Artificial Intelligence: Next step in evolution or the beginning of the end Timothy Mixdorf Jr. INF 103: Introduction to Computer Literacy Theodore Fekete June 27‚2012 Artificial intelligence has been the dream of mankind since ancient times. In ancient Greek mythology the god Hephaestus manufactured mechanical servants‚ and the bronze man Talos. Authors Have written books about AI and movies have been made. But‚ just what is AI and how relevant is it to
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Organ Donation Living organ donation is the process through which a person donates organs or tissues that they can live without. During the past years‚ the organ shortage increased‚ which is one of the reasons why living organ donation became an option. After reading about it‚ I decided to consider the possibility of becoming a living donor. One important reason why I want to become a living donor is that the waiting list keeps growing‚ and the number of donors keeps decreasing. The amount
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Levels and loops: the future of arti®cial intelligence and neuroscience Anthony J. Bell Interval Research Corporation‚ 1801 Page Mill Road‚ Palo Alto‚ CA 94304‚ USA In discussing arti¢cial intelligence and neuroscience‚ I will focus on two themes. The ¢rst is the universality of cycles (or loops): sets of variables that a¡ect each other in such a way that any feed-forward account of causality and control‚ while informative‚ is misleading. The second theme is based around the observation that a
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SRINIVAS INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES QUESTION BANK SUBJECT: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT I Chapter 1: Introduction to AI PART A: 1. Define Artificial Intelligence PART B: 1. Explain the AI technique used in solving tic-tac-toe problem 2. Explain the AI technique used in question answering Chapter 2: Problems‚ Problem spaces and Search PART A: 1. What are the requirements of a good control strategy? 2. What are the advantages of breadth first search? 3. What are
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In America‚ more than 123‚000 people are on the waiting list for an organ transplant. The amount of organ donors is drastically decreasing each year. There are many reasons money should be a factor in organ transplantation. Many people each day are dying from the lack of available organs for transplant‚ in other words‚ the percentage of organ donors is decreasing each year. Financial hardships for donors would no longer be a factor in the process and it would cut on the end costs of keeping a person
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Artificial Intelligence as a Positive and Negative Factor in Global Risk Eliezer Yudkowsky (yudkowsky@singinst.org) Forthcoming in Global Catastrophic Risks‚ eds. Nick Bostrom and Milan Cirkovic Draft of August 31‚ 2006 Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence Palo Alto‚ CA Introduction By far the greatest danger of Artificial Intelligence is that people conclude too early that they understand it. Of course this problem is not limited to the field of AI. Jacques Monod wrote: "A curious
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material items make people feel important‚ but the feeling of importance is not the only thing obtainable through purchase. Many individuals believe happiness cannot be bought‚ but society says otherwise. “Organ Sales Will Save Lives‚” by Joanna Mackay explains the need for legal sales of organs to assist people requiring money for various reasons. Happiness comes in the form of financial stability or a guaranteed meal every night. To achieve happiness in such forms‚ some people will go to great
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Computers Think? The Case For and Against Artificial Intelligence Artificial intelligence has been the subject of many bad "80’s" movies and countless science fiction novels. But what happens when we seriously consider the question of computers that think. Is it possible for computers to have complex thoughts‚ and even emotions‚ like homo sapien? This paper will seek to answer that question and also look at what attempts are being made to make artificial intelligence (hereafter called AI) a
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why you should be organ/tissue donor. Being an organ donor saves lives‚ stops the shortage of organs needed‚ and there is no cost at all. Approximately 1‚800 children are waiting for organ transplants. A transplant for someone in need could mean second chance at life. Organ donning could save a lot of lives. People would look up to you as a hero for saving their loved ones. You alone could save up to 8 lives through organ donation and help other with tissue donations. Organ donation allows recipients
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The Social Impact of Artificial Intelligence By Matt Mahoney‚ Nov. 17‚ 2007 When we are able to create machines smarter than humans‚ then those machines could do likewise‚ but much faster. The result will be an explosion of intelligence‚ and according to Vernor Vinge‚ the end of the human era. The Friendly AI Problem The Singularity Institute was founded to counter the threat of unfriendly artificial intelligence‚ losing control of the machines we have built‚ but the problem remains unsolved
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