Wednesday, January 30, 2013

WELCOME TO THE NEW REPUTATION ECONOMY



By: Rachel Botsman
BEFORE YOU READ
Access the sights listed at the end of the text, check them out and form an opinion as to how they function and what their purposes are. Think about potential benefits and drawbacks. If you are doing this as a class, discuss your views. Then check out the following video and take notes: http://www.ted.com/talks/rachel_botsman_the_currency_of_the_new_economy_is_trust.html
QUESTIONS
1.       What exactly has boosted the importance of people’s online history to such an extent in the modern world?
2.       In which kinds of fields is a good online reputation of primary importance?
3.       Why did Atwood and Spotsky create Stack Overflow?
4.       How does Stack Overflow work?
5.       What benefit do visitors to the site derive aside from getting questions answered?
6.       What is the advantage of Stack Overflow reputation scores for business?
7.       In what additional way can reputation information be used?
8.       How does Wonga decide how trustworthy people who apply for credit are?
9.       King’s purpose in establishing Movenbank was both to …………………………………… and to ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
10.   What is CRED?
11.   King believes that people will be willing to open up their social data if they accept the fact that …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
12.   What does “his hypothesis” in the phrase “In order to prove his hypothesis” refer to?
13.   What was the brain’s reaction to both positive evaluation and financial reward in Sadato’s experiment?
14.   What conclusion can be drawn from the above?
15.   What benefit does reputation provide in the case of e-marketing?
16.   Chesky says “People will leverage their Airbnb reputation in ways that we can’t yet imagine”. Why will they do this according to him?
17.   What is the purpose of Legit?
18.   What two hurdles will companies like Legit have to overcome?
19.   How does Legit differ from PeerIndex,  Kied and Klout?
20.   What two problems will the first influence and reputation aggragators have to face?
21.   How will the World Wide Web enable us to get a complete picture of a person’s reputation in the distant future?
22.   The above will be possible because everyone will have a complete ………………………………………
WRITING TASK
Use the information in the text and the notes from any listening you do to discuss the benefits as well as the problems this new way of building reputations will bring.
WELCOME TO THE NEW REPUTATION ECONOMY KEY AND TEACHER’S NOTES
This highly topical issue is fuelling an emerging sector with many online companies being set up to take part in it. It should go very well with the modern tech savvy youth who is an internet animal if you like. I am sure they will be able to predict parts of the text as well as some of the potential pitfalls. I can see it going very well.
1.       Our ability to capture data from across an array of digital services; the next sentence is support. You should learn to distinguish between the main idea (the answer) and its expansion.
2.       In fields where trust is fractured
3.       To reinvent the way people find jobs through online reputation. We realized there was a need …won’t do because this sentence on its own does not give a clear answer, it requires additional explanation.
4.       Programmers post detailed technical questions and receive answers from other programmers.
5.       They earn a reputation
6.       (If they read the writings of someone on Stack Overflow) they immediately know if they are a skilled programmer or not.
7.       To look forward rather than back.
8.       By crunching an average 8000 pieces of data.
9.       Use technology to personalize the banking experience and to reinvent the traditional risk model.
10.   It is both an individual’s traditional credit score and aspects such as their level of community involvement, social reputation and trust weighting.
11.    It is capital they can put to good use.
12.   That good reputation is a reward
13.   The stratium lit up.
14.   Our brains neurologically compute personal reputation to be as valuable as money.
15.   It is the ultimate output of how much a community trusts you. OR: It allows you to bring over some of the history of who you are as a person whether it is in the digital or the real world.
16.   Because they believe their hard earned online status should be portable. To transfer reputation data between verticals won’t fit because that is just a paraphrasing of the question.
17.   To create a universal metric for a person’s trustworthiness.
18.   Coming up with algorithms that can’t be easily gamed or polluted by trolls; convincing online market places not just to open their vaults but create a standardized format for how they frame and collect reputation data.
19.   The latter three measure social influence.
20.   The significant challenge of pioneering the use of reputation data in a responsible way; transporting reputation, which is largely contextual.
21.   We will be able to perform a Google or Facebook like search to see a picture of a person’s behavior in many different contexts.
22.   Personal reputation dashboard.






Wednesday, January 23, 2013

LOOK OUT - HE'S GOT A PHONE!


