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- 3191: The Impact of AI on Warfare.
- The Impact of AI on Warfare. It is well known that throughout history man's favourite past time has been to make war. It has always been recognised that the opponent with the better weapons usually came out victorious. Nowadays, there is an increasing dependency, by the more developed nations, on what are called smart weapons and on ... it raises many ethical and moral issues and arguments. The use of smart weapons raises many questions on the price paid to develop these weapons; money which could be used to solve most of the world's social problems such as poverty, hunger, etc. Another issue is the safety involved in the use of these weapons. Can we really make a weapon that does everything on its own without human help ... are these weapons a threat to civilians? The main goal of this essay is to discuss whether it is justifiable to use AI in warfare and to what extent. The old time dream of making war bloodless by science is finally becoming a reality. The strongest man will not win, but the one with the best machines will. Modernising the weapons used in war has been an issue since the ...
- 3192: Mystical Caves Used Throughout
- ... darkness and abandonment has branded it as a symbol of chaos. From this perception other associations are made which connect the cave to prejudices, malevolent spirits, burial sites, sadness, resurrection and intimacy. It is a world to which only few venture, and yet its mysticism has attracted the interest of philosophers, religious figures and thinkers throughout history. These myths are exemplified in Homer’s "Odyssey," where the two worlds of mortals ... reality and falsehood. Individuals chained deep within the recesses of the cave mistake their shadows for physical existence. These false perceptions, and the escape from bonds held within the cave symbolize transition into the a world of reality. Comparatively, in the Odyssey, Odysseus must first break with Kalypso, and set himself free before he can return to Ithaka, when he will then be prepared to release Penelope from the bondage of suitors. His experience within the cave is in itself a world of fantasy, in that Kalypso is a supernatural being, and the only way to escape her enslavement is to receive assistance from immortals superior to her. The philosopher Francis Bacon also theorized about the ...
- 3193: Henry V 2
- In Henry V, Shakespeare uses Henry to show that a leader must put duty and fairness above friendship. King Henry has been known as a wild misfit, and someone who has no regard for the world around him, as it is shown in Henry IV, Part I, and Henry IV, Part II. He is an irresponsible drunk and the people of England question his ability to control and reign the throne ... father tells him two very important pieces of advise if Henry is to become a good and just king. He must listen to trusted advisors, and he must unite the English lords through a foreign war. Shakespeare uses that to foreshadow what Henry must do to become a good king, in Henry V. At the time when Henry becomes king, Shakespeare gives hints that the people are questing Henry's ability ... king and could handle the awesome responsibilities of the tremendous job. He was forced to put duty and fairness above friendship. Henry is now faced with a tough situation. He has decided to go to war , as his father told him to do, but he still has not completely finished the second element of his fathers advise. Shakespeare sets the mood that Henry is still questioning himself as king and ...
- 3194: The Life of Deadheads and Music of the Grateful Dead
- ... independence from their elders, to demonstrate their distrust of and disgust for society as their parents embodied it....[Their] ‘counterculture' peaked in the late 1960s, when people under 30 rebelled against American life, the Vietnam War, money, materialism and everyone over 30 (Folkers 6). In their rejection of society, they seem to march forward with a sense that everything would be okay: “Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts. God will ... Armstrong's leap for mankind; Chubby Checker's Twist and Twiggy's mod minis; William Shatner as Kirk and “Heeeer's Johnny!”; then there was Vietnam.... More than any other historical event, it was the war in Vietnam and the arrogant manner in which our government conducted this war which catalyzed the rebelliousness of America's youth, and gave “ splinter groups” a sense of legitimacy. The recent declassification of secret government documents from the Vietnam War era reveal that Presidents Johnson and Nixon, ...
