All the troubles of the world

1. Why do Ali Othman and Rafe Leemy wait before they tell Bernard Gulliman the whole truth? Are their actions believable considering the seriousness of the crime? Explain.

2. What evidence from the story tells you that Ben and the other characters see Multivac as a kind of god? What effect does their view have on the story's ending?

-They believe in Multivac as some sort of god because it does everything for them and basically takes the place of most jobs and makes life a lot easier. They learned to depend on it far too much and it's intelligence almost turned it into a biological being.

3. What does the ending suggest about the ability of technology to bring about a perfect world? Do you agree? Explain your answer.

-The ending suggests that robots might one day have the ability to learn with the ability to learn, they may be able to acquire the ability to feel pain, and other emotions. If one day we create learning robots to do our work, Who's to say they'll want to do it any more than we do?

4. Would you like to live in a society in which there was a computer such as Multivac? How might it help/ hinder the progress of society? Discuss

I wouldn't like to live in a time or society with a supercompute controlling everything, Partially because i'm afraid of the day that artificial intelligence is created, knowing really bad things could happen. I think it would end up destroying humanity.

5. What do you believe the world of 2100 will be like? Write your Response, using evidence from the future planning of today to support your ideas. Share your discription with others.

-I think the world of 2100 will be HOPEFULLY a lot more enironment friendly, if that doesn't kill us before then. I think people will also be stupid enough to create artificial intelligence and hopefully think it through enough to make sure they can't replace us entirely.

A) TITLE AND AUTHOR

All the troubles of the world- Isaac Asimov

B) BIOGRAPHY OF AUTHOR

Asimov was born in Russia in the early 1920s. Asimov went to Columbia University graduating in 1939.  After graduation, Asimov spent three years working as a civilian at the Philadelphia Navy Yard’s Naval Air Experimental Station during World War II.  After the war ended, he was drafted by the Army.  Asimov served just less than nine months before being honorably discharged in the rank of Colonel.  Asimov married Gertrude Blugerman in 1942, and in 1948 he returned to Columbia to earn his Ph.D. in biochemistry.

C) SYMBOL

D) RESPONSE

E) CRITICAL THINKING

i.Why do you think the author wrote the text?

-To bring to life the possibilities of artificial intelligence and how dangerous it can be.

ii.What does the author want you to think?

Wants me to think about what could happen in the near future if we try and let robots take over our jobs and lives.

iii.Do you belong to any of the groups in the text?

-The supercomputer. Because I can do all that.

iv.Does the story remind you of a real life event?

-Yeah! That one the states built a supercomputer to do everything for them! (Better than saying no I guess)

v.Does the story remind you of another book or movie on a similar topic?

-iRobot (Movie), Bicentennial man (Movie), The Veldt (Book)

vi.How does this story help you think about social issues and social justice?

-This story makes me think about social issues, because if we were to replace our worlds leaders and great thinkers with a computer, Hypothetically the computer could learn and take over humanity easily.

vii.What action might you take from what you have learned?

-I would try and oppose against the ongoing need for more technology and realise I can do fine without it and it's probably healthier to do without technology.

vii.what big question has this text left you with?

-If we have survived for so long without technology, why would we want a supercomputer? Is humanity's greed getting stronger?