A computer has passed the turing test!

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/computer-becomes-first-to-pass-turing-test-in-artificial-intelligence-milestone-but-academics-warn-of-dangerous-future-9508370.html

Letter about Safety on Campus

Hey everybody! Here's the letter I started to write for to possibly send to some place in administration from our class as a whole. The middle paragraph could definitely use some more help, so please comment with other important points you think should be included! It's be awesome if we could start a change as a class, what a great way to spend our last week. :)

To whom it may concern:

We are members of a course entitled COMM146: Feminism and Technology. In our final projects, we strove to create feminist maps, maps that describe surroundings in ways to make the invisible, visible. Three groups conducted maps featuring issues of violent crime on campus, including special notes of violent crime against women. Their findings spurred discussion where we as a class became concerned when we noticed things that we felt were not addressed enough as a campus trying to protect its students.

Firstly, the crimes that were documented by the class project studies were in a large part found to happen in broad places; not in the parking lots and remote places on campus as teachings and warnings suggest. As students, we had never been told of the possibility that you might be attacked in places you are most comfortable (for example, around Price Center or in front of Geisel Library). Secondly, out of the eleven emergency blue posts on this campus, we noticed that on the west side of campus there is a significant lack of posts compared to the other comprehensive sides of campus. Additionally, the knowledge of what to do with these emergency tools is lacking, and how long would it take for an emergency service to be you.

Overall, there is a lack of emergency assault awareness, and an overall lack of proper surveillance, or knowledge of surveillance on the UC San Diego campus. We are concerned, and believe it is of special importance to start a dialogue on how to better promote safety, and awareness of safety issues on campus.

Sincerely

SP’14 Class of Comm: 146 Feminism & Technology