“Those words aren’t yet a cliché on TV crime dramas, but security experts agree that it’s only a matter of time before smartphones become the smart person’s weapon of choice.”
By: Charles C. Mann
Published: Vanity Fair; December 19, 2012;  http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2012/12/microcomputers-weapons-smartphone
Level of difficulty: ***
Note to the student: This is an easy level *** so you may want to make this one of the first ones you do.
BEFORE YOU READ
·         For what purposes are smartphones currently used ?
·         For what purposes could they be used in the future to help mankind?
·         For what evil purposes could they be used?
QUESTIONS
1.       Why did Barnaby Jack forbid photographs and leave out details of his research?
2.       How exactly had Barnaby Jack upgraded the current method of checking and adjusting pacemakers and defibrillators?
3.       If Jack’s device were to be used on an actual patient, what would the result be?
4.       Why exactly did Jack “direct an implantable insulin pump to deliver a lethal dose” and “hack an ATM to spray out bills”?
5.       Jack envisions smartphones being used for …………………………………………………………………………….
6.       The major advantage of using smartphones to monitor patients is that ……………………………… ; the major disadvantage is that ………………………………………………………………………………………………
7.       What proof is offered to support Jack’s view that hackers would use this new system to harm individuals? Be specific.
8.       Which phrase in the paragraph beginning “Smartphones taking control” best summarizes the paragraph?
9.       What is the function of the paragraph beginning “The embrace of a new technology”?
10.   TBMS has been installed in all new cars since 2007 in order to prevent ………………………………….
11.   What surprising comparison does the writer make in the paragraph beginning “By itself…”?
12.   A security research team from Intertrust technologies describes today’s cars as  “full time residents of cyber space scarcely distinguishable from any other computational node, P.C., tablet or smartphone” because ………………………………………………………………………………………………
13.   What conclusion can be drawn from the information concerning the time pressure monitoring system?
14.   Read the experiments conducted by researchers from The University of Washington and The University of California. What was their purpose in conducting the experiments? There are two answers; find both.
15.   What makes smart homes just as vulnerable as regular houses? The fact that……………………..
16.   The smart meters will save time and have environmental benefits but will also give companies the opportunity to ……………………………………………………………………………….
17.   Researchers at the university of Massachusett  were able to make some surprising discoveries thanks to smart meters. What were they?
18.   Smart meters could black out entire neighborhoods, effect central controls and even kill people because ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
19.   What grave mistake is everyone making by hurrying to computerize everything in a home?
20.   The fact that currently very few people could in fact carry out hacking on the scale described in the text should not be a reason to ignore them because…………………………………………………….
21.   Currently, there are A.E.D’s in many public places. What enables them to be hacked? What is the most devastating effect of the hacking?
22.    Read the paragraph beginning “In a way…” What conclusion can be drawn from this paragraph?
23.   Now read the following paragraph carefully. What conclusion can we draw from this paragraph?
24.   How easy is it to launch an attack on medical device’s software? How do you know?
25.   Which paragraphs form the conclusion of the text? How do you know?
WRITING TASK
Write a four paragraph essay discussing the advantages and disadvantages of the potential uses of smartphones discussed in the text. It is suggested you seek out some related videos first and take notes.
The Advantages that are stated in the text are as follows:
Saving time, being environmentally friendly, saving effort, efficiency, being potentially life saving
The disadvantages that are stated in the text are as follows:
Being easy to hack and having potentially dangerous and even fatal consequences

