Impact
Results for Impact
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- 34. Quantum Leap
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CNN Money: Reading Description: This article from CNN summarizes various viewpoints on how quantum computing will revolutionize our lives in the not too distant future. University of Virginia ph ...
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- 32. Computer Pioneer Alan Turing
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Wired: Reading Description: A look at Alan Turing's life and contributions to Computer Science. (computer pioneer alan turing) (CSP, Impact, Student reading, LO 7.4.1 - Con ...
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- 33. Why is Quantum Different
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Scientific American: Reading Description: Hans Robinson, assistant professor of physics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, explains how quantum computing works. The Bloch sphere ...
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- 31. The First Church of Robotics
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NY Times: Reading Description: This op-ed article from the New York Times discusses the future and limits of artificial intelligence, and some of the potential pitfalls of ever advancing artificial intelligence. ...
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- 30. Brian Harvey's AI notes
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Brian Harvey's Notes: Reading Description: This text from UC Berkeley Professor Brian Harvey discusses the development and current state of the field of artificial intelligence. It notes two main approaches to AI: ...
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- 29. Computers Solve Checkers—It's a Draw
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Computers Solve Checkers: Reading Description: This article from Scientific American documents Jonathan Schaeffer's decades long quest to solve the game of checkers. Image: © ISTOCKPHOTO/CHR ...
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- 28. What is IBM's Watson
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IBM's Watson: Reading Description: This article from the New York Times discusses the story behind IBM's new Jeopardy-playing supercomputer, and why natural language processing is such a hard problem in comput ...
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- 27. The Great Robot Race
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NOVA: VIDEO Description: The Great Robot Race is a documentary about the DARPA Grand Challenge in which autonomous vehicles participate in a 100+ mile race across the Mojave desert: "Twenty-three bizarre looking ve ...
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- 26. Blown To Bits: Chapter 8
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Blown To Bits: Reading Description: Chapter from Blown to Bits on the Federal Communications Commission's regulation and censorship of the public airwaves. (blown bits chap ...
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- 25. Blown To Bits: Chapter 7
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Blown To Bits: Reading Description: This chapter from Blown to Bits discusses regulation on the Internet: Where should regulation occur? Who gets to decide which content is okay? The chapter emphasizes the importance an ...
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