Alphago Research Paper

In this article, Thompson’s uses chess anecdotes to make it easier to understand why technology and our brains work together best. Steven Cramton and Zackary Stephen were two New England men who beat the most powerful chess computer. “Why could these relative amateurs beat chess players with far more experience and raw talent? Because Cramton and Stephen were expert at collaborating with computers. They knew when to rely on human smarts and when to rely on the machine’s advice.” (345) This experience shows us that Thompson's thinks that when it comes to technology versus man, you don’t

Us as humans, have started to rely on our machines for a great deal (internet, comfort, relationships, solitude, etc.); we used to think that spending quality time together meant actually acknowledging each other, but thanks to robots, we now spend quality time in the same room, but on our devices. Turkle provides a great example of this when she states, “we romance the robot and become inseparable from our smart phones. As this happens, we remake ourselves and our relationships with each other through our new intimacy with our machines” (Turkle 86). She also discusses how obsessed we have become with our devices. The average person frequently checks their phone multiple times throughout the day. This has become quite a habit, because it has been molded into our minds. In the third paragraph of the article, Turkle provides clear evidence that humans rely too much on robots. The author adds sarcastic tones and phrases when she states, “our population is aging; there will be robots to take care of us. Our children are neglected; robots will tend to them” (Turkle 87). If people become preoccupied in their virtual world, they will start to begin to lose their humanity. Normal day activities will become a thing in the past because now, we can do it all on our

When someone brings up the term “artificial intelligence”, a variety of connotations tend to arise, connotations that often are unfair or unrepresentative of the true real-world applications of such a term. Due to the incidentally fear-mongering nature of the media, artificial intelligence can refer to something as basic as a robotic arm in a factory, as well as the implied extinction and/or enslavement of the human race as caused by robo-revolution. As of today, however, when applied in the world of modern technology, artificial intelligence is defined as any innovation that performs a task usually completed by humans. Of course, with this definition, artificial intelligence holds the potential for both societal harm and benefit, and its fate

Humans are becoming more technologically-efficient every day. New inventions and innovations are constantly being made. The Internet is becoming more “reliable” every day. However, how much do we really get from the constant advancement of Internet use and smarter technology? Should we look at their contributions to the world as a benefactor or a curse? The common effect of “artificial intelligence” in the technology we use every day is examined by two brilliant authors, Nicholas Carr and Jamias Cascio. In Carr’s article, “Is Google Making Us Stupid”, he explains the effects of the Internet and technology in our society and claims that the overuse of technology is dangerous and can affect how our mind operates. Jamias Cascio, on the other

The term “Artificial Intelligence or AI” is no longer an obscure term to us. Being surrounded by smart and intelligent devices in our everyday life has made us aware about this technical jargon called “Artificial Intelligence or AI”, which is used to refer to machine intelligence in the field of Computer Science. As artificial intelligence continues to progress, machines are becoming smarter and more efficient than human beings. So, people are getting more concerned and apprehensive regarding their jobs after witnessing their jobs being replaced by robots and machines. Artificial Intelligence replacing human jobs frequently gets media attention and it has been made a huge deal even though it is not. AI gradually taking all our jobs and destroying the economic system is just an absurd and exaggerated claim made by few media outlets and self-proclaimed tech pundits. On the contrary, AI has potential to help us to get better at our jobs and create more job opportunities in the long run.

In “Better Than Human,” Kevin Kelly, Senior Maverick of Wired Magazine, insists that automation will allow us to become more human. When society grants automation the permission to complete the most menial tasks, it will allow individuals trapped in dead-end careers such as fastening bolts onto cars, to search for their true passions which only humans can accomplish. More people will be able to pursue jobs that robots, for now, can not complete with ease. Kelly believes that as artificial intelligence and the creators of it advance, more jobs will be created to fulfill society's growing needs. The simple tasks of assembling new machinery can be completed by the already established automation; while the job of developing software that controls

What the author finds truly disturbing, however, is the threat of our brains being replaced by artificial intelligence. As the creators of Google admitted, their ultimate goal is to give people access to all the information available on the Internet by connecting their brains to artificial intelligence system. For Carr, such ambition suggest that intelligence can be boiled down to a mechanical process that will leave no place for critical thinking, creativity and personal reflection.

