Can a weak form of AI consent? Attempts to strip weak AI of moral worth

The continuing advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) provides many unique and troubling ethical issues concerning the boundaries that demarcate a robot from a human being, and whether the former is worthy of any moral considerations. Notably, the potential roboticisation of the sex trade, and the introduction of nascent AI poses the question of whether a … Read more

The Turing test vs. Descartes’ two rules / Searle (artificial intelligence)

Descartes creates two rules to distinguish machine thinking from human thinking. The first rule is that machines ‘could never use words, or put together signs, as we do in order to declare our thoughts’ (Study Guide:105). Although he states in Discourse on a Method that machines can ‘[utter] words’ (Study Guide:105), they would never be … Read more

Blade Runner and Ex Machina – perceptions of AI

Why are we afraid of talking robots? The advent of artificial intelligence has become a highly misconstrued subject. The quick progression of technology has been negatively portrayed to even convey an apocalyptic sense of fear. Although these depictions may oftentimes be fictional, they uncover the very real concerns and relationships that many people seem to … Read more

Could a computer match a human’s extensive background of knowledge and learning?

Once the computer was successfully developed in the 1950’s, it allowed cognitive psychology to become a dominant approach in the field of Psychology. Cognition needs to be modelled to aid cognitive scientists in understanding how the brain works, to predict human behaviour and to create machines that can perform human tasks (Gentner, D., & Forbus, … Read more

Can machines think? Measuring artificial intelligence

“Can machines think?”, the notion of Artificial Intelligence was first, seriously, contemplated by Alan Turing; considered by many as the ‘father of computer science’. At first glance, especially at the time this question was first asked, one might dismiss it quickly – how can it be possible for a machine to think, they simply do … Read more

Automated functionality for bandwidth management

Shortest Path Algorithms: Shortest path algorithms are very fundamental in much of the work on routing. The number of shortest path algorithms which have been developed and published runs into the hundreds and there are new variants still appearing. The best know algorithms such as Dijkstra’s and Bellman-Ford algorithm, run in low order polynomial time. … Read more

ANN-embedded expert system / Feed Forward Neural Network

ANN-embedded expert system : Expert systems (ES) are a branch of applied artificial intelligence (AI), and were developed by the AI community in the mid-1960s. The basic idea behind an expert system is simply that expertise, which is the vast body of task-specific knowledge and is transferred from a human to a computer. This knowledge … Read more

Could Artificial Intelligence Ever Replace a Doctor?

Artificial Intelligence is increasing in its ability to do complicated tasks reliably. I am going to discuss the potential it has to replace a doctor – specifically a surgeon, researcher or consultant. Some tasks in a doctor’s routine are already being automated, similar to some tasks in the lives of the public. However, there are … Read more

Autonomous mobile robotics

Chapter 1 Introduction to Project 1.1 Project Vision Robotics is the part of technological advancement the human lifestyle. The real definition of robot is it always sense-think-process to get in action. Automation in robot controlling and processing is the key to progress in it. Semi or full artificial intelligence in robot is the pioneer area … Read more