What are the implications that might arise for intelligence if it becomes possible to separate the carrier from the content? :What are the implications that might arise for intelligence if it becomes possible to separate the carrier from the content?


They are all mine. :They are all mine. Mind Body Spirit


Slide 5:SCIENCE ART MATH MUSIC LITERATURE


Slide 6:The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do. - (B.F. Skinner)


Slide 7:Frankenstein’s monster is the dark side of progress. Dr. Frankenstein discovers the secret of life, creates it and is then destroyed by it.


Slide 8:Frankenstein is sometimes compared with politics, nuclear science, genetic engineering and other agents of change to warn against experimenting with things we don’t understand.


Patricia Warrick’s Theme #1 :Patricia Warrick’s Theme #1 The Promethean Theme The monster is the result of man’s tinkering with nature and his untamed desire to create and apply his knowledge.


Patricia Warrick’s Theme #2 :Patricia Warrick’s Theme #2 Ambiguity of Technology Frankenstein’s creature is at first gentle: representing the hope for technology. The monster changes: representing the destructive nature of technology.


Patricia Warrick’s Theme #3 :Patricia Warrick’s Theme #3 The Irresponsibility of Science As the monster becomes more destructive Frankenstein washes his hands of his creation. The key element being there is no ethical concern for experimentation and creation.


Patricia Warrick’s Theme #4 :Patricia Warrick’s Theme #4 The Shifting Role of Master and Servant “The technology created to serve humanity instead becomes its master.” (Murphie and Potts, p.100, 2003)


Paul Virilio :Paul Virilio “ We have programmed our own disappearance” (Murphie and Potts, p.103, 2003)


Slide 14:Dystopia or Utopia What world will emerge?


Slide 15:“Live Long and Prosper” (Spock, The Enterprise)


Slide 16:Utopia A world in which technology is used to further the values of reason and progress


Slide 17:Enlightenment Good Will Optimism


Slide 18:Evolution


Slide 19:“I regard the freeing of the human mind from its severe physical limitations as a necessary next step in evolution. Evolution, in my view, is the purpose of life, meaning that the purpose of life – and of our lives – is to evolve.” (Kurzweil, p.6, 2001)


Dependent? :Dependent?


Slide 21:Yes but will it be dystopia or utopia?


Slide 22:art music literature science math


Slide 23:Is this the end or a new beginning?


References :References Kurzweil, R. (2001). Live forever—uploading the human brain…closer than you think. Retrieved May 29, 2009 from http://www.kurzweil.net/articles/art0157.html?printable=1 Murphie, A. & Potts, J. (2003). Culture and Technology. New York: Palgrave MacMillan Skinner, B.F. (1969). Contingencies of Reinforcement: A Theoretical Analysis. New York: Appleton-Century Crofts. Spock, 1967. Images: Coffin:http://img.alibaba.com/photo/10983440/Sarkofagus_Lux_Coffin.jpg Hospital Bed:http://latinainstitute.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/hospital-bed1.jpg Music: Freespace 2 - Ambience