Using Information Technology
Chapter 10
The Promises of the Digital Age
The Promises of the Digital Age
Society & Information Technology Tomorrow
10.1 Emerging Global Telecommunications
10.2 Artificial Intelligence
10.4 Health, Medicine, & Science
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10.3 Information & Education
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The Promises of the Digital Age
Society & Information Technology Tomorrow
10.5 Commerce & Money
10.6 Entertainment & the Arts
10.8 Jobs & Careers
The Promises of the Digital Agee
10.7 Government & Electronic Democracy
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10.1 Emerging Global
Telecommunications
Tree-and-branch - a centralized information provider
sends out messages through many channels to
thousands of consumers
Switched-network - people on the system are not only
consumers of information (“content”) but also possible
providers of it
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Two models of telecommunications:
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10.2 Artificial Intelligence
Virtual reality simulated air
traffic controller training
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Virtual reality (VR) - a computer-generated artificial reality
which projects a person into a sensation of threedimensional space
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Artificial Intelligence
Security robot on patrol at the LA
County Museum of Art
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Robotics - the development and study of machines that
can perform work normally done by people
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Artificial Intelligence
Fuzzy logic - a method of dealing with imprecise data
and uncertainty, with problems that have many answers
rather than one
Genetic algorithm - a program that uses Darwinian
principles of random mutation to improve itself
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Natural language processing - the study of ways for
computers to recognize and understand human
language
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Artificial Intelligence
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Expert system - an interactive computer program used in
solving problems that would otherwise require the
assistance of a human expert
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Artificial Intelligence
Cyborgs - hybrids of machine and organisms
Artificial life - field of study concerned with “creatures”-computer instructions that are created, replicated,
evolve, and die as if they were living organisms
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Neural networks - use physical electronic devices or
software to mimic the neurological structure of the
human brain
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Turing test - a human
judge converses by
means of a computer
terminal with two entities
hidden in another
location--one a person
typing on a keyboard, the
other a software program
Following the
conversation, the judge
must decide which entity
is human. In this test,
intelligence--the ability to
think--is demonstrated by
the computer’s success in
fooling the judge.
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Artificial Intelligence
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Turing Test
Computer program
Human judge
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Human entity
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10.3 Information & Education
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Intelligent agent - program
which performs work
tasks--such as roaming
networks and compiling
data--on your behalf
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Operating room output
Entomologist in
Central America
Help for Stephen
Hawking
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10.4 Health, Medicine, & Science
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10.5 Commerce & Money
Sales & Marketing
Banking & E-money
Stock Trading
Manufacturing
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Retailing Becomes E-Tailing
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Indoor computer-driven
sports facility
Animator and the
digital face of the
film’s hero
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10.6 Entertainment & the Arts
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10.7 Government & Electronic
Democracy
Online voting
Campaigning
Paying taxes & fines
Touch screen voting
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Communication between
residents & local
government
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10.8 Jobs & Careers
Ways for you to find employers
Ways for employers to find you
Info on careers
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Ways for you to learn more about a potential employer
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Concept Check
An intelligent agent
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What type of program performs work tasks--such as
roaming networks and compiling data--on your behalf?
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Concept Check
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What is the term for hybrids of machine and organisms?
Cyborgs
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Concept Check
Knowledge base, inference engine, and user interface
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What are the three components of an expert system?
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Concept Check
Natural language processing
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What is the branch of AI that studies ways for
computers to recognize and understand human
language?
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Concept Check
The Promises of the Digital Agee
What branch of AI is a method of dealing with imprecise
data and uncertainty, with problems that have many
answers rather than one?
Fuzzy logic
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Concept Check
Tree-and-branch model
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Which telecommunications model has a centralized
information provider which sends out messages through
many channels to thousands of consumers?
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Concept Check
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What is the term for a device that represents the
behavior of physical or abstract systems?
Simulator
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Concept Check
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What is the development and study of machines that
can perform work normally done by people called?
Robotics
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Concept Check
Virtual reality (VR)
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What branch of AI is a computer-generated artificial
reality, which projects a person into a sensation of
three-dimensional space?
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Concept Check
Neural networks
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What branch of AI uses physical electronic devices or
software to mimic the structure of the human brain?
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