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Cultural Implications of Technology
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Early Networking Methods
Before the semaphore, the fastest information could travel was by horse.
Semaphore version of Wuthering Heights
Next came electric-line telegraph service in US, 1840s.
Telephone development: 1860s-1870s
Proliferation after patent expiration in the 1890s.
Unwanted Intrusion, Unwelcome Interruption
1897 article, about NY Gov. Chauncey Depew.
Could now be used to describe cell phone & text messages.
Often, technology merely places “old problems into a new context.” p. 25
Artificial Intelligence
AI: Techniques for making computers perform tasks that usu. require “human intelligence”
Components:
Pattern recognition
Conditioned responses based on “learning”
Page 16, “Output of the program improves over time as it ‘learns’ by evaluation results of its decisions on the inputs it encounters.”
Ex. Algorithms for search results/ranks; speech recognition programs; search robots
Robotics
Software & hardware to replicate movement & perform moves intelligently
Can improve human skills
Ex. Surgery devices that use software to “filter out” shaky hand movements p.18
Tools for the disabled:
Restoring abilities, promoting independence p.19
Some technology may provide a convenience for those regularly-abled but a significant benefit someone with a disability. P.19-20