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Information Technology Fundamentals (ITF). Mr. Shultz. Today’s Objective(s) and Bell-Ringer. Bell-Ringer Nothing to copy Get out your “Smartest Machine on Earth” worksheet Sit at tables Objective
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Information Technology Fundamentals (ITF) Mr. Shultz
Today’s Objective(s) and Bell-Ringer Bell-Ringer Nothing to copy Get out your “Smartest Machine on Earth” worksheet Sit at tables Objective TSW investigate future trends in information technology, including artificial intelligence and voice recognition. (BUS66670.040)
Smartest Machine on Earth Some say a Watson victory could signal revolution in what? Some say a Watson victory could signal revolution in what? • Artificial Intelligence
Smartest Machine on Earth How many consecutive Jeopardy games did Ken Jennings win? 74
Smartest Machine on Earth To compete on Jeopardy, why must IBM’s computer have an enormous knowledge base? It will not be connected to the Internet
Smartest Machine on Earth What comet discoverer took a ship called the Paramour Pink on the first purely scientific sea voyage? Edmund Halley
Smartest Machine on Earth In the “cloud” that the team created, what did each dot represent? A Jeopardy champion’s performance
Smartest Machine on Earth Why is chess easy for computers? The rules are very well-defined and very clear
Smartest Machine on Earth In 1997, what was the name of the IBM computer that beat Garry Kasparov at chess? Deep Blue
Smartest Machine on Earth So far, how many rules does CYC have? Six million
Smartest Machine on Earth Who is the Watson computer named after? IBM founder Thomas Watson
Smartest Machine on Earth The electronic Watson consists of 2,800 processors – equal to how many high-end home computers? 6,000
Smartest Machine on Earth Why did speech recognition need to be reprogrammed for every new speaker? Because everyone’s speech is slightly different
Smartest Machine on Earth When does Watson dominate? On purely factual questions
Smartest Machine on Earth Since Watson cannot hear, how does he receive each Jeopardy clue? As an electronic text message
Smartest Machine on Earth What was the Final Jeopardy question that Watson got correct? Who is Bram Stoker?
2020 Vision Watch video Answer questions Use “NOTES:” on right side of page to write down predictions that you like
2020 Vision • How many students in how many countries were using laptops from the hundred-dollar laptop project? • 5 million in 5 underdeveloped countries
2020 Vision Because of the $100 laptop project, what did the average price of a corporate laptop drop to? Less than $500
2020 Vision After Microsoft purchased Yahoo! and Dell, how much was Bill Gates worth? Over $500 billion
2020 Vision How much college credit did students have when graduating from Arapahoe ? Minimum 2 years
2020 Vision In 2013, what companies did Google purchase controlling interest in? Ford, Apple, and AMD
2020 Vision How many dollars will Google save every year by using Google Panels for electricity? Tens of millions
2020 Vision How many miles could the GCar go on a single charge? Over 1200
2020 Vision What is used to power the quantum computer? Solar energy and water vapor collected from the atmosphere
2020 Vision What did it cost to buy an iMagine computer ? Free with $19.95 shipping and handling and a $40 yearly subscription to Google Premium
2020 Vision Why was there no tuition charge at GoogleU? Ad revenues more than covered the costs
2020 Vision In 2018, how much oil and natural gas did the United States import? None
2020 Vision Where was the retinal projector for the eyeMagine computer mounted? Eyeglass frames
2020 Vision Project Pick one future item from the video OR Think of a future item you’d like to have by the year 2020 Use Movie Maker to make an ad for the item Follow instructions/rubric
Class Work Work on 2020 Vision Project Catch up on TCEs if needed TCE12, TCE13, TCE14, TCE15 Catch up on any old work
