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A Dynamic Size Distributed Program Image Cache for Wireless Sensor Networks
No full textReprogramming node software over-the-air is an essential requirement in many wireless sensor network applications due to the inaccessibility of the deployed sensor nodes. Transmitting whole software images consumes a high amount of energy in proportion to updates, especially when they are small in size. Incremental updates have addressed this; however introduce the potential of a sensor node becoming out of sync when it misses an update. In this paper we present a dynamic size distributed program image cache that provides increased efficiency in reprogramming out of sync nodes and multi-purpose wireless sensor networks
G. Le Bras, Ch. Lefebvre, J. Rambaud, Histoire du Droit et des Institutions de l'Eglise en Occident, t. VII : L'Age classique, 1140-1378. Collection : « Source et Théorie du Droit ». Paris, Sirey, 1965
No full textEllul Jacques. G. Le Bras, Ch. Lefebvre, J. Rambaud, Histoire du Droit et des Institutions de l'Eglise en Occident, t. VII : L'Age classique, 1140-1378. Collection : « Source et Théorie du Droit ». Paris, Sirey, 1965. In: Revue d'histoire et de philosophie religieuses, 46e année n°2,1966. pp. 184-186
Ellul\u27s Critical Theory of Technology and Artificial Intelligence
No full textV diplomskem delu se osredotočam na nekatere negativne posledice eksponentnega razvoja umetne inteligence (UI) in ChatGPT, pri čemer izhajam iz problematike, ki nam jo predstavi Jacques Ellul v svojem delu Tehnološka družba. Avtor oblikuje celovito filozofijo tehnične civilizacije, ki jo predstavi kot tragedijo naše dobe. V svojem delu poudarja vlogo tehnike v sodobni družbi in razvija sistem mišljenja, ki nam pomaga razumeti razvoj tehnične civilizacije, ki smo jo ustvarili sami. Ellulova analiza nas spodbuja k razumevanju tehnike v širšem smislu in opozarja na njene daljnosežne vplive na družbo. Čeprav ima razvoj UI tako pozitivne kot negativne posledice, se bom v nalogi osredotočila predvsem na slednje. Pokušala bom prikazati, kako lahko avtorjeva filozofija tehnike osvetli in razjasni zapleteno razmerje med človekom in UI – zlasti jezikovni model ChatGPT – ter kakšne posledice ima to za našo prihodnost. Skozi pogled ChatGPT oziroma preko njegovih ustvarjalcev izvemo, da bo imel razvoj generativne UI velik vpliv na človeštvo. Skozi pisanje diplome sem namreč ugotovila, da tehnika ni več zgolj orodje v rokah človeka, temveč je postala avtonomna, samostojna realnost, katere vplivi so vseprisotni. UI bo vplivala na vrsto področij, od avtomatizacije in produktivnosti ter kreativnosti do izobraževanja, zasebnosti in nadzora. Obseg vpliva razvoja UI je izjemno širok in pri nas lahko vzbuja strah, saj hitro spoznamo, da UI prežema prav vsa področja našega vsakdanjega življenja. Tehnika stremi tudi k največji učinkovitosti in produktivnosti, vse bolj se generira sama in deluje po lastnih moralnih pravilih, ki se razlikujejo od človeških. To pomeni, da pogosto ne upošteva človeških vrednot in čustev. Vse to vodi v družbeno preobrazbo ljudi, spreminja okolje, v katerem živimo, negativno vpliva na strukturo naših domov, medsebojne interakcije ter medčloveške odnose.In my thesis, I focus on some of the negative consequences of the exponential development of artificial intelligence (AI) and ChatGPT, drawing from the issues presented by Jacques Ellul in his work The Technological Society. The author develops a comprehensive philosophy of technical civilization, which he presents as the tragedy of our time. In his work, Ellul emphasizes the role of technology in modern society and develops a system of thought that helps us understand the development of the technical civilization we have created ourselves. Ellul\u27s analysis encourages us to understand technology in a broader sense and warns of its far-reaching impacts on society. Although the development of AI has both positive and negative consequences, in this thesis, I will primarily focus on the latter. I will attempt to show how the author\u27s philosophy of technology can illuminate and clarify the