Bruce Pham Pham 1
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Mr. Hubert
17 March 2014
Is Seeing, Believing?
Computer vision and human perception – two realizations of the process of seeing, one embedded in computers and the other in people. Clearly there is a metaphorical level in which these two activities have much in common. But is it only a metaphorical level, with fundamental differences always keeping them separate? Or is there a real factor to the metaphor, so that each side could benefit from interacting with the other. To impose a fact that one is better than another is inconceivable as these topics cannot be unparalleled without a train of thought. The process of vision is an immensely complex one that deals with numerous of different theories. At which the visual system of the central nervous gives organisms the ability to process visual detail, as well as enabling the formation of several non-image photo response functions. The process of computer vision is on another scale. “The central nervous system of the computer need to indicate four points: (1) that at which the nature of the computation is expressed; (2) that at which the algorithms that implement a computation are characterized; (3) that at which an algorithm is committed to particular mechanisms; and (4) that are which the mechanisms are realized in hardware.” To reference to computer vision, the software “Pixcavator” illustrates the boundaries of what human perception is capable of in reference to computer vision. The evolving technology of computer vision can interact with human perception to conspire depths that were otherwise not possible.
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Optical illusions are often something that can cause the reader to be baffled or intriguing. Picturing a scintillating gr...
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...he superpower of the human race, and the individuals that are able to utilize its capabilities are the superheroes of the future. “It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.” –Albert Einstein. With the differences in contrast a human is able to interpret. The luminosities an individual is capable of differentiating. The optical illusions in which humans are still theorizing of, still baffles the most intelligent creature on the planet, but being a simple task for technology. The capabilities of humans versus computers are already exceeding the expectations, the great physicist, Albert Einstein, already expected technology to exceed our human abilities. But how much further are we capable of maintaining this progress? When will we be able to know the full potential? If there is ever a full potential technology is able to grasp…
Technology is evolving at an all time rate. Every aspect of life seems to have a machine that can do what you used to do, for you: the car that can park itself, the stairs that climb… or rather escalate for you, and too many drones flying around to count. Clive Thompson explores the ever changing world of technology and addresses the best use for technology in Smarter than You Think: How Technology Is Changing Our Minds for the Better. The author begins by proposing an intriguing question about chess: who is better at it, humans or computers? The ultimate battle of grand chess master versus supercomputer. On one hand, Thompson refers to how humans are intuitive, insightful, and can read their opponents emotionally. On the other hand, he mentions
The human eye is an organ that allows a person to see, the sense of sight. The eye is composed of several parts including the cornea, lens, pupil, retina, optic nerve etc. There are two portions the eye is broken into, the front third is the anterior segment and the other two thirds is the posterior segment. The anterior segment includes the lens, cornea, iris, and ciliary body. The posterior segment of the eye essentially is the back portion of the eye. In detail, the posterior segment is the portion of the eye behind the lens that includes the retina, macula, optic nerve, choroid, and vitreous humor. There are many diseases that affect the eye and those in particular affecting the posterior segment will be discussed in detail.
Human’s eyes cannot detect how fast technology is growing in today’s society. In the two plays, The Nether by Jennifer Haley and The Effect by Lucy Prebble, the reasoning of how technology has become such an issue in the way humanity is trying to become. Albert Einstein, the German-born physicist and undoubtedly one of the smartest individuals ever, raised a dilemma in modern society by stating that ‘‘It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.’’ However, in the Nether and the Effect, some plausibly real, if futuristic situations shed light that this quotation is quite simply incorrect. In the Nether, two participants experimented with a drug as part of a trial to explore how complicated an emotion love
Technology can be regarded as a phenomenon with vast uncertainties. Technological change is rapid and we are struggling to keep up to date with the latest advances, while learning new ones and trying to prepare for the next changes proposed for the future. In order to do so, however, we need to be clear about what we mean, and what we consider to be a technology and evaluate some of the assumptions of our understanding of our technologically advanced society.
Currently, computers can calculate and run algorithms much faster than humans, and if strong A.I. was to exist, these technological beings would be intelligently superior to human kind. Elon Musk, a world renowned technological genius, fears Silicon Valley’s rush into artificial intelligence, because he believes it poses a threat to humanity (Dowd, Maureen). Musk stated that “one reason to colonize Mars – so that we’ll have a bolt-hole if A.I. goes rogue and turns on humanity” (Dowd, Maureen). The possibility of this outcome is real because if strong A.I. was to exist, they have the potentially to surpass humans in every aspect. The main difference between A.I. and humans is that humans are conscious beings that can think for themselves. If A.I. was to develop consciousness, they would be able to do every task much more efficiently than humans. According to Stephen Hawking, “If people design computer viruses, someone will design AI that improves and replicates itself. This will be a new form of life that outperforms humans” (Sulleyman, Aatif). This world-renowned physicist believes that A.I. will begin to self-improve upon themselves through an algorithm that allows A.I. to learn. Ultimately, this technological being will advance to a point where it realizes that it does not need humans anymore. “Back in 2015, he [Stephen Hawking] also
“They key idea underlying the impending Singularity is that the pace of change of our human-created technology is accelerating and its powers are expanding at exponential pace.”
