...Discussion Board Forum 1 Topic: Androids and the Mind/Body Problem Note: In order to fulfill this assignment you need to have read Hasker: ch 3. You also need to have viewed the video presentation “The Mind/Body Problem” and the PointeCast presentation “Proposed Solutions to the Mind/Body Problem.” If you have not done so, please stop now and read that chapter. Science fiction literature often raises philosophical issues and is a great source for philosophical speculation. This is especially true for the mind/body problem. For example, it is common in science fiction literature to encounter androids. An android is a robot which resembles a human being in appearance and behavior. Examples of androids in science fiction books, television programs or films are numerous (Star Trek, Star Wars, Aleins, Terminator, A.I., I Robot, etc.). In reality many computer scientists are currently working in the area of “artificial intelligence” or machines that can “think for themselves.” Many computer scientists believe this is the first step in creating these androids of the future and that in time the distinction between man and machine will be practically erased. These scientists speculate that androids with super-computer brains will have thoughts, beliefs, feelings and desires just like humans. Therefore, some argue, they will also have the same rights, responsibilities, and privileges that all humans have and should be treated as thus. Do you see problems with this view of the future...
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...Androids and the Mind/Body Problem The Synopsis: Star Trek Episode “The Measure of a Man” deals with the thought that android could have physical and mental properties. In order to fully understand or evaluate this we have to have a clear understanding of the Mind/Body Problems and solutions. Humans are material objects consisting of physical and mental properties. (Hasker, 1983) Physical properties examples are height, weight, color, shape or size and mental properties are awareness, consciousness, feeling, thinking, emotions and senses. The problem arises because these properties interact where intentional or unintentional continuously. (Hasker, 1983) Hasker discusses several mind/body solutions such as idealism, materialism, behaviorism, dualism, and emergentism. Data is an android that was assembled to resemble a human being. In this episode Commander Maddox has orders for Data to transfer to his unit for disassemble with a goal to learn more about him or as Maddox referred to him as “it”, so an arm of androids can serve the Starfleet. Data refuses and has his Captain Picard supporting him. Maddox’s stand is Data has no rights and his characteristics were developed by man to resemble humans so we can direct him. Hasker talks about Behaviorism which states mental properties are special categories of physical properties. (Hasker, 1983) The mind/body solution could be used due to Maddox’ thinking that Data is a physical representation of a dream, conceived in the...
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...TITLE : CASE STUDY ANDROIDS UNDER ATTACK 1) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The case study is about Androids is under attack as it was already in the news, and what made Androids a tastier target was the fact that Enronaa was not the first time. Its start from they had used accounting practices that allowed Enronaa to hide its debts, but really these are all within the context of fair value accounting. Androids was critics that the auditors were incompetent, at worse, they deliberately overlooked irregularities at Enronaa in order not to lose the lucrative stream of consulting and other work it provided. Androids also had prior entanglements with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Androids agreed to pay the SEC a civil penalty of USD 7 million to settle charges related to the firm’s work as auditors of Solid Waste. This issue is the US SEC found Androids guilty of issuing materially false and misleading audit reports on Solid Waste financial statements for the period 1993 through 1996. Then, Androids also issued an audit report on Solid Waste’s financial statements in which it stated that the company’s financial statements were presented fairly, in all material respects, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and that Androids had conducted its audit of those financial statement in accordance with generally accepted auditing standard (GAAS). So, SEC found that Androids’ representations were materially false and misleading. While, Solid Waste’s financial...
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...and using the categories he uses, what view of the mind/body problem do you think is exhibited by Picard? By Maddox? Support your answer. Upon completion of the readings, and having watched the episode “The Measure of a Man” from Star Trek: New Generations I have come to the conclusion that Picard has a very materialistic view of the mind/body problem stating that “Man is a wholly material being” (Hasker, 69). Meanwhile Maddox holds a very dualistic view of the problem, in which he believes “physical properties…are properties of the body, while mental properties are properties of the mind” (Hasker, 65). Picard sees Data, his android officer, as being able to make the same kinds of decision and having the same kinds of feelings any other human being is able to have. This leads me to believe that Picard’s view is that the mind is not separate from the body, thus he has a very materialistic view of the mind/body problem. While Maddox on the other hand believes a very different way. This of course causes much tension between the two. Maddox apparently believes that there is a mind and a body completely separate, and for a Being to be human and sentient it must be able to be intelligent, self-aware, and conscious. He believes that Data does indeed have a brain, but cannot possibly have a mind, since the mind is separate from the brain. Maddox’s main claim is that Data, like a computer, has no feelings, basically has no soul or mind with which he could have feelings. Therefore Data...