LOOK OUT – HE’S GOT A PHONE KEY AND TEACHER’S NOTES
This futuristic text outlining the potential future uses and dangers of smartphones, probably the most widely popular gadget on the planet at the moment, should be intriguing to the current generation. I have a lot of questions because this blog is designed for self study mainly and I need to make sure nothing is missed.
1.       He was (so) worried about the implications of his research.
2.       Jack had discovered how to signal an ICD from 30 feet away.
3.       He would die. The fatal episode would be blamed on malfunction is an interpretation of the result; not the result as far as the patient goes, which is what the question is all about.
4.       Because trouble making is what he is paid to do at 10Active. He is a man who is quite literally looking for trouble won’t do because it gives the impression that he is your common sociopath.
5.       The manipulation of medical devices.
6.       Doctors can alter treatment regimens remotely; the new devices could put the management of an individual’s internal organs in the hands of every hacker, online scammer and digital vandal on Earth.
7.       Anonymous vandals inserted flashing animated images into an epilepsy foundation online forum triggering…
8.       The spread of networking technology into every aspect of life.
9.       It is a bridge paragraph signaling the start of a new section of the text.
10.   (A new form of crime) carjacking by tire.  The word “prevent” signals that you need something negative and TBMS is a safety device. Nothing else will fit. Tire problems won’t fit because this device doesn’t prevent them; it just reports them.
11.   Boeing’s new 787 Dreamliner makes do with about 18 million lines of code.
12.   Many of the overlapping functions can be activated from outside. This is a tough question. One point: the rest of the paragraph is support; a long list of examples all of which you can’t write.
13.   Every car tire is in effect a homing device and people 130 feet from an automobile can talk to it through its tires.
14.    To prove that TPMS systems are not reliable or safe; there was nothing to stop them. These two answers cover all the experiments, not just one.
15.   They are connected to the internet; the computer systems in the house are also a point of entry for online intruders.
16.   Cut power to non paying customers at the flick of a switch.
17.   How many were in each dwelling, when they were using their computers, coffee machines, toasters, what movies people were watching.
18.   The smart meter is vulnerable to viruses, worms and other internet perils. Lack of firewalls won’t do!
19.   They are not thinking about possible risks.
20.   It is in the nature of software to get easier to use and more widely available.
21.   The fact that they are updated with windows based software on a USB stick; taking over nearby hospital computers
22.   When staffers are careless, hospital security problems can be difficult to fix.
23.   Even when staffers aren’t careless hospital security problems can be difficult to fix
24.   Vey easy. You simply have to call them repeatedly.
25.   The last two. They go beyond the content of the text and reach out to the future.
















Saturday, January 19, 2013

RESEARCH RELATED PROBLEM SOLUTION ESSAY: THE US GUN LAWS



The recent school shooting in Newtown and the horrific death of 27 children sent shock waves through US society and prompted the administration to act. President Obama set out a list of proposals after consulting with vice president Joe Biden who had been working with both sides. A similar shooting in Scotland some years ago prompted the UK government to introduce some of the toughest gun laws in Europe; the same is true for Norway. Both countries have since witnessed a sharp decrease in gun crime. Before studying the proposals, google the following:
·         Piers Morgan on gun laws; access the videos, listen and make notes
·         Barack Obama on gun laws; access the videos, listen and take notes
·         Go to www.bbc.co.uk  and read the following: US gun debate: Guns in numbers
·         Go to http://onlinewsj.com  and http://www.nytimes.com ; read about the new proposals concerning gun laws and reactions to them.
When your research is complete, consider the points below and any others you can think of to write a problem solution essay.
Obama’s key proposals are as follows:
·         Reintroduce an expired ban on “military-style” assault weapons
·         Limit ammunition magazines to ten rounds
·         Background checks on all gun sales
·         Ban on possession and sale of armour -piercing bullets
·         Harsher penalties for gun traffickers, especially unlicensed dealers who buy guns for criminals
·         Approve the appointment of the head of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and explosives
·         More focus on mental health issues
·         Changing mind sets

      Refer to my second blog, The Essay Archive, for sample essays: https://theessayarchive.blogspot.com.tr/  

Thursday, January 17, 2013

RESEARCH RELATED ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES ESSAY: SCHOOL UNIFORMS; A BLESSING OR A CURSE?



Prepared by: Özge Çağlar Aksoy and her class
Uniforms are worn in many walks of life such as factories, the army, the police, hospitals, religious establishments and the like but they are also widely worn in schools. However, policies vary greatly around the world: in the US, to the best of my knowledge, there are no school uniforms in primary or secondary schools, in the UK there are uniforms in secondary school but not in primary school, in east Asia – Korea, Japan and China – uniforms are the norm all through school. All this proves that there is a lot to say on both sides. Before moving on to the essay, it is suggested that you do some research and the easiest way to start is with Google. On googling the topic: "school uniforms, essays" you will be presented with a number of websites. It is suggested that you examine and take notes on the following in addition to the other material you find detailing the advantages and disadvantages of school uniforms:
Refer to my second blog, The Essay Archive, for sample essays: https://theessayarchive.blogspot.com.tr/  
Material
www.hürriyetdailynews.com where you will find the following three articles: “CHP leader criticizes new school dress code”, “Obligatory school uniforms abolished amid criticism” and the last one,” New regulation to end mandatory school uniforms, restrictions on head scarves”
When you have completed your research – which need not be limited to the sites listed above incidentally – write a four paragraph essay on the advantages and disadvantages of school uniforms. Use the points below and any others you have discovered.
The absence of school uniforms; the disadvantages:
  • Becomes a financial burden for families
  • May lead to administrative and security problems
  • May lead to discipline problems
  • May lead to psychological problems such as inferiority
  • May cause students to lose the sense of a team spirit
The absence of uniforms; the advantages:
  • Students free to express themselves with their clothes and style
  • Students more comfortable
  • Greater character development

