There has been quite a buzz about AI (short for Artificial Intelligence) for quite a while now; at what point do we consider them to not fully be artificial or non-artificial? It's hard for me to see if AI has truly gone beyond its namesake, meaning it's hard to tell when AI has transformed past from being artificial (to be able to possess mostly human capabilities).
My reasoning behind this is because of the idea brought up on Monday on that AI had to have created its thought process from some source via someone or something. To my knowledge as of right now, there hasn't been anything invented yet that had created by its lonesome, without human handiwork. I feel as though when people create programs/inventions and implement artificial intelligence within it, there thoughts and input are placed within them, thus having the AI possess a similar sense of thought to its creator.
Despite all that, I can agree to an extent with what top dogs such as Elon Musk, Bill Gates, and Stephen Hawking have said about artificial intelligence: that it is possible for it to become the most greatest threat to mankind. If it had come to a point in time where machinery had exemplary AI and can fluently act like humans, this world may end up being completely taken over by such feats (why have humans when machines, at that point, can do similar things but much better). I still think we have long ways to go though and I am not expecting to reach that point in life yet for at least a few decades. But, with the rate of technology improvements and improvisations exponentially increasing, I feel that it is only a matter of time before AI can possibly manifest this now technologically-driven world.
Wednesday, November 28, 2018
Tuesday, November 20, 2018
Startup to Startdown
Apparently, we had started watching a documentary titled Startup.com, which recaptured the tale of two friends had formed a company (regarding to some manner of technology) and seeing the struggles of running said company as well as the slow degradation of their relationship business-wise. I'm pretty sure that this was first shown in this class on November 14th, the one day that I missed because of my stupid train.
I always get to UWT by the use of the Sounder Train since I think that it would take me way to long to arrive on campus otherwise (I would have to leave my house probably two to two-and-a-half hours before this class just to make it on time; concerns about traffic). I start from Tukwila Station, meaning that the last train ride to go North would be 8:08 and I would not arrive on campus until 9:00. It just so happened that the train had mechanical difficulties and did not arrive for another half-hour, meaning that it would be likely that I would miss class. I don't really KNOW anyone in that class either (in terms of contact information), so it's not like I'm able to really ask for sure what I missed until the next day of class (or the professor for that matter since he never responds to emails anyone since he does his own thing).
Luckily, I did not have that problem on the 19th as I got to see a little bit of that documentary. I honestly wasn't too interested in the film itself since it feels like the situation that the friends got into felt like it was bound to happen at some point, so I wasn't too surprised at the end result. Overall, I thought the documentary was just a measly "meh".
I always get to UWT by the use of the Sounder Train since I think that it would take me way to long to arrive on campus otherwise (I would have to leave my house probably two to two-and-a-half hours before this class just to make it on time; concerns about traffic). I start from Tukwila Station, meaning that the last train ride to go North would be 8:08 and I would not arrive on campus until 9:00. It just so happened that the train had mechanical difficulties and did not arrive for another half-hour, meaning that it would be likely that I would miss class. I don't really KNOW anyone in that class either (in terms of contact information), so it's not like I'm able to really ask for sure what I missed until the next day of class (or the professor for that matter since he never responds to emails anyone since he does his own thing).
Luckily, I did not have that problem on the 19th as I got to see a little bit of that documentary. I honestly wasn't too interested in the film itself since it feels like the situation that the friends got into felt like it was bound to happen at some point, so I wasn't too surprised at the end result. Overall, I thought the documentary was just a measly "meh".
Wednesday, November 14, 2018
The Great Virtual War
The online virtual world had its own shares of worldwide conflict, not just the conflicts going on in the outside world. Much like the World Wars I-II alike, this “dot.com” bomb situation lasted for many decades and even though this phenomenon had eventually come to a close, the sense of a virtual war never truly ended due to a never-ending evolution of technology that would always been soon surpassed with another.
This sort of “dot.com” became a craze, with everyone major (online/virtual) company trying to take advantage of what was conceived as possible in the World Wide Web. It had become a competition between top dogs such as Microsoft, Google, Amazon, among many others trying to see which people would flock over to which products/creations/applications that would help make ordinary individuals’ lives much more convenient and time-efficient. Not only that, it was a competition to see which company or companies would gain the most stock and revenue in order to have loads of cash in their back pockets, though it was soon to be seen as momentarily successful.
Approximately near the end of the 1990s, the consequences of heavily relying on the buying out of failing companies led to them to eventually declaring bankruptcy. There was unstable and imbalanced sums of money being put into some companies to the point to where the stock brokers who worked under said companies had no choice but to sell out in order to save themselves; companies ultimately crashed. Despite this war ending, I question if it ever truly ended since we always end up moving forward and looking back on what we've done and trying to improve upon it. Technology opens the gate and/or is the basis into creating evolved/new technology; the cycle always continues, so the virtual war continues through the decades of time.
This sort of “dot.com” became a craze, with everyone major (online/virtual) company trying to take advantage of what was conceived as possible in the World Wide Web. It had become a competition between top dogs such as Microsoft, Google, Amazon, among many others trying to see which people would flock over to which products/creations/applications that would help make ordinary individuals’ lives much more convenient and time-efficient. Not only that, it was a competition to see which company or companies would gain the most stock and revenue in order to have loads of cash in their back pockets, though it was soon to be seen as momentarily successful.
Approximately near the end of the 1990s, the consequences of heavily relying on the buying out of failing companies led to them to eventually declaring bankruptcy. There was unstable and imbalanced sums of money being put into some companies to the point to where the stock brokers who worked under said companies had no choice but to sell out in order to save themselves; companies ultimately crashed. Despite this war ending, I question if it ever truly ended since we always end up moving forward and looking back on what we've done and trying to improve upon it. Technology opens the gate and/or is the basis into creating evolved/new technology; the cycle always continues, so the virtual war continues through the decades of time.
Wednesday, November 7, 2018
Erik Hanberg
On October 31st, our first guest speaker for the TINST 207 course arrived to present the story of his life as someone working in the virtual world (his name, Erik Hanberg). To be quite frank, I didn't take any notes on his presentation only because I primarily cared about having three questions for the question sheet. Meaning, I don't remember too much in terms of specifics, but hey, I have to do this assignment so I'll just fill in as many words as I can.
That being said, his presentation was quite interesting in terms of learning about what he does in the virtual world. From what I can remember, he became known for some of his works such as the Little Book series.
I guess I can go over some questions I was curious about. For example, I was wondering if there was a specific book or book series that intrigued him into wanting to become an author. It's always interesting where people get their inspirations from since everyone has their own method of how they want to live their life. I wish that were the case for me since I have no idea what I want to do with my life. I've taken two years in WSU and essentially spent three quarters at UWT already and still can't find my calling in life; it's quite frustrating (despite everyone saying you'll find your way eventually, but there's only so long eventually should/will last). Honestly, kudos to Erik Hanberg for having his place within the technological, virtual world since technology continues to advance.
That being said, his presentation was quite interesting in terms of learning about what he does in the virtual world. From what I can remember, he became known for some of his works such as the Little Book series.
I guess I can go over some questions I was curious about. For example, I was wondering if there was a specific book or book series that intrigued him into wanting to become an author. It's always interesting where people get their inspirations from since everyone has their own method of how they want to live their life. I wish that were the case for me since I have no idea what I want to do with my life. I've taken two years in WSU and essentially spent three quarters at UWT already and still can't find my calling in life; it's quite frustrating (despite everyone saying you'll find your way eventually, but there's only so long eventually should/will last). Honestly, kudos to Erik Hanberg for having his place within the technological, virtual world since technology continues to advance.
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