Vocabulary - Science/Technology Flashcards
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
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.
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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