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Facing Reality - College Term Papers

Facing Reality

Are we all aware of the uses of technologies we are helping to create? "If there is war we shall all die"(Weizenbuaum 716). These are pretty strong words that he suggests. Weizenbaum wants us all to consider if our daily work contributes to the "insanity of further armament"(716) or to the possibility of future peace. He states that many scientists and technologists exercise their talents in every day work to service death rather than life.
Every result that scientific and technological engineering develops, will if at all possible be incorporated into military systems. They must be aware or think about what the end results of their work might be utilized for.
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happen here" to grow.
Weizenbaum tries to say the military is not an evil or technology is not evil because it has been adopted by the military, but we are becoming increasingly militarized. I think he states this in an effort not to make direct negative statements towards the government in fear of the possibility of prosecution. Although the computers' personal uses are fine he believes that the principal applications and intelligence within are devices intended to kill people.
Artificial intelligence and people working in computer science take their creativity to make the computer do, and understand commands or even thinking skills. Modern weapon systems rely heavily on artificial intelligence, therefore research projects in these areas are generously funded, with the money mostly coming from the military (717).
The work of artificial intelligence engineers makes it very simple to get lost in the detail of ones work, and problems can be disguised until they are represented ...

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Added: 12/17/2008 03:38:19 AM
Category: Computers
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