Vocabulary - Science/Technology Flashcards

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Ensnare - capture, catch, seize, trap

Design ethics - concerns moral behavior and responsible choices in the practice of design.

Self-regulation - regulation of ones own behaviour without external control or monitoring

Social media platform = engine for addiction

Unpredictable feedback

Disruptive technology - one that displaces an established technology and shakes up the industry or a ground-breaking product that creates a completely new industry.

Convenience has weaponised temptation

Electrode - a conductor through which electricity enters or leaves an object, substance, or region.

Addiction embeds itself in memory

Persistent over-engagement

Substance and behavioural addictions are 2 versions of the same malfunctioning program

Luddism - philosophy opposing many forms of modern technology

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Attention engineer

Pervasive hum of background anxiety

Treat your attention with respect

Preserve your ability to concentrate

An AI machine works through neural networks and reinforcement learning. Reward functions are necessary

Reinforcement learning = a combination of a neural network and a powerful search algorithm.

Turing test = test of a machine’s ability to exhibit intelligent behavior equivalent to, or indistinguishable from, that of a human.

Artificial neural networks: computing systems inspired by the biological neural networks that constitute animal brains.

AI = the science of making machines smart

Transhumanism = an international intellectual movement that aims to transform the human condition by developing and making widely available sophisticated technologies to greatly enhance human intellect and physiology.

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Algorithm - a process or set of rules to be followed in calculations or other problem-solving operations, especially by a computer.

Dehumanise - deprive of positive human qualities

Mythologise - convert into myth or mythology; create or promote an exaggerated or idealized image of.

Metabolise - the chemical processes that occur within a living organism in order to maintain life.

Contingency - a future event or circumstance which is possible but cannot be predicted with certainty.

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