Overview

Over the last few weeks, we have discussed issues related to Freedom of Speech and Artificial Intelligence. For this fourth project, you are to work in groups of 2-4 to produce artifacts that further explores the following topics:

1. Awareness of Net Neurality

2. Hollywood's portrayal of artificial intelligence.

For this project, no personal reflection is required.

Option 1: Fake News

For the first option, you are to read up on the latest changes to the FCC and its plans on net neutrality:

• FCC Chief Ajit Pai Develops Plans to Roll Back Net Neutrality Rules

• FCC chair wants to replace net neutrality with “voluntary” commitments

• Tech companies push FCC not to undo net neutrality rules

• Online Companies Meet FCC in Bid to Preserve Net Neutrality Rule

• The Tangled Web of Net Neutrality and Regulation

Once you have done some background research on the current state of net neutrality, you are to do one of the following:

1. Write a letter to editor to either the Observer or a newspaper such as South Bend Tribune advocating a position on the issue of net neutrality and the proposed FCC changes.

2. Write a letter to your government representatives advocating a position on the issue of net neutrality and the proposed FCC changes.

Option 2: AI in the Movies

For the second option, you are to watch a movie that explores artificial intelligence:

1. Ex Machina

2. 2001: A Space Odyssey

3. I, Robot

4. The Terminator

5. Bicentennial Man

6. Moon

7. Ghost in the Shell

8. Her

9. Blade Runner

10. Matrix

11. Artificial Intelligence

12. Wall-E

After watching the film, provide a group review of the movie in a podcast or video that answers the following questions:

1. Describe the role did artificial intelligence play in the movie. Was the AI the villain, hero, or simply a supporting charachter?

2. Discuss aspects of the AI were believable and what parts seem unrealistic. Is this merely an imaginative work, or is it representative of future possibilities.

3. Discuss how humans reacted or related to the AI. Were humans scared of AI? Welcoming? Unconcerned?

4. Discuss how the AI reacted or related to the humans. Was the AI hostile or friendly?

5. What was the final message or theme of the movie? What insight into the nature of humanity did the AI expose?

6. Finally, what was your overall impression of the movie? Thumbs up or thumbs down?

Submission

Your project is due at 11:59 PM Thursday, April 20, 2017. The group artifact should be put on a student's blog or a storage site such as Google Drive. (There is no individual reflection for this project).

To submit your project, one group member should fill out the following form