1. Computer Intelligence Engineers
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Computer Intelligence Engineers

2. What Is a Smart Computer?
A brain for thinking
What is a smart computer?
A smart computer is one that can think and learn new things. Even though it does not have a brain, it can understand things like humans do.

3. A Computer Called Watson
Has anyone made a smart computer yet?
Developing new computer technology
A company called IBM made a smart computer called Watson.
The TV game show that Watson was on
What has Watson done?
Watson won a TV game show by answering questions. Watson was also introduced to soldiers who were patients in a hospital. It answered questions for the patients.

4. A Good Reason for Smart Computers
A woman with an idea
Why do we need smart computers?
Smart computers will think like people. But they will think more quickly. They can find answers to very difficult problems for humans.

5. Who Might Use Smart Computers?
A doctor using a computer
A blind woman
A smart robot of the future
A man who feels sad
How might different people use smart computers?
Doctors could use them to help patients quickly and in better ways.
Blind people could use them to recognize when their friends are near and how their friends feel.
People who feel sad or upset could get answers to complex questions by talking with them.
Visitors to hotels could talk to them to get information about the local area.

6. How to Be a Computer Intelligence Engineer?
Asking questions
Studying the brain
What kind of person makes a good computer intelligence engineer?
To become a computer intelligence engineer, a person should
be a good thinker and be organized.
like asking questions and finding answers.
know a lot about computers and people’s brains.

7. Which School Subjects Are Good to Study?
What do computer intelligence engineers need to study in school?
They need to study computer science, math, and biology.
If they get a Master’s or Ph.D., they can get a better job as a computer intelligence engineer.
Math
Biology
Getting a university degree

8. Where are the jobs for computer intelligence engineers?
Working at a university
Where are the jobs for computer intelligence engineers?
Computer code
Some computer intelligence engineers do research or teach in universities.
Other computer engineers work for big companies making new smart computers or writing new computer codes for smart computers.

9. What will a future with smart computers be like?
In the Future?
What will a future with smart computers be like?
Future communication
In the future, you will be able to talk to your computer, phone, car, or even your house. The computer in these things will understand you. It will know how you are feeling and talk to you like a friend.
Future computer intelligence engineers

10. Vocabulary degree n. engineer n.
the qualification obtained by students who successfully complete a university or college course
engineer n.
a person who thinks of new ways to build things or solve problems

11. Vocabulary intelligence n. patient n.
the ability to learn, think, and understand
patient n.
a sick person who visits a doctor for help

12. Vocabulary recognize v. technology n.
to know someone or something, usually because you've seen them before
technology n.
the study and knowledge of scientific discoveries

13. Vocabulary university n. upset adj.
an institution of higher education having authority to award bachelors' and higher degrees, usually having research facilities
upset adj.
sad or worried; disturbed