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Information Technology: Shaping Humanity or Simply Reflecting Us?

Explore the intricate relationship between information technology and humanity in a compelling debate featuring The Green Team. Led by Marc Hanlon and supported by speakers Billy Doran, Daniel Kavanagh, and others, the discussion examines whether technology shapes us more than we shape it. Key points include the influence of human desires on technological development, the ethical implications of artificial intelligence, and the philosophical questions surrounding creation and the nature of life. Join us to delve into these pressing issues.

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Information Technology: Shaping Humanity or Simply Reflecting Us?

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  1. The Green Team • Information Technology shapes us more than we shape it. • The case against it.

  2. The Green Team Leader Marc Hanlon Speaker 1 Billy Doran Helpers: Mark Egan Speaker 2 Daniel Kavanagh Helpers: Derek Fitzgerald Speaker 3 Marc Hanlon Helpers: Magali Vaccon Rebuttal Niall Glynn

  3. Our Argument • Speaker 1 : Billy Doran • What does the motion mean? Definition of keywords. • Technology is precipitated by human desires, wants and needs. • Introduction • Speaker 2 : Daniel Kavanagh • Artificial Intelligence • Creation (Playing God) • In our own image • Speaker 3 : Marc Hanlon • Summary

  4. Definitions • The motion is stating that, Information Technology is molding us (people) to be more like I.T., more than we mold I.T. to be more like people.

  5. Speaker 1 • Billy Doran • Point 1: Technology is precipitated by human desires, wants and needs.

  6. Speaker 2 • Daniel Kavanagh • Point 1: Artificial Intelligence • Point 2: Creation (Playing God) • Point 3: In our own image

  7. Point 1 • Artificial Intelligence • Examples of AI problems are computer vision (building a system that can understand images as well as a human) and natural language processing (building a system that can understand and speak a human language as well as a human). Asimo http://world.honda.com/ASIMO/

  8. Point 2 • Creation (Playing God) • Creator: God – www.dictionary.com • Genesis 1:27 • So God created man in his own image, • in the image of God he created him; • male and female he created them. • We created robots in our own image. God http://www.copadorer.com/

  9. Point 3 • In our own image. • When do you draw the line between a robot being a robot and a robot being a life form? • Life form: The characteristic of a mature organism. - www.dictionary.com Hertz http://radio.weblogs.com/

  10. The Motion • These points have shown the motion to be FALSE in that we are never-ending in our quest to shape technology.

  11. Speaker 3 • Marc Hanlon

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