Unit 2 End of unit quiz

The problem with the “information bubble” that technology creates around us is that:

• We don’t suspect that it exists

• It reinforces confirmation bias

• It makes information search more time-consuming

• It is fluid and changeable

The idea that a machine can act intelligently in all major areas of expertise (as opposed to some specific areas) is known as artificial … intelligence

Artificial consciousness, as opposed to artificial intelligence, implies the ability of a machine to:

• Have subjective experiences

• Solve complex problems in a variety of areas

• Be indistinguishable from a human

• