GE103 - Midterm review:

The basics of AI

Dr Robert Batzinger
Instructor Emeritus

Payap University
Chiang Mai, Thailand
3-Sep-2022

1 Session 1

1.1 Why is technical development so much more rapid today than 100 years ago?

1.2 What accelerates the rate of technical development?

1.3 What makes a technology successful?

1.4 What makes it hard for a new technology to be accepted and used?

1.5 Why did JF Kennedy’s proposed time schedule work but IBM’s repeatedly misjudges the trends?

2 Session 2

3 What the basic components of a nerve and what function do they play in the communication and processing of ideas?

3.1 Why is trhe neocortex so important for human intelligence?

3.2 How does a bunch of Rat brain cell learn how to fly a plan in a flight simulator?

3.3 What the basic limitation of the human brain?

3.4 Name several ways the brain uses to cope in times when it cannot cope with the volume of input data?

3.5 In Human interface What is a sixth sense?

3.6 In what ways is human intellect measured?

3.7 Where do creative ideas come from?

3.8 How do we know that human intelligence is a dynamic skill that varies over a lifetime?

4 Session 3

4.1 How is AI development different from algorithm development?

4.2 What are the best applications of regression or statistical machine learning?

4.3 What is bias and how does it effect the output of AI functions?

4.4 Why are genetic algorithms so fast in coming up with good solutions?

4.5 Why are the results of genetic algorithms not always able to find the best solution?

4.6 How is a neural network similar to the organization and function of the brain?

4.7 What is the basic principle behind self-organizing maps

4.8 What is a cone of certainty?

4.9 How can an AI based spelling checker be fooled?

4.10 What determines the accuracy of the output of AI functions?

4.11 What determines an ethical use of facial recognition by governments?

5 Session 4

5.1 What is segmentation and why is it important in Computer Vision?

5.2 What properties does an object in a visual scene exhibit within a computer vision system?

5.3 What method does Big C used to identify the products at the point of sale?

5.4 Why is product labelling important to a company like Big C?

5.5 What methods exists for entering text into the computer using computer vision?

5.6 What other methods can be used for entering text into the computer?

5.7 Name some examples of using computer vision to improve food quality?

5.8 Does automation of the work place also reduce the number of people employed?

5.9 Why are automated peanut sorters so popular within the industry?

5.10 What is the difference between virtual and augmented reality?

5.11 What are the 3 main goals of ethical and effective augmented reality?

5.12 What is the purpose of a data dashboard?

5.13 Name some areas of human intelligence that demonstrate weaknesses of the human system?

5.14 What are the key principles behind being smart?

5.15 What is the most effective use of AI in the workplace?

6 Session 5

6.1 What are the key points of Moore’s law?

6.2 How does Moore’s Law make the development of smart phones possible?

6.3 What other industries were destroyed by the emergence of the smart phone?

6.5 What new industries and services grew as the result of the massive growth in smart phone use?

6.6 What are the basic data gateways on a smart phone?

6.7 What aspects of human communication are still hard to achieve on a smart phone?

6.8 What sensors are typically a standard part of a smart phone?

6.9 What significant changes did the iphone introduce to the mobile phone industry?

6.10 Why did people make iphone so successful despite its high cost and radically new features?

6.11 Why are smart phones so much cheaper today?

7 Session 6

7.1 What are the basic components of an embedded AI system?

7.2 How does a smart pacemaker work?

7.3 What are muscle activators used for?

7.4 What is a cochlear implant and how does it work?

7.5 What powers the intracranial unit of a cochlear implant?

7.6 What makes modern, smart prosthetics so expensive?

7.7 What are the difference in functionality between a low cost and expensive artifical Hand attachments?

7.8 What is a biochemical pump and what is it used for?

7.9 How does a mRNA vaccine work?

7.10 What is a stem cell?

GE103 - Midterm review:

1 Session 1

1.1 Why is technical development so much more rapid today than 100 years ago?

1.2 What accelerates the rate of technical development?

1.3 What makes a technology successful?

1.4 What makes it hard for a new technology to be accepted and used?

1.5 Why did JF Kennedy’s proposed time schedule work but IBM’s repeatedly misjudges the trends?

2 Session 2

3 What the basic components of a nerve and what function do they play in the communication and processing of ideas?

3.1 Why is trhe neocortex so important for human intelligence?

3.2 How does a bunch of Rat brain cell learn how to fly a plan in a flight simulator?

3.3 What the basic limitation of the human brain?

3.4 Name several ways the brain uses to cope in times when it cannot cope with the volume of input data?

3.5 In Human interface What is a sixth sense?

3.6 In what ways is human intellect measured?

3.7 Where do creative ideas come from?

3.8 How do we know that human intelligence is a dynamic skill that varies over a lifetime?

4 Session 3

4.1 How is AI development different from algorithm development?

4.2 What are the best applications of regression or statistical machine learning?

4.3 What is bias and how does it effect the output of AI functions?

4.4 Why are genetic algorithms so fast in coming up with good solutions?

4.5 Why are the results of genetic algorithms not always able to find the best solution?

4.6 How is a neural network similar to the organization and function of the brain?

4.7 What is the basic principle behind self-organizing maps

4.8 What is a cone of certainty?

4.9 How can an AI based spelling checker be fooled?

4.10 What determines the accuracy of the output of AI functions?

4.11 What determines an ethical use of facial recognition by governments?

5 Session 4

5.1 What is segmentation and why is it important in Computer Vision?

5.2 What properties does an object in a visual scene exhibit within a computer vision system?

5.3 What method does Big C used to identify the products at the point of sale?

5.4 Why is product labelling important to a company like Big C?

5.5 What methods exists for entering text into the computer using computer vision?

5.6 What other methods can be used for entering text into the computer?

5.7 Name some examples of using computer vision to improve food quality?

5.8 Does automation of the work place also reduce the number of people employed?

5.9 Why are automated peanut sorters so popular within the industry?

5.10 What is the difference between virtual and augmented reality?

5.11 What are the 3 main goals of ethical and effective augmented reality?

5.12 What is the purpose of a data dashboard?

5.13 Name some areas of human intelligence that demonstrate weaknesses of the human system?

5.14 What are the key principles behind being smart?

5.15 What is the most effective use of AI in the workplace?

6 Session 5

6.1 What are the key points of Moore’s law?

6.2 How does Moore’s Law make the development of smart phones possible?

6.3 What other industries were destroyed by the emergence of the smart phone?

6.4 How does the smart phone basic human needs to communicate, network, record and share?

6.5 What new industries and services grew as the result of the massive growth in smart phone use?

6.6 What are the basic data gateways on a smart phone?

6.7 What aspects of human communication are still hard to achieve on a smart phone?

6.8 What sensors are typically a standard part of a smart phone?

6.9 What significant changes did the iphone introduce to the mobile phone industry?

6.10 Why did people make iphone so successful despite its high cost and radically new features?

6.11 Why are smart phones so much cheaper today?

7 Session 6

7.1 What are the basic components of an embedded AI system?

7.2 How does a smart pacemaker work?

7.3 What are muscle activators used for?

7.4 What is a cochlear implant and how does it work?

7.5 What powers the intracranial unit of a cochlear implant?

7.6 What makes modern, smart prosthetics so expensive?

7.7 What are the difference in functionality between a low cost and expensive artifical Hand attachments?

7.8 What is a biochemical pump and what is it used for?

7.9 How does a mRNA vaccine work?

7.10 What is a stem cell?