Artificial Intelligence

The Ansgar clip was a funny clip about learning how to read a book. It relates to computers because we have to learn how to use technology before we can actually use it. The Bradford clip was very interesting. The computer in this clip was very useful. It could call people, answer calls, and many other things. The one technology that we don't have today is having a computer do things without touching it. In the clip, the man would just tell the computer to do something and the computer would do it. The computer even did things while the man wasn't in the room. This technology could be very useful.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0212720/plotsummary

My link is to a movie that is coming out about a robotic boy who wants to become a real boy. He is an artificial boy who has real feelings. He lives with his mother, who adopted him because her real son had an incurable disease. When her son's disease does get cured, he comes home and then she abandons her robotic son. The robotic boy wants to become real so that he can win the love back of his mother.

This relates to personal computing and technology because it's about changing something computerized into a real human being. I think that doing something like this is crazy and not necessary. I think that it's going way too far with technology.

Pentagon's New Map for War and Peace

This TED talk was very interesting and I am in full agreement of what Thomas Barnett is saying. He makes a really good point about how we can't expect 19 year olds to go fight and then try to make peace. They are trained to kill, but not to act with diplomats. You can't expect a young man to go from the mentality of a trained warrior to that of a peace keeper and ambassador. I agree with the policy of dividing the military into two separate entities, one designed for waging war and the other for promoting peace stability and democracy. I believe that Barnett's concepts are relevant in today's international affairs. I agree with his idea of a small leviathan force, comprised of young men, devoted to the projection of Americas military might. His concept of System Administrators, comprised of older, experienced men and women who are capable of rebuilding political systems and promoting peace, is a legitimate solution to peacekeeping blunders as seen in Iraq. It is my belief that if the Pentagon and Department of Defense would consider this revolutionary strategy, our nation would be better prepared for the battlefields of tomorrow and possible political crises that are sure to arrise in the future.