ITGS: Business and Employment

 Smart machines are not artificial people, but they are made by real people, for real people.  Machine "smartness" is how machines do, without immediate human control  Key is Automation Use sensor to analyze environmental conditions and CPU to take decision

 Scan fridge  Identify expired food  Reorder food  User receives updates and confirms using the mobile phone or computer  Items can be picked up or delivered home

 Lid opens automatically  Flushes  Lid closes after the business is done  The seat gets warm if the temperature is too low

 Alerts you to objects behind your car that you can’t see  Communicates with your bluetooth-enabled cell phone ○ ultrasonic sensors inside the rear mirror ○ senses the distance from the right, left, and rear ○ indicates the distance via LCD digits ○ four stages of warning signals (beep sounds)

 For Customers Life is easier ○ Less thing need to be done ○ Less needs to be kept in head Life is safer ○ Automatics is making sure everything is correct Automation  For Businesses Machines are more reliable It is cheaper It lasts longer It is faster It is secure

 Machines replace people at job More people are unemployed ○ Results higher crime rate  People get dependent on machines What if they break? Can they become smarter than us? ○ VMg VMg