RESEARCH BASED EFFECT ANALYSIS ESSAY: REFUGEE CRISES



The world has witnessed and continues to witness countless refugee crises the most recent being the Syrian refugees in The Middle East. This is not unfortunately the only one: Congolese civilians have recently had to cross over in to neighboring Rwanda; the Darfur crisis has gone on for years. What are the effects of such forced exoduses on the victims and on the host countries which sometimes grudgingly welcome them? How can the problem be addressed? Research the topic on ted.com, radiolab.org and voanews.com and take notes on what you listen to. Once you have done this, do some reading and make some notes. When you are done, follow the plan below to write a four paragraph essay.

Refer to my second blog, The Essay Archive, for sample essays: https://theessayarchive.blogspot.com.tr/  

In your introduction, discuss the causes of refugee crises such as civil wars, draught, famine or similar disasters for example. End your introduction with a thesis statement stating clearly that refugee crises affect both the host country and the refugees themselves as they are hugely disruptive.
In the first developmental paragraph, discuss the effects on the host country:
  • A strain on facilities and amenities
  • Friction with the local population
In the second developmental paragraph, discuss the effects on the refugees:
  • Physical problems ( inadequate accommodation, lack of basic necessities and creature comforts)
  • Psychological problems ( due to trauma that has been suffered and continuing problems with day to day living)
In your conclusion, explain that such situations should not be allowed to drag on and thus the international community needs to pull together to address the problems. Suggest the following:
  • Financial aid to enable charities and host countries to provide for the refugees.
  • Negotiations to provide political solutions to problems causing particular crise

Sunday, January 13, 2013

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF TETRIS



By: Tom Safford
Level of Difficulty: *
BEFORE YOU READ
·         Have you ever played Tetris?
·         How long did you play for once you had started?
·         Why do you think people have trouble stopping once they have started?

NOW WATCH THE VIDEOS
  Why You'll Always Lose at Tetris | Game/Show | PBS Digital Studios
The psychology of Tetris  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0l3C_jayokw

QUESTIONS
1.       What are the two basic components of the game Tetris?
2.       What is a pharmatronic?
3.       People with PTSD may be able to benefit from Tetris because of ……………………………………………
4.       What basic human instinct does Tetris exploit?
5.       What is the basic difference between snooker and Tetris?
6.       Most teachers will memorize the names of their students immediately, not forget them during the winter break but forget them immediately during the summer holidays. What is this phenomenon called and why does it happen? Be specific.
7.       For what two reasons does the game Tetris fit in with the Zeigarnik effect?
8.       Why do so many people find it impossible to stop playing Tetris? Be brief and to the point.
9.       Why exactly does the Zeigarnik effect occur?
10.   Look at the last paragraph of the text carefully and answer the following questions:
·         What is the function of the first sentence?
·         What is the function of the second sentence?
·         What is the function of the following two sentences?
·         What is the function of the last sentence?
WRITING TASK
Write a summary of the text after you have made a few notes. To see how this is done, study the file marked “Summaries” on this blog. Begin as follows:
“Tetris is a simple mechanical game which draws on….”
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF TETRIS KEY AND TEACHERS NOTES
This wonderful little text should appeal to the current generation which is, after all the Tetris generation. They will be able to relate to it and recount their own experiences. Best of all it is simple and straightforward, which means it can be done quite early in the year.
1.       Shapes that fall from the sky; an annoyingly addictive electronic soundtrack
2.       A video game with the potency of an addictive drug.
3.       Its mental pull.
4.       The (deep-seated) psychological drive to tidy up.
5.       In the case of/ In Tetris, not only must the player tidy up, but the computer keeps throwing extra blocks from the sky to add to the mess.
6.       Because complete tasks don’t stick in the memory; the Zeigarnik Effect. This question is the only difficult one in the bunch but I felt it was a good idea to meet it early on and get used to the idea that reading tasks can’t be done on auto pilot.
7.       It continually creates unfinished tasks (students will need to make the answer fit the grammar of the question); each unfinished task only appears at the same time as its solution.
8.       Because it creates a world where action is quicker than words.
9.       Because the mind is designed to reorganize around the pursuit of goals.
10.   Provides transition from the previous paragraph; the main idea; support for the main idea; concluding statement. At this point go back to question 8 and explain why the lengthy support that follows the correct answer cannot be accepted and they must learn to home in on the main idea.

