Jeremiah Brands, 18, Coeur d’Alene, General Studies – ASNIC Senator
Favorite Color: That’s so difficult. It kind of varies every once and a while, but I’d have to say Blue. I like the way it looks. Me and all of my siblings all have Blue eyes, maybe that has something to do with it, but it’s just a pretty color.
Favorite Movie: “Man of Steel” is probably the most recent one that I enjoyed. Superhero movies are cool, having the main protagonist kind of ideal to look up to; I like that idea.
How NIC should look a year after leaving student government: It sounds kind of generic, but some kind of positive change—I haven’t really become familiar yet with all of the committees because I’m new and haven’t gotten involved in all of them yet, so I’m not sure how exactly to answer that right now.
Inspiration to join student government: It wasn’t like a pin-in-the-calendar decision, it was definitely more of a process. Joshua [Brands, previous ASNIC Vice President], my older brother, was encouraging me to do it for quite a while because he really got a lot out of the experience and enjoyed a lot of the leadership opportunities that presented; getting to know the campus better and help serve the students. And so as the school year approached and then, starting to juggle work and school, I figured a job on campus would be easier, and getting to know it better would be a good opportunity to get in the know and connect with all the other areas on campus.
Celebrity Crush: There’s a lot of good lookin’ ones but none of them in particular has been like, “aaahhhh,” for me.
Favorite bands/music: A lot of Christian music, and I listen to some other music here and there. It really depends on the song though.
If A.I. could equal our free will and chose to take action against our society, would it be OK to press a button turning them off: It’s kind of like Terminator, except we have the reset button! My initial reaction is we’re human and they’re not, but when you bring in their ability to be ethical and make decisions—how did they do that? I think no matter what, they’re still a machine. Because in order to make it cognitively think and make those kinds of ethical decisions and choices and have those morals—fitting those all into a computer seems difficult because the way I see it humans have souls. So they have a kind of moral compass that guides them around. But as for a machine, it’s a little bit different, so, yeah. But then that gets into: can we get technology that sophisticated and can we create life? I would say yeah to hit the reset button on something we created.