Directions

I've seen directions and instructions everywhere. Directions and instructions come from anywhere like your job, GPS device and even goals you've set for yourself. Everything in the world has some type of order. Without order you cannot be organized and in turn, you cannot properly get where you want to be. This is why everything in life has directions and instructions. Think about it. If you have a job to do, you;re abiding by the rules and instructions to keep your job and improve it. When you use your GPS, you follow the directions it gives you in order to arrive at your destination. When setting a goal for yourself, you follow your own set of instructions and directions. These are all examples of where they come from and how they're so apparent in everyday life.

1) Take out the peanut butter jar, Jelly jar, butter Knife, a plate, and a loaf of bread and set it on the table.

2) Next take 2 slices of bread out and set it on the plate.

3) Open the jar of Peanut butter and Take the butter knife and scoop a little bit of Peanut of butter and spread it evenly on one side of the slice bread.

4) Then wash off the peanut butter off the knife in the sink till its fully clean.

5) Then open the Jelly Jar and scoop a little bit of jelly and spread it evenly on one side of the other slice of bread.

6) Put the 2 slices of bread together and eat.

7) then close both of the jars of peanut butter and jelly and put all the items away.

Discussion

The directions that people forgot to mention was to make sure you spreading the peanut butter and jelly on one side of the slice bread not both. It's important to be specific with directions because depending on your saying people might take it literally. The role the human interpretation has in directions is that we have more common sense so when someone says "clean the spoon" we know to wash it in the sick instead of being literal and clean some where else.

Reflection

The importance of specific instructions are that they keep life in sync or in check. Without them, we wouldn't be able to keep any order and everything will become chaos. With instructions, you can get things done accurately and leave less room for errors, if any. When given specific directions, you also need to realize that there may be some kind of errors present.  If you can spot these errors, they will make it easier for you to follow them and understand what was meant. An example of thus is when you're following cooking directions Computers follow directions differently than humans because computers are not built with common sense like humans are, causing them to take things with literal meaning rather than using the sense of complex understanding and reasoning that humans have.

What is Intelligence?

Intelligence is how well you can comprehend, learn and analyze the world around you. Everyone is intelligent in their own way. One person can be good at understanding cars, yet one can be good at thinking of pictures to paint. Intelligence is potential. Computers are intelligent, they can learn from experience and command. They can do things they weren't made to do because of their ability to adapt. That is also intelligence.
Who is Katy Perry? What color is the sun? What does a cat drink? You want to know if you are talking to a computer or a human when you are submitting sensitive information digitally. If you are talking to another computer, then most likely your information will be compromised.
The chatterbots that was the most realistic was Fake Kirk. He took what you said and created conversation. The level of intelligence required to adapt to your words must have been very high. I enjoyed how the bot comprehended my words and responses to create their own ideas.
20Q is not very intelligent. While it does have some form of prediction and learning skills, it cannot make complex connections, therefore the game cannot accurately predict what you're thinking or talking about. No, 20Q wouldn't pass the Turing test. Its intelligence isn't dynamic enough.
A time where one computer might want to know if it is talking to another computer or not is when you are submitting or requesting information. An example of this is when the computer gives you a word verification to answer. Based on this, a correct answer can determine if a computer is talking or a human is.

Visualizing Data

Visual patterns are everywhere. They are always in every aspect of your life no matter what. The symmetrical design of everything in your daily routine is a visual pattern. Buildings, grasslands, cornfields and other landscapes are examples of visual designs. Clothing, blankets and dishes are others. Everything has a pattern, whether it be naturally or artificially made. Even in a different sense with quantitative data, numbers can reveal visual pattern. An example is this would be the weather in the winter going into the spring, you can tell the weather is steadily increasing.

Presentation

Telling a Story with Data

When I hear the word data, I think about stats and other forms of factual information. Official documents and logs of recorded info are what I think about when I hear the word data. Seismographs,  lie detectors and electricity bills are examples of this. Data can be found relatively anywhere. Anywhere an event is recorded is a source of data. Data comes from logged sources where the data is kept. These are usually privacy sensitive places. This includes places such as hospitals, givernment buildings, schools and even your home.

Objects in Picture:
Trophy
Books (Approx. 60)
Toy Soldiers (3)
Picture frame
Lava lamp
Poster (7)
Paintings (2)
Calendar
Globe
Violin
Fish bowl w/ fish
Stereo speaker
Hamburger
Sandwich
Slice of pizza
Television set
PlayStation 2 system
iPod, headphones
Guitar
Potato chips
Laptop
Can of soda
Shoe
Boy
Radio
CD's
Phone
Cups
Toys
Nintendo DS
Controller
Window with city background
Glasses
Pen

The data in the picture tells me that the person that lives in this room is very social and enjoys reading books, listening to music, playing video games and playing with toys. The child boy can be seen playing the guitar, listening to his iPod. Another that can be said from the picture is that the child is very disorganized and messy. There is pizza and other things that shouldn't be on the floor, on the floor, right in front of the boy. He is a rebel and doesn't listen to his parents, he is spoiled. There is an endless amount of assumptions or conclusions that can be made from this picture so I will stop now.

In my opinion, most of the items in this room are related to entertainment. Books, games, toys, television, instruments and music are all forms of entertainment.

There are 3 toy soldiers.

Yes, there are advantages to different forms of representation. One representation can provide one meaning while the other can show a new perspective of the same situation.

Any representation that's different from the previous one will always tell a different story. Imagine two different people telling the same exact story, no matter what, it will be presented differently no matter how hard each individual tries to make them the same. The source is different so the story will also be.

The drawing came first. Without the imagination of the objects, there would be no way to list the objects. The list could have came first but you can tell it didn't because of the way the objects are drawn, they are not cluttered like the artist was pressured to gather all the objects onto the page.

Communications and Data Chart

Computers for Communication

Computer Communication Mechanism

• E-mail
• Facebook
• Twitter
• AOL instant messenger
• Kik Messenger 
• iMessage
• Instagram 
• Google Plus
• Youtube
• IRC
• Tumblr
• Snapchat
• BBM
• Vine
• VOIP

My Document//Privacy Presentation

Technology has recently changed the way we communicate by allowing humans to share their words very quick and easily without having to stress through the hassle of having to physically send your messages. Before you had to actually have a gathering to get your word out. Now, you can share your opinion by sending a simple email within minutes. It's a phenomenon that we are able to do this. Without it, we wouldn't have progressed as far as we gave today, especially in the time that has passed.

However, it affected our privacy negatively. Just about everything you put on the internet, which is the main form of communication today, is out there for anyone to see. Now, you need to be very careful of what you say because anyone may know. This wouldn't happen before since communication was entirely physical. Although we can easily communicate today, we face the risks associated with sharing our thoughts through the internet.

Evaluating Websites

You can tell if a website is credible if it is a well known source, if it is a source from an official such as the government or education and even the last edit. Old information is no longer valid anymore. The source should also seem credible from given effort. Would you trust a site that appears to be poorly created?

How to evaluate a website?

• Does the website have references
• Links to sources
• .edu, .com, .org
• Satisfying appearance 
• Up to date
• Ease of navigation (intuitive)

Link to Spreadsheet: Rubric