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

BARACK OBAMA AND THE 'EMPATHY DEFICIT'



“The US president claims that ‘the empathy deficit’ is a more pressing problem than the federal deficit, but empathy may be merely a product of changing scientific fashions”
By: Mark Honigsbaum
Published: The Observer, Friday 4 January; www.guardian.co.uk or www.observer.co.uk Alternatively, just copy paste the title and google.
Level of Difficulty: ***
BEFORE YOU READ
1.       What is meant by the word empathy? Explain.
2.       Read the subtitle of the text and state clearly to what extent you agree with Mr. Obama.
QUESTIONS
1.       Was the initial hypothesis of the researchers at the University of Chicago proved or disproved as a result of the experiment with rats? How do you know?
2.       What is the main idea of paragraph 3? Be careful!
3.       What does “It” refer to in the sentence “It also confuses the different psychological and philosophical meanings of empathy”?
4.       In the phrase “The result is that”, the result of what exactly is the writer referring to and what is the result as far as empathy is concerned?
5.       Read paragraphs 9, 10 and 11. What conclusion can we draw from them?
6.       The first clue to the empathy circuit came when………………………………………………………………….
7.       Which of the regions of the brain mentioned in the text seems to have the greatest significance as far as empathy is concerned? Why?
8.       Patients with damage to the ventro medial part of the MPC are similar to psychopaths with respect to …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
9.       The text states “Simon Barron Cohen, an expert on autism spectrum disorders, has shown this is frequently not the case”. What exactly is the case according to him?
10.   People with Asbergers and psychopaths are similar in that …………………………………………. but different in that ……………………………………………………………..
11.   Read the example of Anders Behring Breivik carefully. What conclusion can we draw from this example? You will need to tweak the text.
12.   Greater perspective taking increases feelings of empathy because …………………………………………
13.   The drop in societal violence in the last 300 years or so is down to …………………………………… according to Steven Pinker.
14.   The case of a blue collar criminal from the working class receiving a harsher  sentence than he perhaps deserves compared to his white collar and middle class accomplice proves that ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
15.   What does “This” refer to in the phrase “In theory this should be good for Osborne”?
16.   Why did “Romney spend the closing weeks of last year’s campaign desperately trying to persuade voters that he was just as compassionate as Obama”?
17.   What conclusion did Paul Zac reach as a result of the studies into chemical reactions to empathy and economic exchange games?
18.   What is the major difference between the altruism observed in animals and humans?
19.   Human societies have evolved safeguards against possible misplaced trust by ensuring that ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
20.   Does the writer believe we are hard wired for pro sociality and morality or not?
WRITING TASK
Write a problem solution essay describing the ways in which we can foster more empathy in society. Use the points below and any others you can think of.
·         Perspective taking
·         The use of novels, television and the internet
·         A reward system for altruism and charity
·         Education
·         Religion
BARACK OBAMA AND THE ‘EMPATHY DEFICIT KEY AND TEACHER’S NOTES
This highly topical text should be covered after Deadly Dreams, which is also on this blog in the same file, as the latter is about the psychology of school shooters and the former is about empathy and how to foster it in society. The text Stress and Urban Decay could be covered in the same week making a lovely theme based week. Time should be made for the reading related writing to be done in class.
1.       It was proved; the researchers conducted a simple experiment to ascertain whether a rat would release another rat from a cage without being given a reward and it did.( Rats displayed empathy)
2.       Empathy – or its absence – is everywhere these days
3.       Using the same word to describe the pro social behavior of rats and similar behavior observed in humans.
4.       (The fact that) we mirror the distress of another and we are moved to alleviated their suffering; empathy is one of the sentiments increasingly seen as social glue and the evolutionary basis of human cooperation.
5.       A survey of the historical and scientific literature reveals the meaning of empathy has shifted significantly over time. You need to look back and see what it refers to.
6.       (in 1992) A group of Italian researchers neurons in macaque monkeys that fired both when they picked up a raisin and when they saw a person pick up a raisin.
7.       The medial prefrontal cortex; because it is a hub for social information processing. This is all you need because the comma that follows indicates the rest is an explanation.
8.       Their responses when shown distressing images; OR their heartbeats and other autonomic responses when shown distressing images.
9.       We are not primed for morality; these circuits aren’t the source of humanity’s for intimate participation and companionship.
10.   They both have zero degrees empathy; only psychopaths are capable of extreme cruelty.
11.   There are cognitive dimensions to empathy.
12.   When we take an imaginative step into the shoes of another person and see things from their perspective, we become less capable of ignoring their suffering.
13.   The marriage of empathy and humanitarian reason
14.   Empathy often leads us astray
15.   The fact that liberals focus almost entirely on care and fairness, conservatists seem to give equal weight to all six dispositions. 
16.   Because the absence of empathy is a powerful weapon with which to browbeat a political opponent.
17.   Empathy and trust are two sides of the same adaptive response.
18.   Over the course of a lifetime, humans (we) will cooperate with thousands of genetically unrelated strangers with whom they are unlikely to interact again.
19.   Social norms are learned, cooperations are altruistically rewarded and free riders are altruistically punished.
20.   No

