Information Technology Fundamentals (ITF)

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Information Technology Fundamentals (ITF)

• Mr. Shultz

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Todays 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)

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Smartest Machine on Earth

1. Some say a Watson victory could signal revolution
   in what?

1. Some say a Watson victory could signal revolution
   in what?

• Artificial Intelligence

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Smartest Machine on Earth

• How many consecutive Jeopardy games did Ken
  Jennings win?
• 74

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Smartest Machine on Earth

• To compete on Jeopardy, why must IBMs computer
  have an enormous knowledge base?
• It will not be connected to the Internet

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Smartest Machine on Earth

• What comet discoverer took a ship called the
  Paramour Pink on the first purely scientific sea
  voyage?
• Edmund Halley

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Smartest Machine on Earth

• In the cloud that the team created, what did
  each dot represent?
• A Jeopardy champions performance

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Smartest Machine on Earth

• Why is chess easy for computers?
• The rules are very well-defined and very clear

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Smartest Machine on Earth

• In 1997, what was the name of the IBM computer
  that beat Garry Kasparov at chess?
• Deep Blue

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Smartest Machine on Earth

• So far, how many rules does CYC have?
• Six million

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Smartest Machine on Earth

• Who is the Watson computer named after?
• IBM founder Thomas Watson

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Smartest Machine on Earth

• The electronic Watson consists of 2,800
  processors equal to how many high-end home
  computers?
• 6,000

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Smartest Machine on Earth

• Why did speech recognition need to be
  reprogrammed for every new speaker?
• Because everyones speech is slightly different

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Smartest Machine on Earth

• When does Watson dominate?
• On purely factual questions

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Smartest Machine on Earth

• Since Watson cannot hear, how does he receive
  each Jeopardy clue?
• As an electronic text message

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Smartest Machine on Earth

• What was the Final Jeopardy question that Watson
  got correct?
• Who is Bram Stoker?

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2020 Vision

• Watch video
• Answer questions
• Use NOTES on right side of page to write down
  predictions that you like

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2020 Vision

• How many students in how many countries were
  using laptops from the hundred-dollar laptop
  project?
• 5 million in 5 underdeveloped countries

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2020 Vision

• Because of the 100 laptop project, what did the
  average price of a corporate laptop drop to?
• Less than 500

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2020 Vision

• After Microsoft purchased Yahoo! and Dell, how
  much was Bill Gates worth?
• Over 500 billion

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2020 Vision

• How much college credit did students have when
  graduating from Arapahoe ?
• Minimum 2 years

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2020 Vision

• In 2013, what companies did Google purchase
  controlling interest in?
• Ford, Apple, and AMD

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2020 Vision

• How many dollars will Google save every year by
  using Google Panels for electricity?
• Tens of millions

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2020 Vision

• How many miles could the GCar go on a single
  charge?
• Over 1200

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2020 Vision

• What is used to power the quantum computer?
• Solar energy and water vapor collected from the
  atmosphere

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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

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2020 Vision

• Why was there no tuition charge at GoogleU?
• Ad revenues more than covered the costs

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2020 Vision

• In 2018, how much oil and natural gas did the
  United States import?
• None

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2020 Vision

• Where was the retinal projector for the eyeMagine
  computer mounted?
• Eyeglass frames

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2020 Vision Project

• Pick one future item from the video
• OR
• Think of a future item youd like to have by the
  year 2020
• Use Movie Maker to make an ad for the item
• Follow instructions/rubric

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Class Work

• Work on 2020 Vision Project
• Catch up on TCEs if needed
• TCE12, TCE13, TCE14, TCE15
• Catch up on any old work

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Information Technology Fundamentals (ITF)