Artificial Intelligence Table of Contents Introduction - 3 - Thesis - 3 - What is Artificial Intelligence - 4 - History of Artificial Intelligence - 4 - The Ages of Artificial Intelligence - 5 - Three Main Barriers to Artificial Intelligence - 5 - Applications of Artificial Intelligence - 7 - Unmanned Aerial Vehicle - 7 - Decision Support System - 7 - Computer games - 8 - Natural language processing and vision. - 8 - Economic considerations - 9 - Table 1. Main effect of robotics
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centers on whether self-awareness or the ability to feel pain can be used as its basis. The intention is to try to discover which organisms do have a natural right to life. As a starting point‚ therefore‚ all matter must be divided up into groups. Sentience is often used as a benchmark‚ but this is a mixed word as it implies not only the ability to feel but also some level of consciousness. As its use could create
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Zeman’s (brain science) 3 institutions get main points and conclusion for test Consciousness is robust (real enough) to deserve explanation Consciousness as sea in which we swim Consciousness is bound up with our physical being – specifically the brain Consciousness matters (makes a difference) Is consciousness real? Is it worth studying? Start out as intuitions that we have experiences of consciousness How/ why does it matter to sociologists? Is it part of the self? Does it encompass
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Machiavelli: Principality and Republic Among the most widely-read of the Renaissance thinkers was Niccolò Machiavelli‚ a Florentine politician who retired from public service to write at length on the skill required for successfully running the state. Impatient with abstract reflections on the way things "ought" to be‚ Machiavelli focused on the way things are‚ illustrating his own intensely practical convictions with frequent examples from the historical record. Although he shared with other humanists
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the face of an irrational world; a focus on existential and absurd aspects of the human condition. Through the singular viewpoint of the narrator Meursault‚ Camus presents a philosophy devoid of religious belief and middle-class morality‚ where sentience and personal honesty become the bases of a happy and responsible life. What perhaps strikes the reader first about The Stranger is the unemotional tone of the narrator‚ Meursault. The novel begins: [pic]Today‚ mama died. Or maybe yesterday‚ I don’t
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CHAPTER 5 Henry Murray: Personology For me‚ personality is [a] jungle without boundaries. —HENRY MURRAY The Life of Murray (1893–1988) Childhood Depression and Compensation Education The Influence of Carl Jung The Harvard Psychological Clinic Principles of Personology The Divisions of Personality The Id The Superego The Ego Needs: The Motivators of Behavior Types of Needs Characteristics of Needs Questions About Human Nature Assessment in Murray’s Theory The OSS Assessment
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Virtual Reality Learning Environments: Potentials and Challenges Computer graphics technology enables us to create a remarkable variety of digital images and displays that‚ given the right conditions‚ effectively enrich education [Clark 1983]. Real-time computer graphics are an essential component of the multi-sensory environment of Virtual Reality (VR). This article addresses the unique characteristics of emerging VR technology and the potential of virtual worlds as learning environments
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Allport’s theory of traits 1 Allport’s Theory of Traits – A Critical Review of the Theory and Two Studies Louise Barkhuus ID: 4187741 Concordia University PSYC 326/4 Patricia Csank Date: April 19‚ 1999 Allport’s theory of traits 2 Abstract This paper reviews Gordon Allport’s theory of traits as well as two of his studies‚ “Personality Traits”‚ 1921 and “Letters from Jenny”‚ 1966. His theory‚ which is based more on his view of human nature than on research‚ distinguishes between
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Ethics key words and concepts Ethics 1: truth telling Duty of candour: This is the duty of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech. The moral tension between beneficence and respect for autonomy: The principle of nonmaleficence is translated from ‘first‚ do no harm’ (Hippocratic oath) and what intends to say that if you can not do any good without causing harm then do not do it at all. The principle of beneficence is understood as the first principle of morality and follows
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Boys and girls by Alice Munro In "Boys and Girls" by Alice Munro‚ the narrator as a woman who is telling the first person point of view of when she was a girl. The girl’s father was a fox farmer. Every the father killed the foxes that he raised and sold their pelts. The narrator had a little brother‚ named Laird. The girl took great pride in the fact that she helped her father with the chores on the farm. The mother tried to get the daughter to work inside doing work deemed appropriate for a lady
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