Information Technology Fundamentals (ITF) Mr. Shultz.

Information Technology Fundamentals (ITF)

Mr. Shultz

Today’s Objective(s) and Bell-RingerBell-Ringer1. Nothing to copy2. Get out your “Smartest Machine on Earth”

worksheet3. Sit at tables

Objective• TSW investigate future trends in information

technology, including artificial intelligence and voice recognition. (BUS66670.040)

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


2. How many consecutive Jeopardy games did Ken Jennings win?

74


3. To compete on Jeopardy, why must IBM’s computer have an enormous knowledge base?

It will not be connected to the Internet


4. What comet discoverer took a ship called the Paramour Pink on the first purely scientific sea voyage?

Edmund Halley


5. In the “cloud” that the team created, what did each dot represent?

A Jeopardy champion’s performance


6. Why is chess easy for computers?

The rules are very well-defined and very clear


7. In 1997, what was the name of the IBM computer that beat Garry Kasparov at chess?

Deep Blue


8. So far, how many rules does CYC have?

Six million


9. Who is the Watson computer named after?

IBM founder Thomas Watson


10. The electronic Watson consists of 2,800 processors – equal to how many high-end home computers?

6,000


11. Why did speech recognition need to be reprogrammed for every new speaker?

Because everyone’s speech is slightly different


12. When does Watson dominate?

On purely factual questions


13. Since Watson cannot hear, how does he receive each Jeopardy clue?

As an electronic text message


14. What was the Final Jeopardy question that Watson got correct?

Who is Bram Stoker?

2020 VisionWatch videoAnswer questionsUse “NOTES:” on right side of

page to write down predictions that you like

2020 Vision1. How many

students in how many countries were using laptops from the hundred-dollar laptop project?

5 million in 5 underdeveloped countries

2020 Vision2. Because of the $100 laptop

project, what did the average price of a corporate laptop drop to?

Less than $500

2020 Vision3. After

Microsoft purchased Yahoo! and Dell, how much was Bill Gates worth?

Over $500 billion

2020 Vision4. How much

college credit did students have when graduating from Arapahoe ?

Minimum 2 years

2020 Vision5. In 2013, what

companies did Google purchase controlling interest in?

Ford, Apple, and AMD


dollars will Google save every year by using Google Panels for electricity?

Tens of millions


miles could the GCar go on a single charge?

Over 1200

2020 Vision8. What is used

to power the quantum computer?

Solar energy and water vapor collected from the atmosphere

2020 Vision9. 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

10. Why was there no tuition charge at GoogleU?

Ad revenues more than covered the costs

2020 Vision11. In 2018,

how much oil and natural gas did the United States import?

None

2020 Vision12. Where was the retinal projector

for the eyeMagine computer mounted?

Eyeglass frames

2020 Vision ProjectPick one future item from the videoORThink of a future item you’d like to

have by the year 2020Use Movie Maker to make an ad for

the itemFollow instructions/rubric

Class WorkWork on 2020 Vision ProjectCatch up on TCEs if needed

TCE12, TCE13, TCE14, TCE15Catch up on any old work

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