5.1 Beneficial and Harmful Effects
1. Exam Points
Identify beneficial and harmful effects of computer innovations (such as a program or application).- Understand
concepts such as cloud computing, machine learning, and data mining.
Purpose of machine learning: analyze data, find patterns, and make decisions based on data.
2. Knowledge Points
(1) Concepts
- Some concepts about computing innovations
Machine Learning(机器学习): is the process of a computer analyzing data in order to make predictions and decisions based on trends in the data.Data Mining(数据挖掘): refers to the process of searching for hidden information within large datasets through algorithms.Cloud computing（云计算）: is a computing method based on the internet, which distributes computing tasks across a resource pool formed by a large number of computing devices (which also enhances collaboration).
(2) Beneficial and Harmful Effects of Computing Innovations
- Computing innovations may have
beneficial and harmful effects.
- A single effect can be viewed as both beneficial and harmful by different people, or even by the same person. (Ex. tiktok, AI programs)
- Responsible
programmers try to consider the unintended ways their computing innovations can be used and the potential beneficial and harmful effects of these new uses.
3. Exercises
