Panic Sweeps the United States in 1999 (A.K.A Y2K) The situation: Computers could handle dates with the years represented by two digits, for example, 98 for 1998. And, 99 for 1999…then comes 2000 when machines will see the year as 00 (56 to 57) Jim Fullers’ mindset: A colleague of Ullman’s as he spent mostContinue reading “Life and Code of Personal History of Technology by Ellen Ullman”
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A.I. Artificial Intelligence directed by Steven Spielberg
In the 22nd century, rising sea levels from global warming have wiped out coastal cities, reducing the world’s population. Mecha, humanoid robots seemingly capable of complex thought but lacking in emotions, have been created. [An incident occurs with the couple who has adopted David], and Henry convinces Monica to return David to his creators toContinue reading “A.I. Artificial Intelligence directed by Steven Spielberg”
Morgan directed by Luke Scott
Lee Weathers is a “risk-management specialist” for genetic-engineering company SynSect. She arrives at a rural site hosting its L-9 project, an artificial being with nanotechnology-infused synthetic DNA named Morgan. [People die]. Taken from Wikipedia Main takeaway from the film: Sometimes the “immoral” action is the best action In this case, the immoral action is toContinue reading “Morgan directed by Luke Scott”
The Founder directed by John Lee Hancock
“Ray Kroc is an unsuccessful traveling salesman selling Prince Castle brand milkshake mixers…Ray meets with the two McDonald brothers, Maurice “Mac” and Richard “Dick” McDonald…Ray persists and eventually convinces the brothers to allow him to lead their franchising efforts on the condition that he agree to a contract which requires all changes to receive theContinue reading “The Founder directed by John Lee Hancock”
Current issues in Computing and Philosophy (2/4)
Part 2 Living With the Golem Robots and Autonomous Agents Can a Robot Intentionally Conduct Mutual Communication with Human Beings? BY Kayoko ISHII “Monkey see, monkey do” a.k.a social reference (39). If social reference is one of the factors that determine mutual communication between human beings, and if A.I. be socially aware through theContinue reading “Current issues in Computing and Philosophy (2/4)”
Current issues in Computing and Philosophy (1/4)
Edited by Adam Briggle, Catinca Welbers, Phillip Bray I will just be going over these significant points presented in each of these philosophical articles These aren’t works that I would automatically grab my interest if I just came home after school, work, or a day I wanted to cozy up in bed with a pageContinue reading “Current issues in Computing and Philosophy (1/4)”
S1 – E3 CodeNewbie
My main takeaways: Book recommendations: (09:04) Eloquent JavaScript by Marijn Haverbeke Professional JavaScript for Web Developers by Nicholas C. Zakas Ruby on Rails by Michael Hartl Don’t just read programming books or watch programming videos, do programming problems (debug, take up projects, go participate in hackathons, etc) (12:47),(13:10) Having a good attitude (18:00) How theContinue reading “S1 – E3 CodeNewbie”
S1 – E2 CodeNewbie
My main takeaways from this episode: Network socially (15:58), (17:03). And, share your story…be authentic. “Am I job ready?” (22:21) Just try. Working in a team, opposed to working alone (31:35)
LM: Bootcamps, Water Coolers, and Hiring Devs by Carlos Lazo
EP 1 September 16, 2014 Podcast: CodeNewbie My main takeaways from this episode: You don’t need a Computer Science (CS) degree in order to be successful at programming (03:16), (06:03) Be honest about what you don’t know (30:30), and then finding the answer to what you don’t know Find out whether you fit into companyContinue reading “LM: Bootcamps, Water Coolers, and Hiring Devs by Carlos Lazo”
Artificial Intelligence, Building Smarter Machines by Stephanie Sammartino McPherson
Alan Turing – developed the Turing test which consists of a person giving a question an receiving an answer from a human being and a computer. If the questioner can’t determine which answer came from either the human or the computer then we can assume that the machine is intelligent 9 Examples of artificialContinue reading “Artificial Intelligence, Building Smarter Machines by Stephanie Sammartino McPherson”
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