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The video from 1962 discusses how computers were seen as tools to aid calculations and decision making, performing tasks millions of times faster than humans. They saw the potential benefits but did not foresee artificial intelligence. They viewed the future of technology optimistically as an unknown with many possible impacts. The document discusses how machines cannot truly replace the human mind due to human emotions and biases in decision making. Computers are straightforward decision makers that could become chaotic if programmed with emotions. While advanced prosthetics may be possible, replicating the full human mind is unlikely given current understanding. The film Artificial Intelligence shows a robot's journey to become human by developing reasoning and the ability to love and be loved in return. It depicts a future

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Sts Reflection Paper

The video from 1962 discusses how computers were seen as tools to aid calculations and decision making, performing tasks millions of times faster than humans. They saw the potential benefits but did not foresee artificial intelligence. They viewed the future of technology optimistically as an unknown with many possible impacts. The document discusses how machines cannot truly replace the human mind due to human emotions and biases in decision making. Computers are straightforward decision makers that could become chaotic if programmed with emotions. While advanced prosthetics may be possible, replicating the full human mind is unlikely given current understanding. The film Artificial Intelligence shows a robot's journey to become human by developing reasoning and the ability to love and be loved in return. It depicts a future

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Jeremy John Resty L.

Pimentel
BPA-2C | Science, Technology, & Society

Logic by Machines (1962) Reflection paper

The video is about how man sees machines/computers in their "present" theory. They tackled
how math is connected to nature, how you can use math to explore nature. It discussed how it's
a computer revolution that is evolving. How calculations are made in a million times faster than
a single person does. The video showed the insights of the people in it, about the future
generation and how they or we would perceive all these machines and computer technologies.

At that time, they have not yet or have not discussed the possibility of Artificial Intelligence.
They only see computers as a tool for mankind to produce decisions, calculations a million times
faster. They were still new to it, they were optimistic to the possibilities of machine aiding man.
They were most fascinated by the advantages of simulations, how it cut costs and allowed
project outcomes to be checked before initiating them. How millions of records and data are
accessed in an instant. They described it as like the effects of past revolutions in society and its
advancements. The effects and changes it creates with all the new things it offers.

While nearing the end of the video, they described computers or the technology and its future as
sort of an unknown void. Because as usual, only time will tell, you can not predict everything
because the real world has too many factors that will affect each other creating ripples in events
and chain reactions that man can not control.

My conclusion to Logic by Machine (1962) is that they were still in the early stages. If you
compare their insights to someone living in this age, and is aware of the current technology.
Compared to someone from now, their insights would be considered as innocent and optimistic.
They still haven't seen the effects of the ever evolving technology and its harmful effects. The
threats that loom in the dark side of all these technologies. If man continues to be greedy and
indulgent with technology and computers, it will be mankind's downfall.
Jeremy John Resty L. Pimentel
BPA-2C | Science, Technology, & Society

Can machines/computers replace the human mind?

My answer is no. Replicate? Possible, but not replace.


Basically, humans have emotions and biases in their decision making. Computers/machines are
straightforward decision makers. If you add programs that will try to run some sort of emotions
into a computer then it will be chaotic. It will be like ruining all the shirts you’ve folded and
mixing them all together. If man makes a computer that is able to feel emotions then it will take
a lot of time and continuous effort to keep improving it, to keep adding the smallest detail on
what makes us human. That’s probably why the AI we have now is limited to logical decisions, if
you allow it to make biases in its decision making to the mix then it will have a sort of free will.
We can compare it to the movie Terminator where the computer decides for its own, to erase
mankind because we all know we are the cancer to earth.

We put these limitations to our machines so we can keep everything under control. Because the
possibilities are endless. But we can use machines to our advantage, we can even put them on
our body for prosthetics. We might even create computers that aids the brain or allows the
brain to utilize its capabilities even more.

The human mind is unique, maybe in the distant future it is possible with technology we haven’t
known yet. But as of now, I can say it’s not possible to replace the human mind.
Jeremy John Resty L. Pimentel
BPA-2C | Science, Technology, & Society

Artificial Intelligence (2001)

At first the inventor proposed that by creating "love" for a robot, it would be the stepping stone
for the robot to achieve a subconscious to have its own reasoning and to dream. One main thing
in the intro is where one of them asked "can you get a human to love them back?"

The story then sets to David, an AI experiment to be given to a grieving couple. Although they
managed to get along with David for a while, their son with a terminal illness got cured. This
caused quite a dilemma to David's "life" with the family. Martin, the son who just came back,
kept manipulating David and caused harm to him and David eventually because of his actions.
David went to a journey where he wants to become a real boy, for him to be loved. It's sort of
like a Pinocchio story. David is accompanied by Teddy, his kind of best friend.

Throughout his journey, David has become more human like and gained another friend, Joe,
they've bonded with each other so they're like humans, too. They eventually ended up to meet
David's creator and David had a hard time.

Moving on, they left and somehow found themselves in a situation where Joe sacrificed himself
for David. Even though he was a machine, it was Joe showing love to David by choosing David
over himself.

David and Ted got stuck underwater for 2000 years and were discovered by the future robots,
humans went extinct with the new ice age then.
The Robots cared for David and showed David what he wanted, but in a simulation with Monica,
the one David wanted to love him back.

Although the movie was quite sad, I think it's a beautiful movie that is somehow relatable.
Everything changes when something or a creature develops its own reasoning, makes its own
path. In the end of the movie, even though humans went extinct. The remaining robots were still
human like, through 2000 years of their advancement, they've develop traits closer to us as
humans. David had been loved all along.

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