Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

1. Can robots do what humans can? 
I personally believe that Robots can only do as much as we humans decide how to program them. Robots have the ability to make almost no errors when asked to complete a task and will always follow a command without a question. However robots can't feel or have any type of emotion so I think that is to their disadvantage compared to humans.

2. What do you think of a robotic car? 
I'm not a fan of this because I believe driving is something that should only be done by humans. We will become to dependent on this any many people in a time of malfunction of the self driven vehicle won't know how to respond properly, which will likely cause serious injury or death.

3. Who is more likely to make errors - robots or humans? 
Robots are only as smart as they humans who program them but overall humans are more likely to make errors based on times of uncertainty, forgetting a method used or simply making human error.

Driverless Cars get California License http://www.technewsworld.com/story/76254.html

Autonomous Robots in the Fog of War http://spectrum.ieee.org/robotics/military-robots/autonomous-robots-in-the-fog-of-war/0

Creativity and Social Media

For this assignment I chose to create a Second Life Avatar because I had heard so much about the game but have never played anything quite like it. I like that you're able to fly or run because this makes gameplay much faster and allows you to go on new adventures literally. You're also able to interact with others which I didn't do but it's good for reference in the future.

Social Media

The social networking sites I'm on include Facebook, Blogger and twitter. I prefer Facebook because I have an already established group of friends on there and I feel the useability of the site is very easy to use.

Virtual worlds are sites or games in which you can create a character to be a member of a world that is separate from the actual one that we live in. I would like to be a leader in my own virtual world as someone with a high status I think would be enjoyable.

World Wide Web

In "Google's New Director of Engineering, Ray Kurzweil, Is building your "Cybernetic Friend." It's discussed that AI will become a leading factor in not only our online searches but to help guide us around different areas of cyberspace by only having to think of a particular topic/question. This is very interesting considering AI has been around been around for quite some time yet to integrate this into the mainstream world be a huge mark for Google as they try to keep pushing for the latest and best technology. "The Cloud" is a way for Internet Sites to store information across cyberspace while being able to handle heavy amounts of traffic on a daily basis. "The Cloud Challenges Amazon," focuses on how we as consumers are so dependent on using the Internet and during peak times like the holiday rush in December can cause a crash because there is simply too much traffic and not enough space available.