Reflection # 1
Article 1: Benefits & Risks of Artificial Intelligence
The article discusses how artificial intelligence can benefit humanity, but also how it could possibly endanger it. Our universal theme is conflict, and the generalization may allow for synthesis and change, as any aspects of the artificial intelligence that endangers humanity can be changed.
Article 2: One Big Question: Why is artificial intelligence still kind of dumb?
This article discusses how even if artificial intelligence is supposed to be a technology of the future, current technology limits it and makes it seem somewhat dumb. The generalization that it may allow for synthesis and change applies, since technology is constantly advancing, which will result in artificial intelligence changing, becoming more improved.
Article 3: A logic - based theory of deductive arguments
This article discusses the argument (problem) in which one formula proves another, different formula. The generalization that conflict may allow for synthesis and change, the synthesis being the correlation between the 2 sides of the argument.
Article 4: The Great A.I Awakening
This article discusses how Google translate had somehow improved itself practically overnight. The generalization that conflict may be intentional or unintentional, and in this situation, it is assumed by everyone that it is unintentional.
Before, I had believed that artificial intelligence can only be made by humans, and that it was not possible for it to self-improve. (Theoretically, a super intelligent artificial intelligence would have the ability to improve upon its own design, resulting in a better artificial intelligence, which would then repeat the process.)
We did not change our universal theme, or the generalizations, because the conflict and its generalizations match up perfectly with our topic.
In our next few steps, I hope to find more information relating to what would actually happen to humanity and it’s future, if we did indeed develop an artificial intelligence. While movies and shows depict an apocalyptic scenario, would that actually happen, or would it drive humanity forward?
Collaboration is working well and the team seems to work together fine. Finding the articles is effective and efficient, the only issue is the fact that two of the team members (Me and Michael Martinez) are in period ⅞ while the other (Justin Flores) is in period ½.
Article 1: Benefits & Risks of Artificial Intelligence
The article discusses how artificial intelligence can benefit humanity, but also how it could possibly endanger it. Our universal theme is conflict, and the generalization may allow for synthesis and change, as any aspects of the artificial intelligence that endangers humanity can be changed.
Article 2: One Big Question: Why is artificial intelligence still kind of dumb?
This article discusses how even if artificial intelligence is supposed to be a technology of the future, current technology limits it and makes it seem somewhat dumb. The generalization that it may allow for synthesis and change applies, since technology is constantly advancing, which will result in artificial intelligence changing, becoming more improved.
Article 3: A logic - based theory of deductive arguments
This article discusses the argument (problem) in which one formula proves another, different formula. The generalization that conflict may allow for synthesis and change, the synthesis being the correlation between the 2 sides of the argument.
Article 4: The Great A.I Awakening
This article discusses how Google translate had somehow improved itself practically overnight. The generalization that conflict may be intentional or unintentional, and in this situation, it is assumed by everyone that it is unintentional.
Before, I had believed that artificial intelligence can only be made by humans, and that it was not possible for it to self-improve. (Theoretically, a super intelligent artificial intelligence would have the ability to improve upon its own design, resulting in a better artificial intelligence, which would then repeat the process.)
We did not change our universal theme, or the generalizations, because the conflict and its generalizations match up perfectly with our topic.
In our next few steps, I hope to find more information relating to what would actually happen to humanity and it’s future, if we did indeed develop an artificial intelligence. While movies and shows depict an apocalyptic scenario, would that actually happen, or would it drive humanity forward?
Collaboration is working well and the team seems to work together fine. Finding the articles is effective and efficient, the only issue is the fact that two of the team members (Me and Michael Martinez) are in period ⅞ while the other (Justin Flores) is in period ½.
Reflection #2
I have learned much more since the last time that I had written about my research. Since last time, I have learned that artificial intelligence is much more complex than I had previously believed, such as the fact that artificial intelligence is more science than it is science fiction. Not only has my knowledge changed, but so has our driving question. Before, it was just supposed to be about the positive and negative effects that artificial intelligence would have on humanity, but now our driving question is about how human intellect would have to adapt overtime due to the contributions of artificial intelligence. We are doing the interview an expert research option, because it is the simplest way to get answers to all our problems. The most difficult part has been actually finding an expert to ask, as all the research is relatively easy. In our next few steps, we have to make sure that we actually find an expert on artificial intelligence who is willing to answer our questions. Mostly everything is working smooth, the only problem is having to wait for an expert to answer all the questions that we have.
I have learned much more since the last time that I had written about my research. Since last time, I have learned that artificial intelligence is much more complex than I had previously believed, such as the fact that artificial intelligence is more science than it is science fiction. Not only has my knowledge changed, but so has our driving question. Before, it was just supposed to be about the positive and negative effects that artificial intelligence would have on humanity, but now our driving question is about how human intellect would have to adapt overtime due to the contributions of artificial intelligence. We are doing the interview an expert research option, because it is the simplest way to get answers to all our problems. The most difficult part has been actually finding an expert to ask, as all the research is relatively easy. In our next few steps, we have to make sure that we actually find an expert on artificial intelligence who is willing to answer our questions. Mostly everything is working smooth, the only problem is having to wait for an expert to answer all the questions that we have.
