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Direct linkRachlin, Howard – Behavior Analyst, 2012
This essay uses the recent victory of an IBM computer (Watson) in the TV game, "Jeopardy," to speculate on the abilities Watson would need, in addition to those it has, to be human. The essay's basic premise is that to be human is to behave as humans behave and to function in society as humans function. Alternatives to this premise are considered…
Descriptors: Television, Programming (Broadcast), Games, Questioning Techniques
Oberdan, Thomas – Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society, 2009
The article "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" in last Summer's "Atlantic Monthly," raised a number of provocative, and indeed worrisome, questions about computer usage and cognitive development. For instance, persons with considerable experience of reading for the sake of pleasure report that, after a couple of years using computers a great deal, they…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Mathematics, Mathematical Concepts, Social Change
