Definitions
Deep Web
” The deep web refers to any internet information or data that is inaccessible by a search engine and includes all webpages, websites, intranets, networks and online communities that are intentionally and/or unintentionally hidden, invisible or unreachable to search engine crawlers.”
What is the Deep Web? – Definition from Techopedia. (n.d.). Retrieved July 30, 2019, from https://www.techopedia.com/definition/15653/deep-web
Internet2
“Internet2 is a U.S.-based and international nonprofit networking consortium led by researchers, academia and industry/government leaders. Launched in 1996, Internet2 works to advance the development of networking education and global partnering to facilitate innovative Internet technologies.”
What is Internet2? – Definition from Techopedia. (n.d.). Retrieved July 30, 2019, from https://www.techopedia.com/definition/24955/internet2
Activity – Reflective practice
Think about the ramifications of having ready access to information at all times. For example, how does this aspect affect you and your capacity to study this subject. What are 3 benefits and 3 negatives?
The ramifications of having access to information is both positive and negative. Personally, upon myself, I believe, I hate to say it, that is can make me lazier when it comes to completing work because the information is so readily available. This is especially relevant when it comes to research as it is like “well the information is always there so I really don’t have to go looking for it”.
Another negative of having 24/7 access to information is the ability to manage time and resources effectively. I love researching, as a designer, it was one of my favorites arts of the design process and was a massive part of the way I could develop a sense of context when completing design briefs. However the copious amounts of information available often meant that I could very readily fall into an “worm hole” of information research. I feel this is quite relevant to my current study pattern – there is simply so much that it can be difficult to stop and organise what I have already.
There are however, a lot of positives when it comes to the amount of readily accessible information available to us online. Having access to information doesn’t just mean research – it also can encompass collaboration. The ability to use collaborative media, especially now with the new emerging technologies such as google tools etc means that we can now communicate with others globally mans one can have required access to information almost instantly. this means that, especially in the research sphere, we can ideas, work collaboratively and work innovatively and therefore create greater success in the questions we are answering.
Wiki-wormhole
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=wiki-wormhole retrieved 22/09/2019
3 Team Collaboration Tools You Can Use with Google Drive
Max Productivity-Michael Ansaldo-Michael Ansaldo – https://www.pcworld.com/article/3049900/3-team-collaboration-tools-you-can-use-with-google-drive.html
Activity – Reflective Practice
Explain what you think the phrase – the tool is directing the user – means? How do you think embedded AI affects how people use technology in the digital environment?
The phrase ” Hey Google” is often said in our house hold.
In a nutshell, AI enables computers and other devices to perceive, analyze and adapt to their environments. Using software algorithms, these devices can perform tasks that would normally require human intelligence. AI enables machines to sense their environments, think, learn and respond on their own, becoming increasingly autonomous.
Embedding AI ( well, AI as we know it because true AI cannot exist without the technology of Quantum Computing – and that is a whole other story (Greene 2019)) into information development can both be a boon and a curse. This leads straight from the previous issue of access to information 24/7 where I acknowledge that too much information could be a bad thing. AI can help us organise this information.
The problem with this, is that in order for AI gathered information to be accurate, it needs to learn from an accurate source. Right now one of the problems with online information is that accuracy of that information. There is no authoring process for the internet, sure, some websites such as Wikipedia and news websites have some instance of checking but if this was accurate, then we wouldn’t have the instance of “Fake news” that we see so readily on social media. Recently, I read an article on the use of “Deep fakes” and the implications they could have on our ability to interpret information. A deep fake is a technique for human image synthesis based on artificial intelligence. It is used to combine and superimpose existing images and videos onto source images or videos using a machine learning technique known as generative adversarial network. The reason these deep fakes are so dangerous is because deep fakes are are lies disguised to look like truth If we take them as truth or evidence, we can easily make false conclusions with potentially disastrous consequences.
Greene, T. (2019). If you think AI is terrifying wait until it has a quantum computer brain. [online] The Next Web. Available at: https://thenextweb.com/artificial-intelligence/2017/12/20/if-you-think-ai-is-terrifying-wait-until-it-has-a-quantum-computer-brain/ [Accessed 22 Sep. 2019].
Pwc.com.au. (2019). [online] Available at: https://www.pwc.com.au/pdf/essential-8-emerging-technologies-artificial-intelligence.pdf [Accessed 22 Sep. 2019].
Clifford, C. (2019). 8 ways artificial intelligence is going to change the way you live, work and play in 2018. [online] CNBC. Available at: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/05/how-artificial-intelligence-will-affect-your-life-and-work-in-2018.html [Accessed 22 Sep. 2019].
This Bill Hader Deepfake Video Is Amazing. It’s Also Terrifying for Our Future. (2019). Retrieved 22 September 2019, from https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/security/a28691128/deepfake-technology/
