Complex Topics in Clear, Engaging Ways – Module 5

The video that I have chosen to watch and write about isĀ focused on the new age of humans called the augmented age. The previous ages of humans included the hunter/gatherer, agricultural, industrial, and the information age which got us to where we are today very slowly, but over, time each age has decreased in length due to previous technological achievements. The augmented age improves on the humans natural capabilities. All previous tools have been passive requiring human intervention, but a new age of tools will be generative that take in constraints and goals to do the task by itself. By being able to learn as computers go they can retain information and solve problems that humans are having difficulty solving like climate change. By using both humans and robots in a task, you get the awareness and perception of the human and also the precision of the robot to solve design problems. Human and robot augmenting each other makes things possible that were not before.

This video is very interesting to me because I am studying computer science and is beneficial because AI helping people will be the next major tool humans will have. Computer scientists are the people who will be doing a majority of the work involved in creating these AI and it is important to get right because some of the AI’s functions could be critical. A mistake or misunderstanding could be costly. This video has supplemented my learning because I have heard and experimented with simplistic AI, but did not know the background and the current progression of AI was so advanced.

2 thoughts on “Complex Topics in Clear, Engaging Ways – Module 5

  1. This is one of the more intriguing videos/posts I’ve seen while browsing through the blogs in our class. The video is very informative and while I am not enthusiastic about this topic, I can’t deny it’s revolutionary promises. I enjoy reading articles and essays on consciousness and this plays into that. At what level of learning does the initial forming of emotions happen? Very interesting post!

  2. I enjoyed the TED Talk that you posted. You seem to be studying a subject that is far over my head but its nice that I can understand this information clearly. It’s weird to think of a world with both humans and robots living and working together.

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