complex relationship between humans and AI—particularly the language model ChatGPT—and what implications this has for our future. Through the perspective of ChatGPT and its creators, we learn that the development of generative AI will have a significant impact on humanity. While writing this thesis, I have come to realize that technology is no longer merely a tool in human hands but has become an autonomous, independent reality whose impacts are pervasive. AI will affect a wide range of areas, from automation, productivity, and creativity to education, privacy, and surveillance. The scope of AI\u27s influence is incredibly broad and can evoke fear, as we quickly realize that AI permeates every aspect of our daily lives. Technology also strives for maximum efficiency and productivity, increasingly generating itself and operating according to its own moral rules, which differ from human ones. This often means it does not consider human values and emotions. All of this leads to a societal transformation of people, changes the environment in which we live, and negatively impacts the structure of our homes, interpersonal interactions, and human relationships
G. Le Bras, Ch. Lefebvre, J. Rambaud, Histoire du Droit et des Institutions de l'Eglise en Occident, t. VII : L'Age classique, 1140-1378. Collection : « Source et Théorie du Droit ». Paris, Sirey, 1965
No full textEllul Jacques. G. Le Bras, Ch. Lefebvre, J. Rambaud, Histoire du Droit et des Institutions de l'Eglise en Occident, t. VII : L'Age classique, 1140-1378. Collection : « Source et Théorie du Droit ». Paris, Sirey, 1965. In: Revue d'histoire et de philosophie religieuses, 46e année n°2,1966. pp. 184-186
Field deployment of low power high performance nodes
No full textWhen deploying a sensor network into a harsh environment the need for high levels of fault tolerance and maximising the usage of available resources become extremely important. This has been achieved by implementing a highly fault tolerant system based on our Gumsense boards. These combine an ARM-based Linux system with an MSP430 for sensing and power-control. It also allows for dynamic schedule modifications based on the available power and can be synchronised with other systems without relying on direct communication, autonomous behaviour in case of total communications failure is also supported. A deployment on Vatnajökull, the largest ice-cap in Europe, has provided a longterm test for the systems and revealed strengths and weaknesses in the design decisions
Poeti t-tnejn
No full textĠabra ta’ poeżiji u proża li tinkludi: Lill-Madonna tal-Karmnu ta’ Dun Karm – Il-Lejl tal-Milied ta’ Ġuże Ellul – Fid-dlam tal-lejl ta’ Ġużè Chetcuti – Liż-Żagħżugħ Poeta ta’ R. M. B. – Seħer f’Ħaġar Qim ta’ L. Cutajar – L-ewwel Imħabba ta’ Ġużè Chetcuti – Lill-Kanarin ta’ Dun Karm – Poeti t-tnejn ta’ Romeo L. Psayla.N/
Artificial intelligence systems: ChatGPT through the prism of Ellul\u27s critique of technology
No full textV diplomskem delu se osredotočam na nekatere negativne posledice eksponentnega razvoja umetne inteligence (UI) in ChatGPT, pri čemer izhajam iz problematike, ki nam jo predstavi Jacques Ellul v svojem delu Tehnološka družba. Avtor oblikuje celovito filozofijo tehnične civilizacije, ki jo predstavi kot tragedijo naše dobe. V svojem delu poudarja vlogo tehnike v sodobni družbi in razvija sistem mišljenja, ki nam pomaga razumeti razvoj tehnične civilizacije, ki smo jo ustvarili sami. Ellulova analiza nas spodbuja k razumevanju tehnike v širšem smislu in opozarja na njene daljnosežne vplive na družbo. Čeprav ima razvoj UI tako pozitivne kot negativne posledice, se bom v nalogi osredotočila predvsem na slednje. Pokušala bom prikazati, kako lahko avtorjeva filozofija tehnike osvetli in razjasni zapleteno razmerje med človekom in UI – zlasti jezikovni model ChatGPT – ter kakšne posledice ima to za našo prihodnost. Skozi pogled ChatGPT oziroma preko njegovih ustvarjalcev izvemo, da bo imel razvoj generativne UI velik vpliv na človeštvo. Skozi pisanje diplome sem namreč ugotovila, da tehnika ni več zgolj orodje v rokah človeka, temveč je postala avtonomna, samostojna