Annotated Bibliography and Abstract

 Ellie Zolfagharifard "Rise of the Real Terminator: Scientists Create Shape-shifting Liquid Metal." Mail Online. Associated Newspapers, 23 Sept. 2014. Web. 20 Feb. 2015.

"The team claims the breakthrough could lead to better electronic circuits, self-repairing structures and perhaps, someday, T-1000-style robots." This article talks about how scientists have used alloys of indium and gallium to create a metal that can reshape itself after being distorted. A quote from the article says that "we can use this technique to control the movement of liquid metals, allowing us to change the shape of antennas and complete or break circuits." This quote shows that if this metal was used in a machine then the machine would be able to heal itself on the battlefield. The source relates to my project because I will be discussing futuristic weapons that the military could create and one of those weapons could be a robot that is self healing. This differs from my sources because it discusses the healing process a robot would use. The article also says "this means that when this alloy is placed on a flat table, it will form into an almost perfect ball, and holds its shape." This quote just talk more about the ability for the created metal to reform itself.

Kelly, Kevin. "Better Than Human." Wired. Conde Nast, 24 Dec. 2014. Web. 22 Feb. 2015.

This source discusses how many of the jobs currently held by humans will soon be taken by robots. "Before the end of this century, 70 percent of today’s occupations will likewise be replaced by automation." If this is the case then why can't some of these jobs include military. Many soldiers are already not needed because of UAV's so what's a few more lives being saved because robots are used as infantry. An example of a robot thats can operate on its own is a Roomba vacuum named Baxter. "First, it can look around and indicate where it is looking by shifting the cartoon eyes on its head." "To train the bot you simply grab its arms and guide them in the correct motions and sequence." These two quotes show that a machine can develop intelligence on its own and can learn in a monkey see monkey do fashion. This article relates to my project because it shows that robots can be programmed to do different commands. This is different than my first source because it discusses a robot as a whole and not just the materials used to create one.

Grabianowski, Ed. "How Military Robots Work." HowStuffWorks. HowStuffWorks.com, n.d. Web. 22 Feb. 2015.

This article talks about different robots that are used by the military. Most of them are just used by the bomb squad. "ACER can handle many heavy-duty tasks, such as clearing out explosives with a mechanical arm." "Everyone knows that being a soldier is a dangerous job, but some of the tasks that soldiers are required to do are more dangerous than others." This quote shows why robots are used by militaries.  "The military doesn't use the kinds of humanoid assault robots we've come to expect from films like "The Terminator."" Unfortunately humanoid robots aren't used but in my video I will pretend like they are and go around searching for the next news story. The source is different from the other sources because it discusses robots currently used in the military.

Baraniuk, Chris. "Are We Ready for the Rise of Social Robots?" BBC Future. BBC, 16 Oct. 2014. Web. 22 Feb. 2015.

This article discusses the future of robots and how they will affect human society and if humans will be able to accept robots into the workforce. This is why this article is different than the others. It focuses more on the human interaction as opposed to the specifics on the robot. Some researchers "worry that if other robots aren’t good at provoking that kind of reaction, they might actually achieve the opposite effect and encourage violent or unfeeling behavior." This shows that people may turn on robots. If people turn on robots then "it will only be a matter of time before robots will interrogate humans.” And well if this happens, Terminator will become a true story. "And then there’s the possibility of social robots being hacked." If humans can hack robots, then they control them to attack people. The source relates to my project because I will discuss the Terminator becoming real.

Cadwalladr, Carole. "Are Robots About to Rise." The Guardian. Guardian News, 22 Feb. 2014. Web. 22 Feb. 2015

This article discusses a crazy man that thinks robots will on day take over the world. The man is Ray Kurzweil and he is the director of engineering for Google. "With the fact that he takes 150 pills a day and is intravenously injected on a weekly basis with a dizzying list of vitamins..." This quote shows that while he may be a genius he may also have clouded judgment. "He has been saying for years that he believes that the Turing test – the moment at which a computer will exhibit intelligent behavior equivalent to, or indistinguishable from, that of a human – will be passed in 2029." "But then he predicts that by 2045 computers will be a billion times more powerful than all of the human brains on Earth." These quotes show that an intelligent man believes that artificial intelligence will surpass ours one day. This means a SkyNet is possible. This source relates to my project because it discusses artificial intelligence. It is different that my other sources because it discusses one mans beliefs.

Bancarz, Steven. "First Ever Human Robots Invented By Japanese Scientists." Spirit Science and Metaphysics. Wordpress, 17 Dec. 2014. Web. 23 Feb. 2015.

 

This article discusses how scientists have created a robot that looks exactly like a human and they intend for it to be able to learn basic human tasks so that humans don't have to do them. The article states that the creator of the robot "was creating the humanoid robot: to make it as indistinguishable in behaviour and appearance from a human being as possible." However they these robots aren't there yet and "they don’t even control themselves yet." As of right now "they are controlled by someone behind the scenes who speaks through them and moves their mouths and arms with computer software. They are nonetheless a huge milestone for human ingenuity." This source relates to my video because I am looking to find a secret robot created by the military. It is different from my other sources because these robots look exactly like humans on the outside much like a terminator does in the movies.

Four videos I will use to help develop my screen story are (videos will play immediately)

The Terminator Trailer

The Cloverfield Trailer

Hunting for Bigfoot

and A Interview Clip from Fox News

For my video I intend to create a news scene where a reporter gets news that the military is in the process of creating a humanoid robot that can be used in the battlefield instead of human soldiers. The reporter is scared because he/she has seen the movie Terminator. The reporter will try to get to the bottom of the story. He/she will go to different places such as the "military base" on campus and the police station to look for the robot. The Terminator trailer comes into play because I intend to base my screen story of the movie. I will incorporate the first person camera view that is used in the movie Cloverfield. The video will be similar to hunting for bigfoot because a reporter is out searching for a thing that doesn't exist yet and is just chasing ghosts. Fox News and CNN will be helpful because the reporter will go out into the field and interview different military personnel to obtain information.  I will look for suspenseful music to play at certain times and I will find clips of disaster noises for example explosions for certain parts in my movie. As I make my screen story I may also look into other movies that talk about humanoid robots such as they new movie Chappie, Irobot, and RoboCop. I intend to get friends to help me film the screen story and will probably have them be eye witnesses in my video or will see how good they are at editing and see if they can help me piece together different scenes. The key behind the video is to describe the social interactions between futuristic humanoid robots and humans. I chose it because I am in Air Force ROTC and I am interested in the development of military weapons.