Principal-agent problem

in the NBA take up less percentage of the salary cap than the NFL non-max contracts, more money is free to spent elsewhere. This is an extraordinarily significant detail, because “we end up with a feeding frenzy for middle-tier and lower-tier free agents[...] that is not the case in the NFL”(Ziller 23). The max contract system gives more money to more players in the NBA, which helps benefit the whole league and keeps players happy by putting money in their pockets. In contrast, NFL middle to…

reliability of the old woman who described Verloc and Stevie because it was a very foggy day. As if that was not enough to highlight perspective and reliability, the Assistant Commissioner ”moves across the room to the window.” (74) In The Secret Agent, windows are barriers that no one can truly see objectively through and limit the understanding in the observed subject due to its narrow scope. Therefore, not only is a person’s perspective skewed due to a window,…

to say fear exists, but those who do not want to take action use "not enough time to analyze" as an excuse. That said, self-doubt manifests itself in several ways. When agents convince themselves that they cannot succeed, they stop taking the actions that are necessary for them to become successful. The first thing that the agents stop doing is prospecting. Most people hate talking on the phone anyway, and that's especially true when they are making cold calls. This task seems enormous to those…

The way society thinks of Artificial Intelligence is absurd. Most people look at technological progress from a business perspective, namely, how can we profit from it. Some more pessimistic approaches may compare it to an uncontrollable snowball, where progress ultimately gets too fast and unstoppable. There are many ways to interpret the future of technology; however, Catherynne M. Valente proposes a new path for A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) that has not been explored yet. In Valente’s…

Agent Orange is a herbicide and defoliant chemical, one of the tactical use of Rainbow Herbicides. It is widely known for its use by the U.S military as part of its herbicidal warfare program, Operation Ranch Hand, during the Vietnam War from 1961 to 1971. It is a mixture of equal parts of two herbicides,trichlorophenoxyacetic acid, and dichlorophenoxyacetic acid. In addition to its damaging environmental effects, the chemical has caused major health problems for many individuals who were…

cameras on a guided track, this effect is accomplished. Each camera films at the same time but from different viewpoints, allowing for a computer to integrate each of the viewpoints together. When Neo first encounters an agent on a roof he fires his entire clip at him. The agent blurrily moves out the way of every single bullet. He then fires his gun at Neo who evades nearly every bullet. The dodging scene is shown in slow-motion with bullets flying by Neo. The effect of this reinforces the main…

intelligence is not akin to human intelligence, and poorly designed autonomous systems have the potential to rapidly escalate dangerous situations to catastrophic conclusions when pitted against each other. Nonetheless, I believe three fundamental problems explain why computational artificial intelligence has historically failed to replicate human mentality: 1. Computers lack genuine understanding. The Chinese Room Argument is a famous thought experiment by US philosopher John Searle that…

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Every substance becomes toxics if there is no control over its usage (dose). We call toxic every chemical or substance that are poisonous to human or other living organism as well as to the environment. Thus, dioxin is one of the very toxic and poisonous chemical for human and the environment. Chemically, dioxin is also called 2,3,7,8 - Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD). Its Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) number is 1746-01-6, the UN number given is 2811, and the chemical formula is C_12 H_4…

The issue presented in this paper will be whether artificial intelligence (AI) developing should be regulated and if a particular branch of AI should be banned. The branch in question is lethal autonomous weapon systems (LAWS). It should be noted that both sides (proponents of regulations and banning and opponents to that idea) agree that these LAWS that can be produced by AI should be banned. However, the commonality diverges at the foundation of this concern with respect to whether or not the…