Deep Blue Argumentative Essay

The vision I have for America is one of where America has become a massive technological marvel while sustaining world peace. We have already taken the first steps to procuring such a mechanical era, but current events are currently preventing our role in bringing about world peace. We are currently sitting on the edge of several technological breakthroughs, but either through lack of funding or not having the right people on the project. We have become content with sitting by the pool just casually dipping our toes in and out instead of submerging ourselves in the pool of mechanical knowledge. For example it has taken multiple years to come up with a barely functioning artificial intelligence machine or A.I. In order for a program to be considered an A.I. it must be able to think for itself and as a result, learn from its projected environment. The first example of this was the robot "Deep Blue" that was created in 1989, it was designed by IBM to contend
The issue is, we are forced to put such advancements on the back burner because we feel that money is "better" spent on meaningless studies or foreign affairs. Like the studies on if a lobster feels pain when boiled, it seems like a waste of money on an issue that seems trivial. Mainly because we know that due to the lobster's underdeveloped brain anything that we would register as pain is merely discomfort to a lobster. One other massive money drainer would be the fact that every time a war or foreign trouble pops up we stick our noses in it. As a result we needlessly spend money when it inadvertently ends up in the hands we don't want it to. As a result less funding is available for projects that could potentially do a massive service for people or revolutionize transportation. Above all we tend to see that foreign affairs mean we can spend money on country that may decide to backstab us down the