Blog Post #4

Artificial Intelligence has many benefits and drawbacks. It can advance society to new heights with its support for manufacturers and inventors. It also becomes too much like human life and the theories that AI will take over start to become closer to truth than fear. A robot has recently been developed to feel emotions, if for no other reason than to prove that she can. Robots and AI’s are devoid of opinions that plague the planet. They do not fight over what is right and what is wrong and in this way, they are more logical and practical. Then again, most people invent and create because they have emotions about it and passion for it. In creating a feeling robot, humans could potentially be eradicated.

Chiang sights the word “insight”. What it means and what it stands for in AI. ?He then goes on to say that the strawberry-picking-AI does not have it. He is able to explain something and use it as a contradiction against the technology he is using. He is framing an argument based on ethics.

Newman discusses how Siri benefits her child with autism who is full of questions. He talks to her all the time about planes, trains, escalators, busses, and the weather. Siri gave him a world to look into. Newman noted that she never thought he thought about love or marriage and one night he asked Siri to marry him. She respectfully declined his proposal. Although they won’t be wed, Siri truly helps Gus learn about the world and things he is interested in.