Reflection #3
I learned that artificial intelligence isn’t what most of us visualize it as. Most of us think of Skynet from the Terminator series, but in researching the topic, I learned that isn’t what AI really is. AI isn’t too far away in the future, as most experts agree that we won’t be able to develop true AI until 2045. Unlike before, where I used to question what the other people in my team did. Now, I trust that everyone in the team can and will do their part. The trifold board is based off of human relations with AI. On the left is the humans, on the right is the AI, and the middle shows the two mixing, showing how humans will have to adapt to AI over time. Our supplemental piece will be a brain that is made out of motherboards, showing the connection between man and machine. Most of the project is already finished, all we need are some extra details for the trifold board and to do our supplemental piece. Our group is just like a car. Every once in awhile it requires maintenance, but if every piece of the car does it’s part, then there’s no limit to how far we can go.
I learned that artificial intelligence isn’t what most of us visualize it as. Most of us think of Skynet from the Terminator series, but in researching the topic, I learned that isn’t what AI really is. AI isn’t too far away in the future, as most experts agree that we won’t be able to develop true AI until 2045. Unlike before, where I used to question what the other people in my team did. Now, I trust that everyone in the team can and will do their part. The trifold board is based off of human relations with AI. On the left is the humans, on the right is the AI, and the middle shows the two mixing, showing how humans will have to adapt to AI over time. Our supplemental piece will be a brain that is made out of motherboards, showing the connection between man and machine. Most of the project is already finished, all we need are some extra details for the trifold board and to do our supplemental piece. Our group is just like a car. Every once in awhile it requires maintenance, but if every piece of the car does it’s part, then there’s no limit to how far we can go.
Student led research
Student-led Research Results
We decided to interview Avrim Blum, who’s a professor a Carnegie Mellon University, which has been a leading university in AI research.
What does AI have to give to humanity?
“Let me give a few answers here. First, my own research is on the mathematical side of AI. That is, I don't build robots or apps that answer questions, but I try to understand the principles behind tasks like learning, planning, and decision-making. What I believe this side of AI can offer humanity is a better understanding of ourselves. For instance, when you look at some topic in the news or some issue under debate, you usually combine different pieces of evidence into an overall opinion. That is also what AI systems have to do when trying to figure out what someone is asking them or in planning what to do next. So in designing computer algorithms for doing these tasks, we learn a bit about what intelligence means."
“Another thing AI can offer humanity is to help us make better decisions. Right now, for instance, Google and Wikipedia can offer a lot of information, but they don't synthesize it for us (and you need
to know what to look for). AI of the future will be able to tell us "here are some reasonable options, and here are pros and cons of each".
“AI of the future will also help us as intelligent assistants. I think this can be especially helpful for people with disabilities.”
What do you think will happen as humans and AI merge in society?
“I can see two main ways that humans and AI will merge. One is via virtual reality. Instead of there being lots of physical robots, people will instead put on headgear and interact with each other and with AI virtual robots. I think this can have both good sides and bad sides to it.”
“Another way humans and AI will merge is as an extension of the smartphones we already have. Instead of us looking at a screen, the devices will whisper in our ears or communicate directly to us via signals to our brains. For instance, when you meet someone, your device will remember what the person looks like and what they said. Later on, when you see the person again, it will remind you of when you saw them last and what you talked about.”
Do you think the introduction of smarter AI will affect human intelligence?
“It's possible we may become lazier as we offload more thinking tasks to AI helpers. But I don't know if human intelligence will really change.”
Do you think that with more types of AI coming into people’s lives, will people adapt negatively or positively, and why?
“I see both happening. In the same way that people are spending more and more time with their phones, people may spend more and more time interacting with AI rather than with each other. Also, as always with new technologies, there will be economic disruptions as old jobs and professions go away and new ones come on board.”
“But people will also adapt positively. I believe with powerful AI and information technologies, there will be more ways for regular people to take actions that make a positive difference in the world, and I expect people to take advantage of that. We all want to change the world for the better, and these technologies will make that easier for regular folks to do.”
We decided to interview Avrim Blum, who’s a professor a Carnegie Mellon University, which has been a leading university in AI research.
What does AI have to give to humanity?
“Let me give a few answers here. First, my own research is on the mathematical side of AI. That is, I don't build robots or apps that answer questions, but I try to understand the principles behind tasks like learning, planning, and decision-making. What I believe this side of AI can offer humanity is a better understanding of ourselves. For instance, when you look at some topic in the news or some issue under debate, you usually combine different pieces of evidence into an overall opinion. That is also what AI systems have to do when trying to figure out what someone is asking them or in planning what to do next. So in designing computer algorithms for doing these tasks, we learn a bit about what intelligence means."
“Another thing AI can offer humanity is to help us make better decisions. Right now, for instance, Google and Wikipedia can offer a lot of information, but they don't synthesize it for us (and you need
to know what to look for). AI of the future will be able to tell us "here are some reasonable options, and here are pros and cons of each".
