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- 9 min
- Kinolab
- 2013
At some point in the near future, Martha’s husband Ash dies in a car accident. In order to help Martha through the grieving process, her friend Sara gives Ash’s data to a company which can create an artificial intelligence program to simulate text and phone conversations between Martha and Ash. Eventually, this program is uploaded onto a robot which has the exact likeness of the deceased Ash. Upon feeling creeped out by the humanoid robot and its imprecision in terms of capturing Ash’s personality, Martha wants nothing more than to keep the robot out of her sight.
- Kinolab
- 2013
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- 9 min
- Kinolab
- 2013
Martha and Ash Part II: Digital Revival and Human Likeness in Hardware
At some point in the near future, Martha’s husband Ash dies in a car accident. In order to help Martha through the grieving process, her friend Sara gives Ash’s data to a company which can create an artificial intelligence program to simulate text and phone conversations between Martha and Ash. Eventually, this program is uploaded onto a robot which has the exact likeness of the deceased Ash. Upon feeling creeped out by the humanoid robot and its imprecision in terms of capturing Ash’s personality, Martha wants nothing more than to keep the robot out of her sight.
How can memories be kept pure when robots are able to impersonate deceased loved ones? If programs and robots such as this can be created, do we truly own our own existence? How can artificial intelligence fail as therapy or companionship? Can artificial intelligence and robotics help comfort people who never even met the deceased? How should an artificial companion be handled by its administrator? Can an animated or robotic humanoid likeness of a person who seemingly has feelings be relegated to the attic as easily as other mementos can?
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- 7 min
- WRTV Indianapolis
- 2022
This news segment talks about cyberattacks that target high schools. The segment goes over why schools are a target, how school districts in Indiana have been attacked, and what students and parents can do to prevent attacks happening at their school.
- WRTV Indianapolis
- 2022
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- 7 min
- WRTV Indianapolis
- 2022
Growing number of Indiana school districts victims of cyberattacks
This news segment talks about cyberattacks that target high schools. The segment goes over why schools are a target, how school districts in Indiana have been attacked, and what students and parents can do to prevent attacks happening at their school.
How does the money allocated to protecting against cyberattacks influence which school districts are targeted by these attacks? What kinds of information would be sensitive in school systems (elementary, secondary, post-secondary)? What risks do cyberattacks that specifically target schools cause and who could be harmed?