We finished up Chapter 9 by learning about Artificial Intelligence, a field of science and technology that strives to develop computers and robots that can simulate the ability to think, hear, walk, talk and feel - to produce devices that exhibit behaviors that most people would call "intelligent." We learned about Turing's test and that it is estimated that by the year 2020-2030, computers will be able to pass Turing's test. The situation is as follows: a human judge engages in a natural language conversation with one human and one machine, each of which tries to appear human. All participants are placed in isolated locations. If the judge cannot reliably tell the machine from the human, the machine is said to have passed the test.
We also learned about cognitive science, a branch of AI, which focuses on researching how the human brain works and how humans think, learn, solve problems and make decisions. Another branch of AI is robots, which are mobile machines that possess computer intelligence but are computer controlled, with humanlike physical capabilties.
We watched a really interesting video about the capabilities of virtual reality, and how it is possible to create a three-dimensional world by relying on multisensory input and output devices. Technology today is really amazing but it's also scary to think about how fast we are advancing. I can only hope that technology doesn't turn against us in the next few decades.
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It's going to be up to your generation to ensure that controls are put in place as even more advanced robots are developed. You will need to continue to monitor technological developments (but you won't have to stand up in front of a group to orally report on them).....
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