Meeting Summary 10/11/07

2:30 - Meeting Begins
Business: Next week's topic will be up for debate on the blog. The limits of free speech, meaning in narratives, evolution, and the possibility of world peace are all considered
2:36- Discussion opens on strong AI, with emphasis on its impact on society.
2:44- The meaning/value of human life is added to the discussion queue, discussion continues.
3:27- Discussion ends. A straw poll on the question "Would it be moral to create a strong AI?" reveals:

2 who answer yes, it would be moral
9 who answer no, it would not be moral, and
4 who abstain.
3:30- Meeting ends.

First Meeting Summary: 8/29/07

[No, that's not a typo. Because the minutes were taken before this blog was put together, this is a little out of order. Here they are, taken from the handwritten notes Jon gave me.]

2:30 - Meeting Begins
2:36 - Strong AI, Walmart, Meaning in Narrative, World Language, Conservation, Wikipedia, Communism [are suggested as topics for the queue.]
2:42 - Setup for Club.
2:44 - Discussing difinition of vid[smudge]/rules [not quite sure...]
2:36 - Approval of topics:
Strong AI: Full approval
Walmart: 5/6
Meaning in Narrative: 6/7
World Language: Full approval
Wikipedia: 5/7
Limits of free speech: 6/7
Communism: Full approval
2:57 - [Queue, in order, as follows]
1.) World Language
2.) Strong AI
3.) Free speech [and limits thereof]
4.) Meaning in narrative [ought or oughtn't a story have a motive or moral?]
5.) Communism
6.) Education
7.) Walmart
8.) Wikipedia
3:08 - [suggestion and establishment of] debate procedure
3:15 - Discussion of advertisements

--Information from Jon, notes by Patrick.

Meeting Summary: 9/6/07

Here are the minutes of this weeks club meeting.
2:30- The meeting begins with an attendance of eleven people. The discussion topic was "A World Language." A consensus is come to as to the permeation of the English language within the world. Simpson points out the use of French as the language of diplomacy which leads to the branch of organic languages. Mrs. Peña attended and lent her language thoughts to the topic. Discussion included which language to choose, how one implements it, and culture effects. It was agreed that a ban would not be placed on other languages and it has not been decided as to which language (native or universal) would be taught as a secondary.
2:56- Thoughts change to the willingness of countries to accept a new language. Sources include the acceptance of the metric system in America.
3:23- Discussion ends with a vote which shows a lean towards the use of a language such as English or French for a world wide language. There were no votes for the use of Esperanto and three votes for the creation of a new language.
3:25- Next weeks topic is is chosen to be a continuation of this weeks with a focus on the advantage of an Organic language. It will be open discussion still and will not move to debate.
-Jonathan Knapp