ITGS: Business and Employment
Smart machines are not artificial people, but they are made by real people, for real people. Machine "smartness" is how machines do, without immediate human control Key is Automation Use sensor to analyze environmental conditions and CPU to take decision
Scan fridge Identify expired food Reorder food User receives updates and confirms using the mobile phone or computer Items can be picked up or delivered home
Lid opens automatically Flushes Lid closes after the business is done The seat gets warm if the temperature is too low
Alerts you to objects behind your car that you can’t see Communicates with your bluetooth-enabled cell phone ○ ultrasonic sensors inside the rear mirror ○ senses the distance from the right, left, and rear ○ indicates the distance via LCD digits ○ four stages of warning signals (beep sounds)
For Customers Life is easier ○ Less thing need to be done ○ Less needs to be kept in head Life is safer ○ Automatics is making sure everything is correct Automation For Businesses Machines are more reliable It is cheaper It lasts longer It is faster It is secure
Machines replace people at job More people are unemployed ○ Results higher crime rate People get dependent on machines What if they break? Can they become smarter than us? ○ VMg VMg