Blog Assignment #6

"Aritifical intelligence at human levels will necessarily greatly exceed human intelligence for several reasons." (Kurzweil 138).  I think this means that eventually robots and the whole idea of it, will take over everything humans are doing right now. Human intelligence wont even matter anymore now that you have all kinds of new technology. This shows the idea that robots and machines will in fact have strong AI or consciousness.

My Eng 103 Research Plan #1

Thesis Statement:  Based on several sources, I will argue that the film Memento's portrayal of anterograde amnesia is accurate in its depiction of symptoms, but it exaggerates some aspects of this condition in order to create a more exciting story of solving a crime.

I need to find a newspaper article on the topic of anterograde amnesia. I'll be using the LexisNexis to find more articles. there are so many different  articles. sometimes its hard to decide which one best fits into the topic of which i am using. the thing i find hard is once i  find something that  relates to my topic ,it isnt as perfect. most of the things i find can be hard to include into my research paper because it would totally go off topic.

Blog Assignment #5

       I would be more of a pessimistic person about robotics. I feel as if they are increasing, then there are more chances that they will 'take' over this world!!! People are going to start losing jobs because robots will be used instead!!! its gonna be real bad if people get kicked out of certain things due to new technology. I agree with Gelernter where he says that computers are growing more powerful over time. These possiblities are frightening. As Gelernter says "No computer will be able to think like a man unless it can free associate", i agree with that because i feel as if humans now have an advantage when it comes to using our minds and brains for our thoughts. I am more of a humantiies person. Due to that i dont like the idea of robots, because i feel as if science is coming up with all kinds of things with technology, so what is our purpose in this world as humans? If robots are getting created, then why are WE here?

Sample Research Paper Thoughts

     In my own research paper, i'd like to include more quote sandwiches. After giving an example of a quote, i find it helpful to explain the quote, that way i can understand it better. Describing it, gives me an idea of what the author is trying to say. What i learned about this research paper is to use way  more detail. Also after i use a quote, i should be able to explain what the quote is about and how it relates to what im talking about. i learneed that when im writing this research paper i really shouldnt say "i" as much as i always do. Instead i should be using third person.

Sharing A Research Source

"When memory draws a blank." The Irish Times n.d.: 5. LexisNexis Academic. Web. 24 October 2011.

            This article describes the various types of amnesia and what parts bring certain memories back while others are forgotten. It explains how you develop anterograde amnesia and how you may forget things that just only recently happened.