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1. Some people say that chatbots are inferior for chatting. Others disagree. Discuss.
2. Discuss the financial benefits of chatbots.
3. Discuss how IBM Watson will reach 1 billion people by 2018 and what the implications of that are.
4. Compare the IoT with regular Internet.
5. Discuss the potential impact of autonomous vehicles on our lives.
6. Why must a truly smart home have a bot?
7. Why is the IoT considered a disruptive technology?
Select any example visualization or infographic and imagine the contextual factors have changed:
If the selected project was a static work, what ideas do you have for potentially making it usefully interactive? How might you approach the design if it had to work on both mobile/tablet and desktop?
If the selected project was an interactive work, what ideas do you have for potentially deploying the same project as a static work? What compromises might you have to make in terms of the interactive features that wouldnt now be viable?
What about the various annotations that could be used? Thoroughly explain all of the annotations, color, composition, and other various components to the visualization.
What other data considerations should be considered and why?
Update the graphic using updated data, in the tool of your choice (that weve used in the course), explain the differences.
Be sure to show the graphic (before and after updates) and then answer the questions fully above. This assignment should take into consideration all the course concepts in the book. Be very thorough in your response. The paper should be at least three pages in length and contain at least two-peer reviewed sources.
Of the five primary components of an information system (hardware, software, data, people,
process), which do you think is the most important to the success of a business organization?
Part A- Define each primary component of the information system.
Part B- Include your perspective on why your selection is most important.
Part C- Provide an example from your personal experience to support your answer.
What are the different ways that antivirus software can identify malware?
As part of the mastery requirements for this competency assessment, complete the following boldfaced item and place into the Word document:
Provide a minimum of 400 words to the following:
What are the different ways that antivirus software can identify malware?
Represent the ownerships and permissions shown in this UNIX directory listing as a
protection matrix. (Note: asw is a member of two groups: users and devel; gmw is a
member only of users.) Treat each of the two users and two groups as a domain, so
that the matrix has four rows (one per domain) and four columns (one per file).
rwrr 2 gmw users 908 May 26 16:45 PPP Notes
rwxrxr-x 1 asw devel 432 May 13 12:35 prog1
rwrw 1 asw users 50094 May 30 17:51 project.t
rwr 1 asw devel 13124 May 31 14:30 splash.gif
What is coding?
Describe the coding process as it relates to qualitative research design.
Discuss how a company went through the recovery process after a disaster. The article should not be older than 5 years old. The review of the article should be between 400-to-550 words and should summarize the article content along with your review of how the recovery process went. Please include how it applies to topics for the week, and why you found it interesting. A substantive post will do at least two of the following:
Ask an interesting, thoughtful question pertaining to the topic
Provide extensive additional information on the topic
Explain, define, or analyze the topic in detail
Share an applicable personal experience
Provide an outside source that applies to the topic, along with additional information about the topic or the source (please cite properly in APA 7)
Make an argument concerning the topic
If an AI were to be more intelligent than possible today, we can suppose that it could develop moral reasoning and that it could learn how humans make decisions about ethical problems. But would this suffice for full moral agency, that is for human-like moral agency?
Assume that you are in the midst of creating the procurement plan for your homebuilding project, and you are considering doing some of the work painting in the living room and bedrooms, as well as the installation of tile in the kitchen. What criteria would you use to decide if it made sense to take on the work yourself versus assigning to local contractors? Why do you believe this can be justified?
Assume that you are a team member for a homebuilding project in a neighborhood with an active neighborhood association that insists on strict standards for homes and associated features and appearances. The neighbors have been in the neighborhood for a long time and actively support the enforcement of neighborhood standards. How would you approach the communication of the project plans, progress, and the securing of approvals? How would you incorporate these issues in the project communications plan? In your opinion, how did you effectively cover your communication to them?