“AI of the future will also help us as intelligent assistants. I think this can be especially helpful for people with disabilities.”
What do you think will happen as humans and AI merge in society?
“I can see two main ways that humans and AI will merge. One is via virtual reality. Instead of there being lots of physical robots, people will instead put on headgear and interact with each other and with AI virtual robots. I think this can have both good sides and bad sides to it.”
“Another way humans and AI will merge is as an extension of the smartphones we already have. Instead of us looking at a screen, the devices will whisper in our ears or communicate directly to us via signals to our brains. For instance, when you meet someone, your device will remember what the person looks like and what they said. Later on, when you see the person again, it will remind you of when you saw them last and what you talked about.”
Do you think the introduction of smarter AI will affect human intelligence?
“It's possible we may become lazier as we offload more thinking tasks to AI helpers. But I don't know if human intelligence will really change.”
Do you think that with more types of AI coming into people’s lives, will people adapt negatively or positively, and why?
“I see both happening. In the same way that people are spending more and more time with their phones, people may spend more and more time interacting with AI rather than with each other. Also, as always with new technologies, there will be economic disruptions as old jobs and professions go away and new ones come on board.”
“But people will also adapt positively. I believe with powerful AI and information technologies, there will be more ways for regular people to take actions that make a positive difference in the world, and I expect people to take advantage of that. We all want to change the world for the better, and these technologies will make that easier for regular folks to do.”
Progress Pictures
Generalizations
Adaptation Can Be Positive Or Negative
As humans adapt due to Artificial Intelligence, positive and negative influences will obviously occur. We could become lazy and have AI do all the hard work for us, or we could learn from AI, and become even smarter. It all depends on how AI is created and used. When we put ethics into account when creating AI, it helps us influence AI, and eventually ourselves, to make positive or negative effects.
Adaptation Can Be Planned Or Spontaneous
When AI is impacting us and the world we live in, it can go as we planned, or end up doing something spontaneous. We have AI that excel in subjects, and can even surpass humans in them, but they end up losing a sort of common sense, which was unplanned. If you told a robotic car to get you to somewhere in the fastest means possible, it might harm pedestrians or make senseless decisions to achieve this, which came out spontaneously. These sorts of patterns can be found everywhere in the technology of today where unintended consequences may harm more than benefit humanity.
Adaptation Leads To Change/ Adaptation Occurs Over Time
Adaptation basically always leads to change, and it happens over time, so the two go hand in hand. We humans adapt to technology, including AI, as an animal adapts to the change in season over time. When people adapt to something, of course it will lead to change, that’s the definition of adapting to something, changing to fit something’s requirements or needs. If we are going to adapt to the contributions of AI, we will have to change. AI has taken over some jobs we humans used to have, and that helps change us, you decide for the better or worse. Though this doesn’t happen all in one day, it may take years even. Scientists have studied the same idea, whether AI and technology is changing us, but they started this since years ago. Since we will have to wait to see how humans adapt to these circumstances, it proves how adaptation will occur over time.
As humans adapt due to Artificial Intelligence, positive and negative influences will obviously occur. We could become lazy and have AI do all the hard work for us, or we could learn from AI, and become even smarter. It all depends on how AI is created and used. When we put ethics into account when creating AI, it helps us influence AI, and eventually ourselves, to make positive or negative effects.
Adaptation Can Be Planned Or Spontaneous
When AI is impacting us and the world we live in, it can go as we planned, or end up doing something spontaneous. We have AI that excel in subjects, and can even surpass humans in them, but they end up losing a sort of common sense, which was unplanned. If you told a robotic car to get you to somewhere in the fastest means possible, it might harm pedestrians or make senseless decisions to achieve this, which came out spontaneously. These sorts of patterns can be found everywhere in the technology of today where unintended consequences may harm more than benefit humanity.
Adaptation Leads To Change/ Adaptation Occurs Over Time
Adaptation basically always leads to change, and it happens over time, so the two go hand in hand. We humans adapt to technology, including AI, as an animal adapts to the change in season over time. When people adapt to something, of course it will lead to change, that’s the definition of adapting to something, changing to fit something’s requirements or needs. If we are going to adapt to the contributions of AI, we will have to change. AI has taken over some jobs we humans used to have, and that helps change us, you decide for the better or worse. Though this doesn’t happen all in one day, it may take years even. Scientists have studied the same idea, whether AI and technology is changing us, but they started this since years ago. Since we will have to wait to see how humans adapt to these circumstances, it proves how adaptation will occur over time.
Reflection #4
Our driving question was "How will human intellect adapt over time due to the contributions of Artificial Intelligence." We had to revision absolutely everything to make sure everything was symbolic. I learned that AI is a lot more complex that what I had previously believed. Before, I would only find one or two sources that would corroborate with my topic, now I'm a lot more careful about what sources I use. Oral presentation was a lot simpler before I began symposium, and SLR is able to give me much better answers to all my questions. Collaborative process was a lot smoother than I had anticipated. The only thing I would have done different is the decorations on the board, to make it look much nicer. My only advice for a new student is that no matter how impossible it seems, everything will come out fine.