1.5.2 - moral and ethical issues

Question 1

internet censorship

Answer 1

The control or suppression of what can be accessed, viewed or published on the Internet.

Question 2

positive connotations of blue

Answer 2

• trust, security, authority, soothing, peaceful

Question 3

negative connotations of blue

Answer 3

depression, loneliness and sadness

Question 4

connotations of green in different countries

Answer 4

• West: luck, nature, environmental awareness, wealth, inexperience, jealousy
• Indonesia: forbidden
• Mexico: national colour, independence
• Middle East: fertility, luck, wealth. traditional colour of Islam
• East: youth, fertility, infidelity

Question 5

connotations of orange in different countries

Answer 5

• West: autumn, harvest, warmth, sunshine
• Hinduism: auspicious and sacred
• East: love, happiness, humility and good health

Question 6

artificial intelligence

Answer 6

AI is the study of computers displaying intelligent behaviour usually characterised by decision making,
AI techniques include neural networks, evolutionary computation, Bayesian networks etc.

Question 7

Why is AI preferable to humans in the workforce?

Answer 7

1- don’t require payment
2- can work 24/7
3- can do dangerous work
4- can do repetitive and menial work

Question 8

Why is AI unlikely to take over most jobs?

Answer 8

1- people will be required to design these new systems
2- likely to assist but not take over which produces a more skilled worker
3- developments have been forecasted for many decades but never materialised
4- wildly optimistic forecasts
5- will it ever be able to show human levels of intelligence
6- will need to pass the Turing Test