Social perception is 1.“the cognitive process that helps us form impressions of those around us and subconscious attitudes towards other people based their defining characteristics which help to comprehend a situation and gauge our behaviour accordingly. Social perception can be the mental progression of picking up clues and signals from others that help us form an early stage of what they may be like. Our brains may rely on stereotypes or previous similar experiences to build a picture of what to expect from any given social encounter”
The human eye is far more complex than one of humanity’s most advanced creations, the computer chip. A single human eye possesses 130 million light-sensitive rods and cones that convert light into chemical impulses, and these signals subsequently travel at a rate of about one billion per second to the brain. The sensitivity range of the eye, which provides humanity with excellent vision during bright and sunny days as well as during dim, moonlit nights, far surpasses the visual capabilities of any manmade film. Now consider that we are in possession of not just a single eye, but two of them. This matching pair, coupled with an interpretive center in the brain, allows us to determine distances to the objects we see. Furthermore, our eyes have the ability to automatically focus on near or distant objects, by elongating or compressing themselves. The eyes are also inserted beneath a hard, bony brow that – in addition to the automatic shutters we possess, in the form of eyelids – provides shelter and security for these delicate ...
From the first imaginative thought to manipulate nature to the development of complex astronomical concepts of space exploration, man continues to this day to innovate and invent products or methods that improve and enhance humankind. Though it has taken 150 million years to reach the present day, the intellectual journey was not gradual in a linear sense. If one were to plot significant events occurring throughout human existence, Mankind’s ability to construct new ideas follows a logarithmic path, and is rapidly approaching an asymptote, or technological singularity. This singularity event has scientists both supporting and rejecting the concept of an imaginative plateau; the largest topic discussed is Artificial Intelligence (A.I.). When this technological singularity is reached, it is hypothesized that man’s greatest creation, an artificial sapient being, will supersede human brain capacity.
There are numerous diverse courses for people to be well versed and trained with respect to particular data and capabilities they need for do the task which are responsible. These approaches include classroom statements with course readings, Pcs, handheld mechanisms, and other electronic approach. In recent years developer try to developed a new training method which is able to create basic work environment for employee.
Oftentimes, a person can look at an image and draw a conclusion about it, only to find out later that he or she was incorrect. This phenomenon is due to what is called an optical illusion, in which an image is perceived incorrectly to be something else. This leads to the questions, why do optical illusions occur, and what can be done about them?
Since the beginning of time, humans have thought and made many inventions. Repeatedly the newer one is better than the older. Our minds have created many remarkable things, however the best invention we ever created is the computer. computers are constantly growing and becoming better every day. Every day computers are capable of doing new things. Even though computers have helped us a lot in our daily lives, many jobs have been lost because of it, now the computer can do all of the things a man can do in seconds! Everything in the world relies on computers and if a universal threat happens in which all computers just malfunction then we are doomed. Computers need to be programmed to be able to work or else it would just be a useless chunk of metal. And we humans need tools to be able to live; we program the computer and it could do a lot of necessary functions that have to be done. It is like a mutual effect between us and he computer (s01821169 1).
There is no doubt that the accomplishments made through technology are astonishing. Technology has made amazing impacts on everything from science in space to medical science to the devices we use every day that make our lives easier. People are living longer and better than ever before, but we can’t forget how to live without it. “Just because technology is there and makes something easier doesn’t mean we should rely on it so much that we can’t think for ourselves,” (Levinson).
In the 21st century, we live in the era of technology-driven world. Humans never stopped the development of technology, because we always have a natural tendency to pursue a higher level of human being. Technology is the best evidence of human intelligence, which has shown that we are different from other animals. We have lived with technology since we were born. Although it has intervened heavily in our daily lives that we can’t no longer live without, nobody can deny the achievements it has brought to us.
Augmented reality (AR) is the virtual object which is combination of 3D real environment in the real time. It is more interactive either with graphics or audio enhancing from what we can sense such smell, hear, see or feel it. In other words, it is duplicate the environment around the world in computer. There are applications in various areas in augmented reality and one of them is medical visualization more domain for augmented reality. The topic that discussed is augmented reality application in computer aided surgery and medicine. In research article (Tobias Sielhorst, Marco Feuerstein & Nassir Navab, 2008) medical augmented reality takes it motivation from the need of visualizing medical data and the patient within the same physical space. The reason for chose this topic because it is because this application more advance and the technologies always bring new visualization and interaction using augmented reality in 3D in surgery performing requirements. So, discussing these topics actually need many evaluations to perceive the result to the area of surgery and medicine in medical performance.