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...products or these goods for us to makes satisfy by successfully using it to our daily living. The question what brands and products do you feel successfully speak to you and effectively target your age group? Why? Which one does not? What could they do better? Marketers divide the population into age group to classifying by targeting the different levels of age, the needs of preschool, school age, the young, middle, older adults and the teens where teen agers like me has the highest population in the world, that is why marketers are trying to create a goods or a product that would prefer to buy that suitable to the teens for them to attract to purchase this kinds of products that might satisfy their needs and wants. Many processes and problems to be consider in terms of purchasing a products. Being a mother, a parents which you need this product for the welfare and goodness of your family, being employed in a company which you need to use a product that might give you confident to work without any hesitation, and for being a student who always wants to be good looking personality, for you not to look haggard when your crush see you or offer you for a date then you need to buy by looking and using the right product to be use. Even the adult one need to have a...
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...Emerging Technology Human Androids Semantha Sebastian Theresa Keefer Hazel Marie Roxas Juan Martinez Amilcar Vasquez Shasta Taguran DeVry University LAS432 Professor: David Scoma April 13, 2014 ABSTRACT (200-word summary of the entire paper) This research discusses the emerging technology of the human android. Different types of robots are discussed and, how these devices come together with computer technology. It begins with a description of this innovative modern day science and discusses its applications. To this end, it explores how robots and androids assist in both domestic and workplace activities. Next, our paper goes into detail on the historical development of human androids which goes back into the into the Renaissance time period. In addition, current development is briefly mentioned which includes economic support from the U.S President, further research, and considering an ongoing project. The collection of models are also noted followed by innovation changes that have been implemented up to this date. Last of all, the legal issues and concerns are described under different cases while government manufacturing has become significant. Next we will delve into the environmental implications androids and robots have on our society such as ensuring a safe society with the additions of these man-made creations and the possible threats they bring. This leads us into the moral and ethical implications...
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...1. CASE SUMMARY Androids is an audit firm which provides audit and consulting services to their clients. Androids & Co started in 1913 when Arthur and Clarence, both from the audit firm of Price, bought out a small audit firm in Illinois to form Arthur, Clarence & Co, which became Androids & Co in 1918. Arthur Androids, who is the founder, headed the firm of Androids & Co until his death in 1945. He was a passionate supporter of high standards in the accounting industry. In 1945, Leonardo Sparky, who handled Androids at the founder’s death, continued this emphasis on honesty. For all these years, Android’s motto was “Think Straight, Talk Straight”. David Lawrence joined Androids twenty years ago and earned a salary of USD 700,000 per annum. David is Androids’ partner and auditor who are responsible in auditing Enronaa’s account since 1987. Enronaa is a client of Androids for the past 16 years. David is one of the Androids’ partners who are responsible to check on Enronaa’s account and to ensure that they fairly representing the state of the business. The issues arise when there are evidences suggesting that Androids assisted Enronaa to sort of increase reported returns of off-balance sheet activities by units called raptors. In addition, the second issue that arises in Enronaa is many off-book partnerships were not properly accounted for. From this issue, David stated that millions in debts and losses had to be reflected in Enronaa’s books. David also confessed...
