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PLEASE READ THE FILE THAT INCLOUD WITH THIS FILE> Step 1: Read this  handout on Formulating Your Response & Responding to a Peer  Actions to help you strengthen your skills in responding to what you read and in responding to your peers in a discussion board. Step 4: Respond to a post from one of your peers. Refer to the the handout from Step 1 to create a substantive response. This post should be at least 150 words. It must be posted by Friday, 3/12 at 11:59 p.m. Note: If you failed to submit your original post, you can still post a reply for credit. I want respone for this POST Well that was kind of horrible! The Wired article, A Dogfight Renews Concerns About AIs Lethal Potential painted a scary picture. Rather than focus on the Terminator overtones in the article I wanted to focus on DeepMind, a Google basement project that got way out of control, and the standards for AI responsibility they are pioneering around the world. On their website you can read about how Deep Mind has signed public pledges with other AI industry leaders to ban the use of AI technologies for lethal autonomous weapons. They partner with companies like Google, Open AI, and and the Alan Turing Institute to set the standards for moral AI use, and take public responsibility for the code they create and open source. According to their website: We help anticipate short and long-term risks, explore ways to prevent these risks from happening, and find ways to address them if they do. Its easy to focus on how scary the future can be but, that can only breed fear. We have to face the future with bright eyes and bushy tails and be ready to overcome the obstacles that we encounter. AI exists. The US government has exploited and prepared it to extents far past what the general public is made aware of. That is a fact of life. What we have control over is being prepared to work together for a better future for everyone.Formulating Your Response A response is your structured reaction to a reading. A response gives you the opportunity to respond to the ideas put forth by the authors of the piece you read. Responses are important because they form the most fundamental kind of communication in college. To respond to a reading is to expand and speculate on the ideas about which you read. Accordingly, there must be an obvious connection between the ideas in your response and the ideas originally expressed in the selection to which you are responding. Here are some of the ways you might respond to a reading: • Make connections. For instance, if you have read several pieces on the same topic, try to connect the author’s ideas with ideas from other readings. Or you may try to connect the author’s ideas to your personal experience and/or observations. • Extend the idea. Rather than just saying you agree or disagree – not a thinking reaction really but just a reaction that requires a switch to be turned on or off on autopilot – look at one or more of the interesting ideas in the piece and “extend” it, that is, take it for what it is, try it on, and see the world through this idea, this lens. By doing this, you are having a more meaningful conversation with the author. Try not to simply nail it with the “Oh yeah, I did this too” kind of response. A response can be general or specific. To respond to a reading doesn’t necessarily imply that you have to respond to all of the important ideas put forth by its author(s). You may choose to respond to the entire selection, or you may choose to focus your response on one specific idea or point that for some reason caught your attention. To respond to a reading means going beyond simply stating your opinion. It is never enough to simply state what you think/feel about the reading. You should always substantiate your opinion. Explain why your response is what it is and explore what caused you to respond as you did. Look into the thinking supporting your reactions. Responding to a Peer In the same way that your own posts should be substantive, response posts should be meaningful and advance the discussion of the issues, ideas, questions that were raised in the initial posts. While you can be supportive of your peers by saying, I agree or Wow, I never thought of that, these statements alone are not sufficient. To guide you in drafting acceptable response posts, refer to the options below: • Validate the post by sharing your experience and stating how it relates to the course material or to the initial post. • Agree or disagree with the post and explain why you agree or disagree. • Expand on your classmates post to demonstrate that you understand the topic. • Reply to a question posed by one of your classmates or by the instructor and support your statements with sources from the text. • Critically evaluate the post and make a suggestion or resp