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Week 4: AI intelligence

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The Rise of The Machines article related heavily to one of my new favorite shows: Westworld. Westworld plays with the idea of machines developing independent consciousness. This "mechanical consciousness" in the television show would parallel our own human consciousness: decision making based on emotion and past experience. I highly recommend this show; the plot twists are endlessly entertaining and the character development is on point. 
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Week 2 Cracking the 'Great Firewall' of China's Web censorship

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I found this article interesting but not surprising. I know a bit about censorship already. I lived in Turkey in 2010-2011 and there were many websites, such as youtube, that could not be accessed due to government censorship. Many people would download software that would allow access to such sites.
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Week 1

This week we learned about adding RAM to computers. This was particularly helpful to me because I just had my computer repaired and was quoted at over $100 to have extra RAM installed. I was able to find the RAM that my macbook requires for only $35 and I can instal it myself; thus saving over $65. -Milea
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