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...PHCare: MICROCONTROLLER BASED PORTABLE HEALTH MONITORING DEVICE Adrian T. Berroya Junell V. Breciño A Project Study Presented to the School of Engineering AMA Computer College Biñan In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Science of Computer Engineering Biñan, Laguna December, 2014 Table of Contents Title Page i List of Figures ii List of Tables iii CHAPTER I I. INTRODUCTION 6 Background of the Study 6 Conceptual Framework 8 Statement of the Problem 9 Objectives of the Study 10 Significance of the Study 11 Scope and Limitation 11 Definition of Terms 12 Conceptual Definition 12 Operational Definition 14 CHAPTER II II. REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURES AND STUDIES 15 Related Literatures 15 Mobile Health Monitoring 15 Biomedical Sensors 16 Android 15 Wireless Technology 22 Interfacing UART 30 Arduino 33 Related Studies 37 Foreign Studies 37 Local Studies 39 Synthesis 40 CHAPTER III III. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 41 Research Design 42 Respondents of the Study 43 Sampling Design and Techniques 44 Research Instruments 45 Sources of Data 45 Data Gathering Procedures 45 Statistical Treatment 46 System Design 47 System Overview 47 System Block Diagram 49 System Schematic Diagram ...
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...1 The Turing Triage Test Dr. Robert Sparrow Centre for Human Bioethics Faculty of Arts Monash University Victoria 3800 Australia. This paper appeared in print in: Ethics and Information Technology 6(4): 203-213. 2004. Please cite that version. 2 The Turing Triage Test Abstract If, as a number of writers have predicted, the computers of the future will possess intelligence and capacities that exceed our own then it seems as though they will be worthy of a moral respect at least equal to, and perhaps greater than, human beings. In this paper I propose a test to determine when we have reached that point. Inspired by Alan Turing’s (1950) original ‘Turing test’, which argued that we would be justified in conceding that machines could think if they could fill the role of a person in a conversation, I propose a test for when computers have achieved moral standing by asking when a computer might take the place of a human being in a moral dilemma, such as a ‘triage’ situation in which a choice must be made as to which of two human lives to save. We will know that machines have achieved moral standing comparable to a human when the replacement of one of these people with an artificial intelligence leaves the character of the dilemma intact. That is, when we might sometimes judge that it is reasonable to preserve the continuing existence of a machine over the life of a human being. This is the ‘Turing Triage Test’. I argue that if personhood is understood as a matter of possessing...
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...watched it all the way through. Now, stepping through a second take on this announcement, I'd like to offer up some thoughts about what this means, and how I think this will impact Windows Phone going forward. To be clear, Windows Phone is the most innovative smart phone platform on the market today, and by a wide margin. The iPhone was certainly innovative when it was first announced four years ago, but today's iPhones are simply evolutions of the first, and not different at all from a user experience perspective. Android? Please. Google doesn't have an innovative bone in its corporate body, and Android is simply a cash-fueled power grab, one that is devoid of class or unique thought. But Windows Phone? Windows Phone is special. Sadly, Windows Phone has also been sitting, unchanged, since its October launch. And this is a problem because Windows Phone launched earlier than was ideal, given the unfinished and somewhat buggy state of the product. This wouldn't be a problem, I thought, because Microsoft had pledged to update Windows Phone rapidly, emulating what Apple did during the first year of the iPhone, and to add features and be transparent about its plans, as Apple has done all along. Neither has happened, and my sources tell me that the first mega-patch for Windows Phone has sat undeployed on Microsoft's servers because the software giant's wireless carrier partners--contrary...
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...Business Research Methods Market Research to Evaluate Consumer Preferences for Various Features in Mobile Phones A report submitted to Prof. Anand Kumar Jaiswal Submitted by Group C08 Anshul Gupta Dr. PrashantDeshmukh Kunal Gupta Rohan Nag ShashwatSiddhant SwetaBindiTherlapu INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AHMEDABAD Contents Background to the problem ......................................................................................................... 3 Research Matrix .......................................................................................................................... 4 Decision Problem .................................................................................................................... 4 Research Problem .................................................................................................................... 4 Information Needs ...................................................................................................................... 4 1. Secondary Research .......................................................................................................... 4 Primary Research:........................................................................................................................ 4 Variable Specification .................................................................................................................. 5 Literature Survey: Uncovering the latest trends in the Mobile...
