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Technology, Health & Environment 555401 semester 1 – 2010 Learning session 12 Stanley Frielick Director of Learning & Teaching - AUT

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Technology, Health & Environment

555401 semester 1 – 2010Learning session 12

Stanley FrielickDirector of Learning & Teaching - AUT

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Breakthrough 1The dawn of (hu)man

• Stanley Kubrick - 2001: A Space Odyssey (1969)

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• At a certain stage in evolution technology appears

• Is this invention or ‘divine intervention’ ?• Technology:

Creation / destructionLife / deathGood / evil

• Symbiosis or co-evolution between humans and technology

• Where is this co-evolution heading ?

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Are computers alive ? “Dave – I’m afraid”

• 2001: A Space Odyssey (Dave disconnects the computer HAL)

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• Can humans create non-human forms of life / intelligence ?

• Will artificial intelligence (AI) someday be smarter than human intelligence ?

• History of AI:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_artificial_intelligence

HOBIHA scenario (Ch. 10 of textbook).

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Main themes of ch. 10• The technological future• Genetic information technology • E-health (Information and communications

technology in health) • Tissue engineering and stem cell research• The Aotearoa/New Zealand context• Implications for society and public health

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Questions for discussion

• In your wiki groups (as much as possible) discuss:

1. How would the technological advances outlined in this chapter (ch 10) directly impact on your experience of healthcare to date?

2. How are these developments likely to impact on your planned career?

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Understanding our current predicament

• Gregory Bateson: “The roots of ecological crisis”

• Bateson documentary on Facebook

• Kevin Kelly – What does technology want ?