ENG 1102 Idaho State University Artificial Intelligence Scenarios Discussions

Part 1:

Due Date–10:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 10

Respond to one of the following prompts, drawing from what you have learned through Chapter 12’s readings and your own experience and observations:

1. Seriously consider for a moment the possibility that you need never study another language since, with your brain connected to the cloud, you can instantly understand and speak any language you want–with the ease and accuracy of Google Translate. Would you welcome such a development? Why or why not?
2. In the year 2030, following Kurtzweil (see “2030–Ray Kurzweil’s Predictions of Bill Joy’s Fears?,” pp. 374-376 in Behrens and Rosen), if you had the opportunity to back up your brain and live online forever, would you? It may seem like a joke question today, but people are now discussing the question seriously. What’s your answer? Support your answer.

Word count: 250 minimum

Part 2:

Due date–10:00 p.m., Thursday, March 11

Comment on at least two classmates’ original posts. Each comment should be at least 75 words.

Learning Outcomes:

• UO:1.1: Meet and work with your classmates (CO:6),
• UO:1.5: Identify inferred relationships among sources (CO:1,3,5,6)
• UO:1.6: Evaluate the ideological and rhetorical perspectives of prose written for general audience and explanatory synthesis (CO:5).