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...ROBOTIC PROSTHETICS Identifying a problem : The effect of bionic robotic on the future of humanity. Stating a claim: In a future bionic world the disabled will be those without any prosthetics. At what point human will become a cyborg and what are the risks of that for human being Human being is a special species not because it could speak but because of it abitlity of thinking seeking improvements Human enhancement is becoming more and more prominent otherwise are we heading to a bionic society an if so what are the two sides of such Cure illness should be the goal of medical evolution but there is a new tendency that is there to enhance normality. The ongoing evolution occurring in prosthetics and bionic devices is just amazing What might our descendants look like could be totally different from the known human image we’ve had till today eyer has become something of a poster boy for "transhumanism". Encompassing everything from robotic limbs to memory-enhancing neural implants to gene therapies that slow ageing, transhumanism (or posthumanism) concerns the technologies and drugs that are rapidly altering the limits of human performance, as well as notions about what we might look like in future organ transplants to replace malfunctioning livers and kidneys, or vaccines to boost the immune system, command wide social acceptance, At the moment, bionic hands are poor substitutes for the real thing – they can grasp and manipulate objects, but cannot feel. But what...
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...1.0) Introduction Apple Inc., formerly Apple Computer, Inc., is an American multinational corporation which designs and produces computer software, hardware, commercial server and other consumer electronics. Apple was established on April 1, 1976 and was incorporated in Cupertino California on January 3, 1977. Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne are best known as the founder of Apple. Currently, Apple is the world’s largest technology company and second largest company in terms of market capitalization. Apple is committed to delivering the optative individual computing and music experience to all sectors of society such as students, educators, creative professionals, businesses, government agencies, and consumers via its innovative hardware, software, peripherals, services, and Internet offerings. Unique ability are being leveraged by company strategy by designing and developing specifications and physical characteristics of its own operating system, hardware, and abundant software applications and technologies, it helps to provide customers with new products and solutions in terms of superior ease of use, seamless integrating, and innovative industrial design. It contributes amazing changes to the computer industry, and these changes are still visible in today’s world. In the past decade, Apple has developed into a complicated company which specializes in much more than just computers. In 2001, Apple broke the barrier with the iPod and finally...
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...so what is next will it implants or projectable it is hard to tell but in my thoughts it will be in the realm of a wearable and possibly a wearable projection device. Articale #1 Cast your mind back to late 2008, when the first Android-powered handset saw the light of day. Obama won his first Presidential election, Apple launched its App Store (the iPhone had appeared the year before), Google announced its own Chrome browser and we got our first look at the company's new mobile OS on the T-Mobile G1. The Android of 2013 is a world away from that 2008 version, where the Android Market was in its infancy, there were no native video playback capabilities and the G1 had no multi-touch support. But Google is going to have to keep innovating and improving its mobile OS to keep the lion's share of the smartphone market. We've taken a peek into the future to consider what Android might look like in the year 2020. With new Android monikers now appearing about once a year, its codename should start with an "R" - Rhubarb Pie, Rocky Road or Rice Pudding, perhaps? Or maybe even Rolos, given the tie-up deals Google is putting in place these days? Here are the four key features we think could play the biggest part in Android's ongoing evolution over the next seven years: 1. Maps in Android in 2020 Apple's Maps app may not have set the world alight when...
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...GOOGLE GLASS- FUTURISTIC GADGET A SEMINAR REPORT ON “GOOGLE GLASS” A Seminar report submitted in the partial fulfillment of the requirements of IEEE format 2013. k.syndy k.kittu SUBMITTED TO: JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY QUEST2K13 DEPT. OF CSE UNDER THE ESTEEMED GUIDENCE OF: Prof. T. vykunt DEPT. OF INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY CONTENTS * INTRODUCTION * DESCRIPTION * TECHNOLOGIES USED * APPLICATIONS * BENEFITS * COST * DISADVANTAGES * OVERVIEW * FUTURE SCOPE * CONCLUSION GOOGLE GLASS ABSTRACT: A sleek technology designed for the human face, Google Glass delivers a killer augmented reality experience that will undoubtedly have profound implications on how we interact with the world around us. Google Glass is a research and development program by Google to develop an augmented reality Head-Mounted Display (HMD). The intended purpose of Project Glass products would be the hands-free displaying of information. Google Glass is as futuristic a gadget we’ve seen in recent times. A useful technology for all kinds of people including handicapped/disabled. It is a project glass. INTRODUCTION: Google is currently in the phase of testing their new augmented-reality head-mounted display, known as Google Glass. Essentially, its a pair of glasses, with a camera...
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