Can a Machine Know? Martin Eddy 6/5/10 TOK Essay Word Count: 1213 In today’s day and age‚ the question “Can a Machine Know?” is very important and relevant to what we are doing with machines in making them more and more humanlike and capable of human functions. A machine‚ as defined on Dictionary.com “is an apparatus consisting of interrelated parts with separate functions‚ used in the performance of some kind of work.” That seems simple enough‚ not very complicated at all. But then if
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Why the Internet will Never Replace Books The Internet is very much like television in that it takes time away from other pursuits‚ provides entertainment and information‚ but in no way can compare with the warm‚ personal experience of reading a good book. This is not the only reason why the Internet will never replace books‚ for books provide the in-depth knowledge of a subject that sitting in front of a computer monitor cannot provide. We can download text from an Internet source‚ but the
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that possible‚ how can a computer software understand what a student is writing and why the student is writing those words. This student is thankful that he just has to answer the case study question‚ since when he finishes reading this case study he had more questions than answers. The case study questions to answer for this assignment are as follows. Identify the kinds of systems described in this case. What are the benefits of automated essay grading? What are the drawbacks? Can automated essay
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In the story “Who Can Replace Man?” by Brian Aldiss the author shows us a little bit of voice throughout the whole story. He is telling us his (or the narrator’s) feelings about human society. He makes some of these statements very clear and others not so much. I think the author thinks that humans are weak. He said‚ “He was small and wizened‚” (Aldiss‚ 149) He says that the human was small which usually means weak. I believe that the author thinks that the humans will not be responsible enough
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“Classical AI is unlikely to yield conscious machines; systems that mimic the brain might.” Churchland is exploring the past and current views of AI in order to further explore the future of AI. They believe that AI cannot currently be conscious‚ but that future mapping and reverse engineering may produce an AI equivalent of the human brain. Evidence The first argument was whether or not a machine could pass the Turing test. It was argued that if a machine had enough memory and was programmed correctly
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Can alternative energy effectively replace with fossil fuels? ‘’Fossil fuels are coal‚ natural gas and petroleum.’’ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil_fuel) They are all organic residues. People use this for their energy‚ fuel and heating requirements. But fossil fuels polluting environment so much and people started to think about using alternative energy for their environment’s healthy. ‘’These alternative energy resources are windy power‚ solar energy and geothermal energy.‘’ (http://en
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Personal Statement “Can Machines Think?” – This question proposed by Alan Turing has significantly advanced the field of computer science. Imagine his joy if he’d be able to witness the IBM’s Deep Blue beating the world champion chess player Gary Kasparov. My academic experiences during my undergraduate degree have made me crave to know more‚ learn more. Amongst all the subjects studied‚ it was Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge Discovery that truly piqued my interest for graduate studies. My
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Human behavior can be predicted most of the time‚ but not all the time. People are product of their environment in a way but then how can we explain these strange things when a child grows up in a nice family but become a criminal. Human beings do not react only by innate reflex‚ the education play a really important role. For example‚ the innate reflex of the fear of a snake‚ without education and without recognition specific of the species of snake‚ the snake fear established prescriptively among
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In the world we live in today technology is getting better everyday and there are so many things we can do with technology. We can do good things with technology or bad things. Is all this advancements technology we have good or bad? We think that the advancing technology in our lives today is so great but what if it is not as great as we think. Technology is only as good as the person who made it‚ but mankind has a lot of flaws‚ so the technology we make also has flaws. Would the technology we make
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