What’s the first thing you think of when someone says, “Artificial Intelligence”? The Terminator? Perhaps the Matrix trilogy? Ever since the inception of the computer, science fiction has brought us scenes of super-intelligent computers who want to take over all of mankind. In reality, Artificial Intelligence is still in it’s infancy, and has done much more good for humans than bad. Over time, people’s perspective of AI has changed drastically. We have gone from thinking that AI will take over the world and obliterate mankind to thinking about all the benefits we can get from AI. The change in people’s perspective lately towards a more positive view of AI has boosted the production, sales, and advancement of home automation and AI, making

Society today is greatly influenced by technology and the impact it has had within the past 20 years. One of the largest breakthroughs, though, is Artificial Intelligence (A.I.). The technology associated with A.I. has greatly developed in the past years, and is only making devices smarter. When someone mentions technology, or even the technological breakthroughs the world has gone through recently, many people go straight to smartphones and computers. A.I. is often overlooked, or put into a general category of "technology". Yet, artificial intelligence is something that should we not be so quick to dismiss, and should be something that gets people talking and even excited for what the future holds.

One of the biggest controversies with the advancement of artificial intelligence is the debate on job automation. Many people believe that artificial intelligence will advance to become better than humans and replace humans in most jobs. The opposite belief is that AI will be used to improve the standard of living and will be a tool to support humans, not replace them. Job automation has many benefits such as performing more dangerous jobs and complete tasks that humans do not desire to do. Even though job automation has benefits, there are many people who believe robots will take over the job market and the unemployment rate will skyrocket. There are multiple supporting factors for each side of the job automation debate, but the argument will never be settled until AI is further advanced and utilized.

At the Polytechnic Institute of New York University, researches created a robotic fish, and left it to interact with regular fish. After a while, the robotic fish was accepted completely, and it eventually guided the regular fish as their leader. This is just one of many miniature examples foreboding the events that many people fear are coming. Events like complete automation, like a lackadaisical pattern in humanity as a whole. Nicholas Carr’s article, “All can be lost: The Risk of Putting Our Knowledge in the Hands of Machines”, tackles and discusses this idea head on. In this specific piece, Carr states that allowing the machines to do an exponentially growing amount of work for us will lead to people eventually being lazy, uneducated, unable

that we as humans should be prepared for the day that computers will take our jobs. AI will take

According to Arend Hintze, there are four different types of fear about artificial intelligence including fear of unforeseen, fear of misuse, fear of wrong social priorities, and fear of the nightmare scenario; the first fear being fear of unforeseen. Even if the designers of the superintelligence think they can control what they have made, they might not understand what the machine is thinking. One of the examples of the real world being AlphaGo, the computer program, have beaten the professional go player from South korea, Lee Sedol, who is one of the best go players in the world. Go is one of the most complex board games with the most simple rules where there are two players in which each one of them takes turn placing one of the stones given (black or white) onto the 19 by 19 grid board. The purpose of the game is to create as much territories surrounded by their own stones as possible. Once a player’s stones are circled by the other player’s stones, those stones need to be removed from the board. Since there is no artificial intelligence that have ever beat the brain of human before, the Alpha go, which was developed by a team of twenty people, is considered one of the superintelligence. These kinds of artificial intelligence system that can defeat human’s brain could turn into something scary in the future. Thus, humans should be aware of superintelligence and be responsible of what they have

Artificial Intelligence : Computers become exponentially better in understanding the world. This year, a computer beat the best Go player in the world, 10 years earlier than expected.

Thousands of years ago, early humans discovered the benefits of agriculture, leading to the first agricultural revolution. This created much more free time for humans to craft tools and lives, rather than moving nomadically. Because of agriculture, the human race spiked in population and saw a major increase of productivity in daily life. As humans became increasingly skilled and educated, more revolutions were triggered, like the industrial and digital revolutions. These revolutions led to a new transition in manufacturing processes that created more of a consumer market, but at the cost of skilled workers being replaced by machines. The job market forever changed because of machines, and these effects should not be forgotten. Moreover, the effects of the digital revolution resonated through the economy at unprecedented speeds. Technology has brought the world easier communication, easier access to information, and easier lives. Robots are replacing workers in factories, and companies like Amazon have reduced consumer shopping at physical stores. Google and IBM have been breaking new grounds in the field of artificial intelligence similarly to how the assembly line and first machines broke barriers, sparking the industrial revolution. As the market and technology lead towards nurturing the consumer, the working class is slowly being shifted out of the picture. Artificial intelligence is leading to a new revolution will completely reshape humanity. Super-intelligent