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

MORAL MACHINES RAISE KILLER QUESTIONS



“Who should take responsibility for decisions made by intelligent machines like killer drones or autonomous cars?” BBC FUTURE
By: Tom Chatfield
Published: BBC Future; 7 December, 2012.  If you have trouble with the BBC website, google the title and writer’s name.
Level of Difficulty: **
Note to the Student: Furkan Polat has written in to say that the film "Echelon Conspiracy" covers the same dilemnas as in this reading passage so it might be a good idea to watch it.
BEFORE YOU READ
It is suggested that you watch a video on drones and driverless cars and think about or discuss the implications.
WATCH, LISTEN AND CONSIDER

·  Miles Brundage - Limitations and Risks of Machine Ethics - Oxford Winter Intelligence

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhJSVr5SEgI
QUESTIONS
The example of the kid tracking drone is provided as an example to support the writer’s concern about………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
2.       Read the example of the driverless car in paragraph three. The main argument in leaving the decision to the computer is the fact that ………………………………………………………………………….
3.       If you were asked to select a phrase out of the text to give as a subtitle to paragraph four, what would you choose?
4.       Read the comparison of the trolley experiment and the driverless car. It is implied in this paragraph that both cases are similar with respect to the fact that ……………………………………….
5.       Look at the last sentence of the paragraph beginning “Marcus’ driverless car scenario”. What do the first and the second “it” refer to?
6.       The writer says “Programming this into cars is one thing. Weapons are quite another.” Explain in your own words why this is so.
7.       What is special about X-47B?
8.       The writer says “As much as anything, it’s the relationship between these human operators and their subject that is most disturbing”. Why is this the case?
9.       Read the last sentence of the paragraph beginning “And by the time you reach autonomous systems…” What are the implications of this for the way wars are fought?
10.   Read the end of the text and discuss or think about the moral dilemnas. When you have determined where you stand, proceed to the writing task.
WRITING TASK
Write an essay discussing to what to extent machines that take responsibility for themselves should be allowed. Determine your standpoint and state it clearly in your thesis statement. Then support your view and refute any possible counter arguments with information from the text and any videos you watch.

MORAL MACHINES RAISE KILLER QUESTIONS KEY AND TEACHER’S NOTES
This text concerns a newly emerging dilemma modern technology has given birth to: the relationship between smart machines and their operators or programmers and who is exactly responsible for what to what extent. It therefore has novelty value in that it has never been exploited before. I predict it will fly but you should dig out some videos too.
1.       The increasing delegation of not only daily tasks to machines but also potentially life changing decisions themselves.
2.       The decision must be made in milliseconds.
3.       Minimizing Harm
4.       People make the decision OR people decide.
5.       Decided which program to write; the decision
6.       Possible answer: weapons are destructive and dangerous and have the potential to kill people.
7.       It is designed to take split second decisions on its own initiative while remaining under the overall control of human operators.
8.       Because thought experiments like the trolley experiment demonstrate something evident but extremely significant in moral thinking: how our sense of obligation is modified by distance and immediacy.
9.       Possible answer: People will feel morally comfortable and perform more horrific deeds than they do now with no sense of guilt or responsibility. They will feel they are at a moral distance as someone else did the programming ages ago.
10.   Open ended