Introduction to Video Game Programming (VGP) Mr. Shultz

Today’s Bell-Ringer and Objectives Bell-Ringer 1.What do the letters FBLA stand for? 2.How many total members are there at all levels, including advisers? 3.Where can top state winners compete for honors each summer? Objectives Given a programming video, TSW assess the impact that new computer technologies have made over time and how technology continues to evolve. (BUS )

Bell-Ringer 1. What do the letters FBLA stand for? F uture B usiness L eaders of A merica

Bell-Ringer 2. How many total members are there at all levels, including advisers? 260,000 Total 215,000 High School Division 11,000 College Students 20,000 FBLA-Middle Level 3,000 Professional Division 11,000 Advisers

Bell-Ringer 3. Where can top state winners compete for honors each summer? At the National Leadership Conference

Today Smartest Machine on Earth video/worksheet Complete “About FBLA” worksheet (from last class) Complete “FBLA Scavenger Hunt” worksheet

Smartest Machine on Earth IBM Computer “Watson” plays Jeopardy!

Smartest Machine on Earth What is AI? Artificial Intelligence

Smartest Machine on Earth What was the name of the computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey? HAL

Smartest Machine on Earth How long do Jeopardy contestants typically have to answer a question? Three seconds

Smartest Machine on Earth Jeopardy champions answer around 50% of the questions. What percentage do they get correct? Around 90%

Smartest Machine on Earth At it’s electronic core, what simple language does a computer speak? Binary code, on or off

Smartest Machine on Earth What was the name of the IBM computer that beat the world champion Gary Kasparov at chess in 1997? Deep Blue

Smartest Machine on Earth So far, how many rules does CYC have? Six million

Smartest Machine on Earth Who is the Watson computer named after? IBM founder Thomas Watson

Smartest Machine on Earth The electronic Watson consists of 2,800 processors. How many high- end home computers is that like? 6,000

Smartest Machine on Earth Why did speech recognition have to reprogrammed for every new speaker? Because everyone’s speech is slightly different

Smartest Machine on Earth When does Watson dominate? On purely factual questions

FBLA Go to mrshultz.com Click on VGP Click on the FBLA national web site link Complete “About FBLA” Worksheet

Click on “About FBLA-PBL”.

Virginia FBLA Go to mrshultz.com Click on ITF Click on the Virginia FBLA web site link Complete “FBLA Scavenger Hunt” Worksheet

Hover your mouse over “FBLA – Middle & High School” to see the menu

Today Smartest Machine on Earth video/worksheet Complete “About FBLA” worksheet (from last class) Complete “FBLA Scavenger Hunt” worksheet

Introduction to Video Game Programming (VGP) Mr. Shultz