The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence: What are the Consequences of our Technology? :: Technological Papers

The Ethics of Artificial information What are the Consequences of our Technology? IntroductionThe technological field has advanced to something removed more than what people could have imagined just a half a century ago. The technological renewal has changed the lifestyle of societies just as the Industrial revolution changed the lifestyle of Europe. Who would have imagined the Internet and computers in close to homes, when a computer could barely fit into an entire building, much less intelligent machines? Artificial Intelligence is an intriguing technology that will shape the human lifestyle of the future. Restricting research and progress in the field is hardly a feasible trade union movement in todays world. More realistically, we should monitor and keep the technology in a realistic and safe progression. HistoryArtificial intelligence folklore has been traced back to the times of past Egypt. But the birth of artificial intelligence as some would call it, was in 1956 at the Dartmouth conference. The conference was based on two theories, the principle of feedback surmise and the Logic idealogue. The principle of feedback theory was observed by Norbert Wiener. He theorized that all intelligent behavior was the result of a feedback mechanism. An example would be a temperature direct system that simply checks the temperature of the room, compares the reading to the desired temperature, and adjusts the flow of heat to bring the room to the desired temperature. Then in 1955, Newell and Simon developed The Logic Theorist. The Logic Theorist was a program that represented every problem as a tree. The program would attempt to solve a problem by selecting the branch that would most likely result in the correct solution. Then in 1956, John McCarthy1 organized the Dartmouth Conference to draw interest and talent to the field of artificial intelligence.2 eventually almost a decade after the Dartmouth Conference, Centers for artificial intelligence research bega n to form at Carnegie Mellon and MIT. Further advancements were made in the field. The General Problem convergent thinker (GPS) was developed based on the Wieners feedback principle. The GPS was capable of solving a greater range of common sense problems.As the field progressed, the enunciate language was created. LISP became the language of choice among the artificial intelligence developers. The in 1963, the Department of Defenses Advanced research projects Agency (ARPA) gave MIT a 2.2 million dollar grant to be utilize in researching Machine-Aided Cognition or artificial intelligence. This move by the US government was to ensure that the United States have the technological advantage over the Soviet Union.