realnost, katere vplivi so vseprisotni. UI bo vplivala na vrsto področij: od avtomatizacije in produktivnosti prek kreativnosti in izobraževanja do zasebnosti in nadzora. Obseg vpliva razvoja UI je izjemno širok in nas lahko navda s strahom, saj hitro spoznamo, da UI prežema prav vsa področja našega vsakdanjega življenja. Tehnika stremi tudi k največji učinkovitosti in produktivnosti, vse bolj se generira sama in deluje po lastnih moralnih pravilih, ki se razlikujejo od človeških. To pomeni, da pogosto ne upošteva človeških vrednot in čustev. Vse to vodi v družbeno preobrazbo ljudi, spreminja okolje, v katerem živimo, negativno vpliva na strukturo naših domov, medsebojne interakcije ter medčloveške odnose.In my thesis, I focus on some of the negative consequences of the exponential development of artificial intelligence (AI) and ChatGPT, drawing from the issues presented by Jacques Ellul in his work The Technological Society. The author develops a comprehensive philosophy of technical civilization, which he presents as the tragedy of our time. In his work, Ellul emphasizes the role of technology in modern society and develops a system of thought that helps us understand the development of the technical civilization we have created ourselves.
Ellul\u27s analysis encourages us to understand technology in a broader sense and warns of its far reaching impacts on society. Although the development of AI has both positive and negative consequences, I will primarily focus on the latter in this thesis. I will attempt to show how the author\u27s philosophy of technology can illuminate and clarify the complex relationship between humans and AI-particularly the language model ChatGPT-and what implications this has for our future. Through the lens of ChatGPT, or rather its creators, we learn that the development of generative AI will have a significant impact on humanity. Through writing this thesis, I have realized that technology is no longer merely a tool in human hands but has become an autonomous, independent reality whose impacts are pervasive. AI will affect a wide range of areas, from automation and productivity to creativity, education, privacy, and surveillance.
The scope of AI\u27s influence is extremely broad and can evoke fear, as we quickly realize that AI permeates all aspects of our daily lives. Technology also strives for maximum efficiency and productivity, increasingly generating itself and operating according to its own moral rules, which differ from human ones. This means that it often does not consider human values and emotions. All of this leads to a societal transformation of people, changes the environment in which we live, and negatively impacts the structure of our homes, interpersonal interactions, and human relationships
DPICache: A Distributed Program Image Cache for Wireless Sensor Networks
No full textWireless sensor networks, like other computing platforms, require software updates from time to time due to software bugs, new functionality, better understanding of the surrounding environment or new applications. Physically connecting to and reprogramming each node is usually not feasible and often impossible. A number of wireless code distribution and reprogramming techniques have been presented in recent years. In this paper we present a novel technique to efficiently update any nodes that were lost during programming periods. Our experiments demonstrate a 57% decrease of bytes sent over the air when updating nodes that previously missed updates
Demo Abstract: Run-time Compilation of Bytecode in Wireless Sensor Networks
No full textRecent work on virtual machines for wireless sensor networks has demonstrated the benefits of using a Java programming paradigm for resource constrained sensor networks. Results have shown that a virtual machine approach greatly suffers from interpretation overheads. We present run-time compilation of bytecode which leverages from a compact platform independent bytecode application encoding as well as an efficient program execution platform by converting bytecode to native code in situ
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