Parental Control
I would have to say the parents, I feel the government meddles too much with peoples everyday lives thinking "They know best". Even with censorship and all kids still do get away with it, much like smoking and drinking. R-rated movies kids still watch because their parents bring them in to it. I think if they pushed more for having parents strive to educate their children in right from wrong on this subject would be better for the children since most lookup to their parents for guidance and love.
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Sunday, December 2, 2007
Week 8 Discussion Response 1
V-chipping It!
I think that probably one of the best things they have done, by making a tool in which the parents can use to censor what they would not want their own children to watch. Most of the problems today is the parents not caring or taking some part in making sure their children arent exposed to things they shouldnt really see til they are older and can understand and reason with a mature and sound mind. In my honest opinion alot of problem children can be lead back to the home environment.
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I think that probably one of the best things they have done, by making a tool in which the parents can use to censor what they would not want their own children to watch. Most of the problems today is the parents not caring or taking some part in making sure their children arent exposed to things they shouldnt really see til they are older and can understand and reason with a mature and sound mind. In my honest opinion alot of problem children can be lead back to the home environment.
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Week 8 Discussion Question 2
Living Vicarious
Levinson compares humans to ameboas in about the differences on how we live, ameboas live though directed contact(touch) where humans dont have to have direct contact(touch) to experience the moment or sensation.
The Internet has fast become a world in itself in our society today, where one can shop online and learn online and much more. My thought is, is the Internet a place for people to live vicariously untouched from the real world living and breathing and staying connected? You feel this is or might become a problem where society may become disconnected from each other because of the internet?
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Levinson compares humans to ameboas in about the differences on how we live, ameboas live though directed contact(touch) where humans dont have to have direct contact(touch) to experience the moment or sensation.
The Internet has fast become a world in itself in our society today, where one can shop online and learn online and much more. My thought is, is the Internet a place for people to live vicariously untouched from the real world living and breathing and staying connected? You feel this is or might become a problem where society may become disconnected from each other because of the internet?
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Week 8 Discussion Question 1
Parental Control to Total Government Control
Parental control has been a big push as of the past several years with the implementing of the V-chip and other newly regulated laws and all on censoring content to not be exposed to the younger generation. With that being said do you think that it might could get to the point where the government just steps in and makes the decisions for the parents, somewhat like the FCC has done in the past and continues to do. What do you think? You think that maybe something will happen much like the censoring program used by the nazi's?
I feel like it's getting close to that...
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Parental control has been a big push as of the past several years with the implementing of the V-chip and other newly regulated laws and all on censoring content to not be exposed to the younger generation. With that being said do you think that it might could get to the point where the government just steps in and makes the decisions for the parents, somewhat like the FCC has done in the past and continues to do. What do you think? You think that maybe something will happen much like the censoring program used by the nazi's?
I feel like it's getting close to that...
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Week 7 Discussion Response 2
Further Proof of Humans Devolving.
I can see your point and agree to some extent as that some people will fall prey to a thing such as that, as there as similar cases today though it not dealing with robots but other things that shackle them.
But... Looking at it from another point, I would have to disagree as that it is human nature and inside us all to do stuff to progress and become better, regardless of whether one is aware of it or not, we all strive to be better.
Also if we have the Robots "doing all of our critical thinking, theorizing, and creating for us", then one can look at it as we have evolved to a point where we can fill our time with other things instead of work or trivial things, we can enjoy life and not be shackled by the society we live in today where getting a 9 to 5 job come home tired and then having to take care of your family and all that stuff.
To many, that is a burden some and alot do not enjoy or look forward too. If I bought a couple of Robots to do my house work and gardening and stuff then I can fill my time with hobbies spending time with family and enjoy things I couldn't if I was having to get up at 7:30 am to be the work by 9 am and then getting off at 5 pm to get home around 6:30 pm, leaving me tired and restless and not having much time to do anything but only for a couple hours before I have to start another monotonous day over waking up at 7:30 am, etc.
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I can see your point and agree to some extent as that some people will fall prey to a thing such as that, as there as similar cases today though it not dealing with robots but other things that shackle them.
But... Looking at it from another point, I would have to disagree as that it is human nature and inside us all to do stuff to progress and become better, regardless of whether one is aware of it or not, we all strive to be better.
Also if we have the Robots "doing all of our critical thinking, theorizing, and creating for us", then one can look at it as we have evolved to a point where we can fill our time with other things instead of work or trivial things, we can enjoy life and not be shackled by the society we live in today where getting a 9 to 5 job come home tired and then having to take care of your family and all that stuff.
To many, that is a burden some and alot do not enjoy or look forward too. If I bought a couple of Robots to do my house work and gardening and stuff then I can fill my time with hobbies spending time with family and enjoy things I couldn't if I was having to get up at 7:30 am to be the work by 9 am and then getting off at 5 pm to get home around 6:30 pm, leaving me tired and restless and not having much time to do anything but only for a couple hours before I have to start another monotonous day over waking up at 7:30 am, etc.
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Week 7 Discussion Response 1
"Protein" Chauvinism
There is a difference between thought and a soul, look at animals they can think but most of their thought processes are "Inbreed" in them which people call instinct. Intelligence is defined as:
"capacity for learning, reasoning, understanding, and similar forms of mental activity; aptitude in grasping truths, relationships, facts, meanings, etc."
Can one say that even though animals have DNA do they "ALL" have intelligence? Animals are flesh and blood but the biggest difference between Humans and most other creatures that walk to earth is we have the ability to chose and to reason where most all other creatures do not have that ability.
I would say that most humans shouldn't relate intelligence with DNA, that only naive people would say that in a sense to make them feel superior than others.
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There is a difference between thought and a soul, look at animals they can think but most of their thought processes are "Inbreed" in them which people call instinct. Intelligence is defined as:
"capacity for learning, reasoning, understanding, and similar forms of mental activity; aptitude in grasping truths, relationships, facts, meanings, etc."
Can one say that even though animals have DNA do they "ALL" have intelligence? Animals are flesh and blood but the biggest difference between Humans and most other creatures that walk to earth is we have the ability to chose and to reason where most all other creatures do not have that ability.
I would say that most humans shouldn't relate intelligence with DNA, that only naive people would say that in a sense to make them feel superior than others.
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Week 7 Discussion Question 2
Digression of the Human Race?
Take Asimov's 3 Laws for Robotic's:
1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2. A robot must obey orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
Levinson comments that Robot's could and can be enslaved by the Human race because of the Law's of Robotics
Now if we create an AI that can think freely as we do, that can walk, talk and move like us, making the only difference between the two is one is of flesh and blood were the other is made up of silicon plastics and metals. In a sense we are playing God by creating this AI would we be as bad as our ancestors that had enslaved other human societies? Or do you think that because Robot's do not have a soul making them inferior to us and thus jusitifying the means that they would be enslaved to us?
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Take Asimov's 3 Laws for Robotic's:
1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2. A robot must obey orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
Levinson comments that Robot's could and can be enslaved by the Human race because of the Law's of Robotics
Now if we create an AI that can think freely as we do, that can walk, talk and move like us, making the only difference between the two is one is of flesh and blood were the other is made up of silicon plastics and metals. In a sense we are playing God by creating this AI would we be as bad as our ancestors that had enslaved other human societies? Or do you think that because Robot's do not have a soul making them inferior to us and thus jusitifying the means that they would be enslaved to us?
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