In "All Watched Over" by Richard Brautigan and in Passage II by Issac Asimov, the authors established a controlling idea about the co-existence between computers and humans. The author of the second passage shows how people depend on computers in their lives. The authors use literary eleme...

The term transparent computing sounds like a term from an alien language to most of us in today's society I am sure. People best understand communication as a two-way street. But really if you think about it, a four lane interstate would be closer to the truth. Humans communicate in a variet...

Computer crime has increased in resent years. The book gives several examples of past computer crimes. Before reading chapter 2 I thought that computer crimes only involved crimes that where associated with hacks. But I learned that a computer crime is a crime that involved a computer in any w...

The difference between a human and a computer is similar yet far fetched. In the past decade that would have thought we would have evolved to such a higher and more sophisticated human? I mean computers in my opinion might as well be us except for the lack of communication skills along with emoti...

The mental ability of humans is a characteristic unparalleled in the natural world. We are alienated from other organisms by our complex and multifaceted thought process. In fact, humans are so unique in the animal kingdom that our greatest intellectual rival may be a nonliving object of our ...

People always tend to seek the easy way out looking for something that would make their lives easier. Computers have given us the ability to do more in less time giving us, at the same time, more comfort. Computer technology is used everywhere from businesses to homes. Programmers and technologists ...

In what ways does Neal Stephenson, the author of Snow Crash apply principles of programming to his description and interpretation of Sumerian history? What could ancient Sumerian history and computer programming possibly have to do with one another? Both, suggests Neal Stephenson's novel S...

Computers would be useless without input devices. Even small-scale computers from calculators to GPS navigation systems require some input from the human being in order to work properly and produce worthwhile output. Some of the everyday input devices like keyboards, mice, joysticks and micropho...

In "The Intimate Machine," Neil Frude introduces the idea of using a computer as a companion instead of a tool. Throughout the story, he explains that the computer makers need to begin building computers that are "softened" and "humanized." Frude believes that by giving the computer "a personality...

The Age of Spiritual Machines presents a history of computers, lookingat how past trends in computing have led to today's personal machines.Author Ray Kurzweil then goes beyond history to look towards the future.Most audiences are familiar with the notion that computers will one daythink faste...

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE What is artificial Intelligence? Are machines intelligent? And if so, are machines capable of consciousness, emotion, or even aesthetics? For several years now, there has been an ongoing debate as to whether computers are intelligent or not. Currently, no computers exhibit fu...

Thinking of our world today makes me wonder about tomorrow, a year, a decade, or a century later. I look back at what we did in the past and what we have accomplished as a race, a human race. It makes me realize how much can happen in a matter of years. What will happen in this next centur...

Artificial Intelligence and Singularity Within the next thirty to fifty years, there will be technological means on earth which can create superhuman intelligence. Shortly after this occurrence, humans will no longer be needed to run the world and therefore the human era will be extinct. The ques...

The Soul of the New Machine Over the last two decades, a technological revolution has occurred as computers have become essential to our society. The rapid development of computer technologies has brought people infinite convenience and a higher standard of living. However, increasing numbers of ...

Epistemic actions are defined as actions taken to alter the world so as to aid cognitive processes as opposed to pragmatic actions which alter the world in order to reach a desired goal. Epistemic actions are considered by many to be in itself cognitive despite the fact that they are external or ext...

The science of practical and industrial arts is defined by the term technology. Harlan Ellison illustrates this in "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" that an anti-technology viewpoint of machines can be used as the controlling force of the future. "The Machine Stops" by Edward...

Animal testing has been used since the beginning of scientific medicine research and most of the advancement in medical science has been related to the use of animal testing. Without the help of animal research, many would not have survived diseases that were once fatal to the human population. Beli...

Technology is a wonderful thing, because there are so many ways we can put it to use. We can use it destructively or let it do our dirty work. In the last century we put our technology into computers. They have been a great use to us in terms of finding information, communicating, writing, drawing, ...

The MatrixThe Matrix is a futuristic thriller starring Keanu Reeves asNeo, a computer hacker, exploring the questions of reality andhuman existence. In the opening of the movie, Neo is starting topiece together bits of information he believes signify somethingis amiss in reality. Neo is po...

In The Age of Spiritual Machines: When Computers Exceed HumanIntelligence, Ray Kurzweil foretells a future where intelligent machinesoutnumber carbon-based life forms by the year 2099. While some of hisclaims may seem fantastic, Kruzwiel's credentials are impeccable, and manyof his prediction...

Kent Fillmore BGMT302 May 01, 2001:15:35:00 The Impact of the Information Age on Society Introduction: I have, since my earliest memories, been fascinated by the rapid advancements in science and technology. I have seen, in the course of the last 40+ years, our ability to affect the world aroun...

In the last one hundred years or more, technology has been advancing at a breakneck pace. No longer does a person have to walk to the corner store in order to place a phone call; they can now place the call from most anywhere in the world with the cellular phone carried on their belt or in their po...

Has technology opened a Pandora's box of social alienation, or alternatively, is it bringing humans into a new era of prosperity and well being? I n the modern world technology is all around. Automobiles, computers, nuclear power, spacecraft, and X-ray cameras are all examples of t...

The Matrix: The Problem of the External World The film The Matrix addresses the philosophical problem of the external world in a manner that few have ever even remotely considered. Many people casually question what is real, and what are we actually seeing. However, few develop in depth theories...

English Speech: Artificial intelligence It is the year 2786. The world as we knew it ceases to exist and now lies in chaos and turmoil. It is a world consisting of baron wastelands stripped of all vegetation and life forms. Humanity lies at the brink of extinction. With only a few sti...