Week 3 Blog Reviews

Hilary Cummings:

“Human Vs. The Machine”

In your first paragraph, you use the sources nicely. You explain what Minsky believes before you try to impress your beliefs onto the reader. You give two great points Minsky makes. In the second paragraph, you explain your point that human beings are smarter. You repeat your opinion without explaining why. You could have explained how machines cannot have emotions or feelings. Also they do not have moral compasses that make them unique. Try to gives reasons for your opinion. Otherwise, great job and it wasn’t too long (thanks for that).

“What Do You Think?”

This is very well done. I am strapped for any idea to make it better. You explained what you believed a thought and an idea are. You even gave an example and talked about the movie Inception. In your paragraph about what an idea is, you mostly described how the movie portrayed it. You didn’t give your own actual definition. Maybe before you explained about Inception, you could have put in your own definition. I honestly believe your post is nearly perfect and it would be hard to improve upon it.

Jessica Chee:

“Can Computers Think?”

You started out hard and bold, explaining exactly what Minsky believes. This worked very well in your case, because it allowed the reader to know exactly what the post is about. Your example works very well because you used something everyone is familiar with. I agree with you about how robots are smarter but only in what they are programmed to do. The whole “Go have a kid” part was quite blunt and honest. I enjoy when people get to the point and don’t beat around the bush or repeat the same point in a different way. This was well-written and the only real tip is to either use an indentation for the beginning of each paragraph or a line between each. It gets a little crowded without it. Great job, otherwise.
“Directed Freewrite”

I’m sorry if this is short, but I am running out of time. The words “thought” and “know” came up a lot. Seriously, you did a great job on explaining, but you didn’t exactly answer all the questions. The book asked where you place your beliefs, but you don’t say where. This is well-written; you just forgot to answer all the questions the book poses.

Armando Teran, Jr.:

“Can Computers Think?”

You displayed Minsky’s viewpoints and used the sources well. You explained your reason very simply. You can try elaborating on it to strengthen your argument. I am sorry that this is short, but I have like five minutes left until midnight.

“Identity”

You explained what an idea and a thought were in two separate paragraphs. This works well, with your conclusion summing up what they are and the difference between them. You explained what the quote meant clearly and this was well-done. The only problem, albeit small, were a few typos where you forgot the “h” on “thought” and added a “d” on “an.” They are very slight and almost anyone would be able to tell what you mean. I am just letting you know.