Aritficial Intelligence

AI

Roughly speaking, Artificial Intelligence is the study of man-made computational devices and systems which can be made to act in a manner which we would be inclined to call intelligent. The birth of the field can be traced back to the early 1950s. Arguably, the first significant event in the history of AI was the publication of a paper entitled "Computing Machinery and Intelligence" by the British Mathematician Alan Turing. In this paper, Turing argued that if a machine could past a certain test (which has become known as the 'Turing test') then we would have grounds to say that the computer was intelligent. The Turing test involves a human being (known as the 'judge') asking questions via a computer terminal to two other entities, one of which is a human being and the other of which is a computer. If the judge regularly failed to correctly distinguish the computer from the human, then the computer was said to have passed the test. In this paper Turing also considered a number of arguments for, and objections to, the idea that computers could exhibit intelligence. 

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March Madness

March Madness

March Madness is reaching new heights of popularity in the country.  Right now the brackets are the most talked about event happening in the sports world only because Warren Buffet has offered $1 BILLION DOLLARS to the person who has the winning bracket.  Now people are trying to plan out their bracket as best they can.

  

Never before has so much money gone into the NCAA Brackets.  Now all that remains is for the games to be played and the brackets will be knocked out of the running one by one.

Service

Service

Teaching children was a very different experience.  Mostly I told them about high school and what to expect in the years to come.  Being back in my old 6th grade class room brought back some very fond memories.  I was able to engage in a very adequate conversation with the 6th and 7th graders, not so much with the 8th graders.  As the day went on the kids became more curious as to what I knew on the subjects they were learning.  The classes that I was helping was the middle school reading and writing class.  It felt invigorating to help the kids that are in the same place as I was 6 years ago.

Drones

Drone Manufacturing

Drones are some of the most highly technological advancements we have to date.  They are used for both civilian life styles and in times of war for a country.  A company known as Carbon By Design is a manufacturer of these drones.  Another company that uses drones and has made a publicity stunt out of them is Amazon.  They can be bought on the internet for much lower prices than through a company.





Depending on the type of drone you want to buy or make, the cost can range from barley $100 to somewhere in the thousands of dollars range. The ability to control these machines takes time and patience. It is not like a video game where if you crash your drone you'll get a new one.  This is real life, if you break it, you can't get another one in a snap of your fingers.

  

Ukraine

Ukraine

The recent attack by Russia against the Ukrainian people in the area known as the Crimea Peninsula.  This resulted after a series of new Ukrainian laws were put into effect that were aligning the country closer to Russia and was met with severe opposition by some members of the Ukrainian Parliament and about half of the population of the country.

  

As seen in the picture above in the capitol city of Kiev the people are furious.  After the topple of the current president who was pro Russian, Russia felt threatened by the new uprisings and invaded the Crimea peninsula, which, according to Russia, belongs to them anyway.

  

Service

Community Service

It is that time of year: snow is melting, flowers are blooming, and seniors begin community service programs. The one place I always wanted to do my service at was my old elementary school of Sacred Heart in Roslindale. I will be able to help the teachers who taught me several years ago with the new students that are now where I was. I will be able to help them learn how to read, write, count, and do most of the basic math functions of an elementary school student.

 

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