Assignment 11

Following up on our discussion on Roboethics and what we have learned on the evolution of robots, your assignment is to design a PowerPoint presentation that addresses one of the following statements:

- Robots that create the illusion of feelings and self awareness should be banned because humans become too attached to them.
- Human intelligence will improve by creating robots that extend human capabilities.
- In the near future, man’s best friend will inevitably be a robot.

You can work in groups of 3. Please follow the following directions regarding the completion of your assignment:
- Presentations should include a cover page and not more than five other pages.
- Do not include long texts, rather bullet points and images and / or videos to support your statements.
- Include references that you have used to complete the presentation.

Name your file with the surnames of the members of the group and submit it before the end of the lesson to itgs.sass@gmail.com .

Ethical and social implications of the evolution of robots

After our first approach to the subject, we will be analyzing the ethical and social implications associated with the development and evolution of robotics.

Our first step will be to watch two short videos from Georgia Tech University that focus on the evolution of robots:

- Will Robots Replace Humans?
- The Evolution of Robots

Subsequently, we will analyze some of the issues associated with the emerging field of study Roboethics through the following YouTube video:



We will then read Seed Magazine´s very interesting article on The Rise of Roboethics.

And finally, we will be going back to the Tech Museum of Innovation to look at Ethics and Robotics in the 21st Century.

Robotics

Our next topic will be Robotics, and our goal is to analyze the various applications on robotics in modern society as well as the ethical and social implications of a more widespread use of robotic technology.

We will be initially using the Tech Museum’s Robotics: Sensing, Thinking, Acting page as the main source to learn about this very important technological development.

Assignment 10

Solve completely the mysteries at the CRYPTOCOM game. Then answer the following questions:
1) Explain the steps you took to arrive to the final solution.
2) Which method would you think is most effective for cryptography and why?
3) What common mistakes are usually made and that lead to the decryption of protected information?
4) What conclusions could you draw from playing this game with regards to cryptography?
Answers must be submitted to itgs.sass@gmail.com by the end of the lesson on Friday.

Assignment 9

Based on the SlaveHack game that we are playing, complete the following assignment and submit it to itgs.sass@gmail.com by the end of the lesson on Friday.
1) Answer the two questions included in the “Learning about Hacking” post that refer to the Tutorial.
2) Submit the completed log with all operations that you have performed.
3) Based on your playing experience, what are the main weaknesses of a web site against hacking? If you were the owner of a web site, what measures would you take to prevent your site from being hacked?
4) What conclusions could you draw from playing this game with regards to hacking?