Possible short answer questions on Hinman lectures

• What is meant by the "uncanny valley" in robotics?
• Who was Isac Asimov? What were his three laws of robotics?
• What are two issues we discussed in regard to search engines?
• In class, we gave an example of the ways in which the same Google search returned different kinds of results in different countries. Describe the example given in class.
• What is the Panopticon? Who introduced this idea?
• Overall, how is the United States ranked in terms of surveillance and privacy in the 2007 international privacy ranking?
• In the video "Who's Watching?" they referred to ANPR. What does this stand for? Why is this a significance increase in the level of surveillance?
• In the video "Who's Watching?" there was a reference to "function creep." Explain what this is.
• In our discussion of digital intellectual property, we contrast two main models. Explain these two models and give examples of each.
• Explain the difference between algorithms, source code and object code. How does this distinction relate to intellectual property and copyright?
• Explain the contrast between the cathedral and the baraar.
• Lessig contrasts two types of cultures. Explain these two types.
• Lessig gives some funny examples in his video. What is the point of these examples?
• In the TED video, we saw a discussion of "the sixth sense." Explain.
• In our discussion of the TED video, we placed the development of these new sixth-sense devices within a larger context. Explain what that context is.