Artificial intelligence programs from movies like Smart House and Her may not be as far off into the future as we may think. Everything is becoming automated. Cars will be driving themselves in not too long from now. People will most likely start automating their homes. Ideally, every one's home intelligence will be the head of household. However, creating intelligence comes with some serious responsibility.
If something is self thinking and has its own thoughts, ideas, or even emotions, is it morally correct to shut it down if it becomes problematic? Even though a software is not a living breathing thing, it could still have experiences that come along with emotions like we do. We also run the risk of an artificial intelligence outsmarting its programmers. Thus, making it impossible to shut off even if we wanted to. It's a reasonable concern if it is connected to the Internet because the information available is endless on any subject. A program that had endless data gathering properties would be endlessly smarter than its creator due to the way it is programmed.
Honestly, i don't think artificial intelligence should be created at all. Our world is not ready for that. Many people can hardly keep up with the technology we have today let alone a self-thinking computer program. I don't even know what the purpose of it would be. I can't even think of a use for artificial intelligence, so i think it's best that we just not step into that territory.
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Tuesday, October 20, 2015
Racism
Racism is a touchy subject that i don't like to discuss with a huge group of people because i feel like i will never really feel the true effects of racism. I will never understand institutionalized racism, racial profiling, and i'll never be told i can't go somewhere or do something because i'm black. As much as i feel like i can sympathize with people that experience racism, but i will never be able to truly empathize with them. Therefore, i feel like i do not have a place in the subject.
The black lives matter movement is so important because it calls attention to an issue that is being ignored. Police brutality toward minorities is either at an all time high, or people are just now starting to video it. It has gotten completely out of hand. I get offended when people try and negate the movement by stating "all lives matter". Of course, all lives matter, but that is not the issue they're calling attention to. They're saying black lives matter because of all of the murders and police brutality against many black Americans.
Racism is not something humans are born with. it is taught to us by society. As a child i always thought it was crazy that blacks and whites used to be separated because some of my closest friends were black. I didn't see color at a young age. Prejudice is something that must be taught.
I don't know that there is a solution to the racist ideal that continues to taint our country, but things like the police brutality is uncalled for, and it can be stopped. We have come a long way in fifty years, but there is still a ways to go.
The black lives matter movement is so important because it calls attention to an issue that is being ignored. Police brutality toward minorities is either at an all time high, or people are just now starting to video it. It has gotten completely out of hand. I get offended when people try and negate the movement by stating "all lives matter". Of course, all lives matter, but that is not the issue they're calling attention to. They're saying black lives matter because of all of the murders and police brutality against many black Americans.
Racism is not something humans are born with. it is taught to us by society. As a child i always thought it was crazy that blacks and whites used to be separated because some of my closest friends were black. I didn't see color at a young age. Prejudice is something that must be taught.
I don't know that there is a solution to the racist ideal that continues to taint our country, but things like the police brutality is uncalled for, and it can be stopped. We have come a long way in fifty years, but there is still a ways to go.
Saturday, October 17, 2015
Sexism
Someone asked me one time "do you believe you should make the same amount as a man with the same job?". I just remember clearly replying "no". Women still do not receive equality in the workforce today, and there's no question about it. However, i don't want to be paid the same as a man JUST because i'm a female. I want to get paid more because i earned it.
My mom works for a company in Dallas, and she is the only executive on their board. She has always guided me to never be intimidated in the work place by men. She worked her way from the bottom of the company to an executive position through hard work. A lot of hours in the office, many late nights, and working on weekends go her to where she is. She never complained along the way when her male counterparts got paid slightly more, but i remember the day she came home after their year evaluations. She was so excited because she found out that she would be getting paid $500 more than a male that had the same job as her.
My mother just inspires me to work as hard as i can, and i can only trust that if i follow her advice, i'll earn what i deserve because my boss won't be able to ignore my skill set. I don't want to be limited to "making as much as a male", i want to go beyond that.
My mom works for a company in Dallas, and she is the only executive on their board. She has always guided me to never be intimidated in the work place by men. She worked her way from the bottom of the company to an executive position through hard work. A lot of hours in the office, many late nights, and working on weekends go her to where she is. She never complained along the way when her male counterparts got paid slightly more, but i remember the day she came home after their year evaluations. She was so excited because she found out that she would be getting paid $500 more than a male that had the same job as her.
My mother just inspires me to work as hard as i can, and i can only trust that if i follow her advice, i'll earn what i deserve because my boss won't be able to ignore my skill set. I don't want to be limited to "making as much as a male", i want to go beyond that.
Monday, October 12, 2015
Virtue Ethics
Virtue ethics can often be compared to deontology and consequentialism, but it is a little different in the approach. Consequentialists consider lying on a case by case basis, and they believe in lying if the consequence has a better outcome than the truth. Deontologists always think lying is wrong, no matter what. However, people who believe in virtue ethics would necessary focus on the lying at hand, but they would wonder what the decision about lying says about someone's inner moral character. It focuses on the character behind the action to determine morality as opposed to the actions.
It talks less about the rules people should follow and focuses more on helping people develop good character traits. If people have good virtues on the inside, then the good actions will follow. Virtue ethicists also emphasize breaking bad habits. Certain virtues are needed in order to be a good person, and once the good virtues are there you become a true good person.
It talks less about the rules people should follow and focuses more on helping people develop good character traits. If people have good virtues on the inside, then the good actions will follow. Virtue ethicists also emphasize breaking bad habits. Certain virtues are needed in order to be a good person, and once the good virtues are there you become a true good person.
Tuesday, October 6, 2015
Deontology
This was a tricky theory for me to wrap my head around at first. Its not as straightforward as the other ones have been so far. Anyway, deontologists have a sense of duty to do what is right by universal law despite the consequences. They go off of what they ought to do as opposed to what they desire. To determine if something is universal law or not, you have to look into the action you're about to perform, and analyze whether or not you would be okay with others doing this action too. To be universal law you must be okay with others doing the action as well because there are no exceptions to the rules in deontology.
We used the example in class of lying. Lying is universally considered wrong because if lying were a universal law, society could not function. People would never know if they were being told the truth, and we would assume that everything someone said could be a lie. Instead we usually assume what people say to be true because telling the truth is a universal law that most people follow. Deontologists have a duty to uphold the universal law. In class we used an example of someone whose friend murdered someone, but as a deontologist he was required to give a confession when prompted by police. The person knew his friend would go to jail, but he could not break one of the universal laws. He could not make an exception because that does not exist in a deontologists world. right is right and wrong is wrong.
I can't say i'm a full on deontologist only because i don't fully understand what universal law is, but i understand that a deontologist's duty to uphold the universal laws is greater than duty to friends or other things. I feel like this theory is slightly vague for me, but maybe a more general theory would work better than something so detailed.
We used the example in class of lying. Lying is universally considered wrong because if lying were a universal law, society could not function. People would never know if they were being told the truth, and we would assume that everything someone said could be a lie. Instead we usually assume what people say to be true because telling the truth is a universal law that most people follow. Deontologists have a duty to uphold the universal law. In class we used an example of someone whose friend murdered someone, but as a deontologist he was required to give a confession when prompted by police. The person knew his friend would go to jail, but he could not break one of the universal laws. He could not make an exception because that does not exist in a deontologists world. right is right and wrong is wrong.
I can't say i'm a full on deontologist only because i don't fully understand what universal law is, but i understand that a deontologist's duty to uphold the universal laws is greater than duty to friends or other things. I feel like this theory is slightly vague for me, but maybe a more general theory would work better than something so detailed.
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