1. EFFECTS OF COMPUTERISATION

2. INTRODUCTION FAST CHANGES FAST CHANGES HUMAN MIND HUMAN MIND MORE CONVENIENCE MORE CONVENIENCE PROFESSIONALS DEPEND ON COMPUTERS PROFESSIONALS DEPEND ON COMPUTERS EVEN NON-PROFESSIONALS- ENTERTAINMENT AND COMMUNICATION AT HOME EVEN NON-PROFESSIONALS- ENTERTAINMENT AND COMMUNICATION AT HOME

3. DEPENDENCE SOCIETY DEPENDS ON COMPUTERS SOCIETY DEPENDS ON COMPUTERS E.G.- FINANCIAL WORLD E.G.- FINANCIAL WORLD

4. COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY The shopping centres, the financial world of banking, insurance and credit companies. The shopping centres, the financial world of banking, insurance and credit companies. Industrial organisations: steel, chemical and oil companies: Industrial organisations: steel, chemical and oil companies: own internal administration and actual control of the plant processes, in extremes of cold, and in dirty and noisy atmospheres own internal administration and actual control of the plant processes, in extremes of cold, and in dirty and noisy atmospheres

5. EDUCATION AND AMDINISTRATION Form of teaching is known as computer- assisted instruction (CAI) and computer- assisted learning (CAL). Form of teaching is known as computer- assisted instruction (CAI) and computer- assisted learning (CAL). Civil Service aids the government in applying the laws of the country; local County Halls: administration of street lighting, refuse collection, housing, road maintenance, local laws etc. Civil Service aids the government in applying the laws of the country; local County Halls: administration of street lighting, refuse collection, housing, road maintenance, local laws etc.

6. TRANSPORTATION, OTHER PROFESSIONS Land, sea and air transportation and also traffic systems Land, sea and air transportation and also traffic systems The law, medicine, libraries, the armed forces and many other professions and working environments The law, medicine, libraries, the armed forces and many other professions and working environments

7. INDIVIDUALS The motorist, the air passenger, some hospital patients, the shopper in any large store, everyone who pays for rates, electricity, telephone or gas has their bills processed by computers. The motorist, the air passenger, some hospital patients, the shopper in any large store, everyone who pays for rates, electricity, telephone or gas has their bills processed by computers. Most people who receive a weekly or monthly salary: salary slips generated by computers. Most people who receive a weekly or monthly salary: salary slips generated by computers.

8. Why Society is Dependent upon Computers Ability to calculate (computer): speed, accuracy, consistency Ability to calculate (computer): speed, accuracy, consistency Processing Information: ability to record and store information, process that information, and reproduce the information efficiently. For quick decisions. Processing Information: ability to record and store information, process that information, and reproduce the information efficiently. For quick decisions.

9. DISADVANTAGES Privacy of Personal Information Privacy of Personal Information Unemployment ( new jobs also created. Use computer for dull and repetitive tasks, use people for creative and challenging work) Unemployment ( new jobs also created. Use computer for dull and repetitive tasks, use people for creative and challenging work) Technology Gap (poor countries) Technology Gap (poor countries)

10. Micro-electronics washing machines washing machines microwave ovens microwave ovens petrol pumps petrol pumps pocket calculators pocket calculators digital watches digital watches re­frigerators re­frigerators word processing machines word processing machines point-of-sale device point-of-sale device many computer peripherals, in military and space applications, and in aircraft many computer peripherals, in military and space applications, and in aircraft

11. Some Applications of Microcomputers Small organisations (lawyers, accountants, doctors) Small organisations (lawyers, accountants, doctors) Industries (automated assembly process) Industries (automated assembly process) Robotics for the disabled Robotics for the disabled

12. The Future Home Computers Breakfast, telephone calls, notes to reminds us Breakfast, telephone calls, notes to reminds us Working from Home (shop, CAL) Working from Home (shop, CAL) The Electronic Office The Electronic Office Artificial Intelligence (capability to reason, to make judgments, and even to learn. E.g. diagnosing lung diseases, locating mineral deposits, and deciding where to drill oil wells.) Artificial Intelligence (capability to reason, to make judgments, and even to learn. E.g. diagnosing lung diseases, locating mineral deposits, and deciding where to drill oil wells.) Great political and social revolution Great political and social revolution

13. ROBOTICS Advantages Advantages Increase productivity, Accuracy, Reliability, Flexibility situations, Quality, Speed, Efficiency Increase productivity, Accuracy, Reliability, Flexibility situations, Quality, Speed, Efficiency Disadvantages Disadvantages Initially expensive, Unemployment, Can cope with only particular aims, Need special maintenance Initially expensive, Unemployment, Can cope with only particular aims, Need special maintenance

14. CONCLUSION NO HUMAN CONTACT NO HUMAN CONTACT HIGH WAGES FROM CLERKS HIGH WAGES FROM CLERKS The future does not depend so much on computers but upon our use of computers The future does not depend so much on computers but upon our use of computers Decide when to use computers and when not to use them. Decide when to use computers and when not to use them.