Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

Robots are not going to take over. Humans will always have the upper hand but it's kust a moment of time before we have robots living among us. There are some great points in the artical "Should we put robots on trial?" about robotic cars. We can have robots among us, driving us where we need to go while we watch TV or take naps but there is one concern, what happens when a robotic car runs someone over and who is to blame. Robotis will come soon but they need to be at a certain level of control. Robots can do almost anything that humans can if they are programmed correctly and charged up. I think humans are more likely to make mistakes because once there is a program which is setup, the robot can repeat it multiple times without getting tired and the same cannot be said about humans.

Sunday, March 3, 2013

Social Media

Social media is a means of interaction via the internet to people across the globe. It's a way in which people communicate in a virtual settings. Social media is communication using texts, images, voice recordings, and other forms of media to get their voice out and what they mean to the other party. Social media necessarily isn't a bad thing, it can be very helpful in certain situations. For example, the article by Jeffrey R. Young explains how students can tweet each other in class. The teacher has two screens and on one screen is what he teaches and on the other is the live tweet feeds of students, this is an excellent idea. I'm sure many kids would prefer to use this technique since its modern and they would also learn in a more modernized and organized way.

I am on many social media sites such as, Facebook, Google+, Twitter, Tumblr, Tout, Instagram, Skype, and now Blogger. I prefer and use Facebook the most for many reason, it's safe, you can use it from almost any device, you can keep it private or public depending on how you want to use it, and Facebook also has the most users so there is a chance where you might chat with your elementary school best friend or a co worker that you never got the chance to talk to.