they are satisfied that they have an understanding of the sources‚ relationships‚ and significance of that subject. If that is all knowing means‚ then machines could also have the capacity to know. However‚ knowledge‚ a human capability‚ is based on learned facts‚ experiences‚ judgments‚ growth‚ change‚ interactions
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The modern technology is all making things easily available. Internet has provided us the easy downloadable versions of most books we need. Can internet world replace the world of books and words? Give your own views in not less than 250 words. Most people are discontinuing the contemporary practices of attaining education‚ and they are keener towards acquiring knowledge by the use of technological innovations. Books have acted as a true asset in imparting knowledge‚ but now the reliance on internet
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Can Machines Think ? This paper regards several points of view on the subject of‚ what is commonly referred to as Artificial Intelligence‚ or AI. AI is the attempt to make machines‚ specifically computers‚ perform intelligently through programming. Already‚ this definition has a problem in that the word intelligence can have many interpretations. This essay will attempt to put forward some ideas for how to approach this problem. It could be said that the human brain is nothing more than a machine
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“Can machines think?”- A question heavily debated dating back to the days of Descartes. This idea has been explored and analyzed by scholars in many diverse fields of study for many‚ many years. Mathematician Alan Turing was a pioneer in unraveling this question. His philosophies found in his published paper “Computing Machinery and Intelligence” changed the ways in which we perceive and comprehend artificial intelligence. Turing’s most famous advance on the age-old question was the self-titled Turing
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Can a machine be a person? The topic of this debate is whether machines with artificial intelligence that is able to replicate human behavior can be considered human or not. This house believes that computers are fully capable of being humans because regardless of whether it is made of the ‘wrong stuff’ if it is able to adapt to human attributes or behavior then there should be no reason to classify them as otherwise. This argument is considered from a materialist view; which states that we
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spring? Imagine walking on the sidewalk in your city’s downtown area. As you’re window shopping‚ you notice a tall‚ thin rectangular post implanted into the concrete substituting a tree. On the side of the post‚ there’s a slogan that reads nothing can replace a tree written in capital white letters with a black background. You pay closer attention to the sidewalk and realize that a silhouette of a palm tree is reflecting off of the rectangular post. The author of the advertisement is an environmentalist
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Robots Can’t Replace Human With the development of technology‚ more and more robots are used in various fields‚ especially in some areas that dangerous for humans. Many people hold the opinion that robots will replace humans in the future. On the other hand‚ other people have a conflicting view that robots can’t do many of the jobs that humans do today because robots only repeat the same task all the time and have no ability to think. I totally agree that robots can’t replace humans. This argument
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Current Technologies‚ Research direction and design of Safety and Impact for Human-Machine Interface Chan Wei-How UTAR Complex‚ Jalan Genting Kelang‚ 53300 Setapak‚ Kuala Lumpur. ronaldcwh@1utar.my Abstract In this paper‚ I am going to discuss about the current trend of technologies used and the research direction‚ as well as the design safety and impact for the Human-Machine Interface (HMI) on 4 different topics which are touch based‚ optic based‚ acoustic based technology
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