- 3195: Nuclear Physicists And The Development Of A Nuclear Bomb
- ... Einstein-Szilard letter of March 1940, joined efforts by other scientists to prod the United States government into preparing for nuclear warfare. Einstein played no other role in the nuclear bomb project, but during the war he performed useful service as a consultant for the United States Navy's Bureau of Ordnance. nd in itself." Asked how intellectuals should respond to McCarthyism, Einstein wrote, "I can only see the revolutionary way of non-cooperation." "Here, then, is the problem which we present to you, stark and dreadful and inescapable: Shall we put an end to the human race or shall mankind renounce war? People will not face this alternative because it is so difficult to abolish war." Although his activity was limited by advancing age and ill health, Einstein made clear his commitment to civil liberties. He attacked racial prejudice and supported the black civil rights movement. He called for a ...
- 3196: Billy Sunday
- ... product of his times and an example of the culture and morals of middle America. On the other hand, Sunday took many stands against popular beliefs, and he persuaded multitudes to join him in a war against many of the modernistic ideas of the time that he saw as evil. As he once summarized his opinion so well, “What this world needs is a tidal wave of reform” (Sunday “Satan” 24). Oswalt / 3 It is true that Sunday was a showman who craved an audience and loved applause. But he also touched the lives of countless ... Mrs. Sunday and her parents were so impoverished that they could not feed and clothe all the children. Thanks to a state senator, they re assigned to one of Iowa’s three well-run Civil War Soldiers’ Homes located in Glenwood, about a hundred and fifty miles from the Sunday homestead. Billy remembered the departure this way: When we climbed into the wagon to go to town I called out, “ ...
- 3197: History Of The Computer Indust
- ... an enormous step forward; they provided a means of input, output, and memory storage on a massive scale. For more than 50 years following their first use, punched-card machines did the bulk of the world's business computing and a good portion of the computing work in science (Chposky, 73).By the late 1930s punched-card machine techniques had become so well established and reliable that Howard Hathaway Aiken, in ... by card punch and electric typewriter. It was slow, requiring 3 to 5 seconds for a multiplication, but it was fully automatic and could complete long computations without human intervention (Chposky, 103).The outbreak of World War II produced a desperate need for computing capability, especially for the military. New weapons systems were produced which needed trajectory tables and other essential data. In 1942, John P. Eckert, John W. Mauchley, and ...
- 3198: The Borderlands: 1880 - 1940
- The time of change in the region called the "borderlands" occurred during the period between 1880 and 1940. The region became urbanized and ended its years of isolation from the rest of the world. In the past the region's economy was based on ranching and farming. As the region became more urbanized the economy changed. The economy did not change equally between the United States and Mexico, the ... States became the chief suppliers of guns to the Revolution. This form trade was illegal and mainly done on the Black Market. The legal trade that existed before the Revolution disappeared with the outbreak of war. Mexico had closed the border during the conflict to prevent the supply of arms. The United States had also tried to stop the flow of arms but not successful. Eventually the United States had sent ... unemployed and homeless. This was the first time migration along the border had reversed, now Americans were going into Mexico. The effects of the Great Depression were not limited to the United States, the whole world was affected and Mexico was no different. The industry that was affected most in cities along the border was tourism. Americans now had very little money to spend on food and housing, and no ...
- 3199: FDR
- ... death of a loved one, Roosevelt always managed to keep himself on track and to persist towards his goals and those of the country. People remember FDR for his actions during the Great Depression and World War II, but those actions were preceded by and intertwined with a tough, yet interesting, life that prepared him for his future endeavors. On January 30, 1882, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born in Hyde Park, New ... such a marriage, one must believe that Roosevelt dealt with a good deal of criticism. However, the couple had a very successful marriage, and they were one of the most well known couples in the world for the next 40 years. In June of 1904, Roosevelt graduated from Harvard and immediately entered the Columbia University School of Law. In 1907, Roosevelt passed the New York Bar Examination and found employment ...
- 3200: The Senegal Tribe
- ... by Samori Toure when the Europeans started coming. Samori Toure signed an agreement with the French in an effort to keep the land they had owned for centuries. Unfortunately, the French broke the agreement and war broke out for 7 years. The people of Senegal were defeated in 1898. This war was one of the few examples of overt resistance during the colonization of Africa. The geographical situation of the people of Senegal was one of the reasons that lost the war. First of all, Senegal is located on the North Western coast of Africa, making it easily accessible for the Europeans. Also, one very negative feature was the flatness of the land, which made the ...
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