‘Strong Artificial intelligence’. Strong artificial intelligence refers specifically to the artificial intelligence that is meant to exceed human intelligence and is associated with certain characteristics such as consciousness‚ self-awareness‚ sentience‚ and sapience (Steels 75-110). There is a multitude of possible representations of artificial intelligence in the world of science fiction. However‚ I don’t have huge repertoire of references for science fictions because my personal preferences
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What is the significance of five consecutive “zero’s” following the number fifteen? One and a half million lives of children would be saved per year in the United States if abortion were to be delegalized (Alcorn). Abortion has been a long lasting issue in the United States‚ specifically since the famous decision of Roe v. Wade in 1973. There are various problems‚ not just moral issues with legalizing abortion. Legalizing abortion denies the right of the child to have the choice to live‚ is morally
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THE HYBRIDS 1 PROLOGUE Relief from the oppressive heat started its journey into the valley below‚ high up in a ring of majestic mountains that surrounded a savanna‚ stretching as far as the naked eye could see. Down on the valley floor the temperature change was a welcomed respite to the rest of the life forms who dwelled
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total? 1. 100 b) 20 c) 45 d) 50 Q.5: 1. 100 b) 20 c) 45 d) 50 Q.6: Which of the following words will appear fourth in the dictionary? 1. Sentiment b) Separate c) Sentinel d) Sentience Q.6: Sentiment Q.7 – Q.12 b) Separate c) Sentinel Passage – I d) Sentience Page 252 of 280 Read the following passage and answer the questions from Q.7 to 12 given below it. P‚Q‚R‚S‚T and U are six persons travelling together in a Boat. Three of them Q‚ R and T are women
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and pain is the most important factor for moral consideration. If a being has the capacity to feel pain and pleasure‚ then Singer thinks we have a responsibility towards them. He rejects moral rights as inherent to every species and proposes that sentience is a requirement for status since he maintains most animals do not care about whether we kill them and use them for our own purposes: they care only about how we treat them when we do use and kill them. Just like humans‚ animals have interests of
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Dornan‚ E. A. & Robert Dees (2008). Four in one: rhetoric‚ reader‚ research guide‚ and handbook (4th ed.). New York: Pearson Education‚ Inc. Proud to Be a Speciesist Stephen Rose I research on animals. I study the intimate chemical and electrical processes that are the brain’s mechanisms for storing information‚ for learning and memory. To discover those mechanisms‚ I analyse the cellular changes that occur when young chicks learn and remember simple tasks. An anti-vivisectionist once asked me
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In his essay‚ Peter Singer defines a term‚ speciesism‚ which means the “attitude of bias toward the interests of members of one’s own species and against those of members of other species”(204). Singer compares the speciesists with racists in order to emphasize that like racists who “give greater weight to the interests of members of their own race when there is a clash between their interests and the interests of those of another race”(206)‚ the speciesists “give greater weight to the interests
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Imagine yourself at work‚ going through your daily routine‚ when all of the sudden‚ your boss comes over and says you are being taken to a lab to be cut up and experimented upon. This is exactly what happens to Commander Data from (its) point of view in Star Trek‚ The Next Generation‚ Season 2‚ Episode 9. Commander Data is an Android (An android is a robot in humanoid form and with sufficient computational capacity that the android can navigate reality and contribute to reality with minimal dangerous
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We have evolved from being a weak and foolish species that struggled to obtain any type of animal meat‚ into a species that is now capable of getting meat by simply driving to a nearby grocery store. As the years have passed by humans have assumed the positions as the dominant race on planet Earth. With this authority we are faced with many moral and ethical issues in which we are responsible for discussing with the entire human population. The moral issue we will be focusing on is whether it is
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Romantic and Gothic Literature The gothic literary movement is a part of the larger Romantic Movement. Gothic literature shares many of the traits of romanticism‚ such as the emphasis on emotions and the imagination. Gothic literature goes beyond the melancholy evident in most romantic works‚ however‚ and enters into the areas of horror and decay‚ becoming preoccupied with death. “The Fall of the House of Usher” by Edgar Allan Poe is a powerful example of gothic fiction‚ whereas James Fenimore Cooper’s
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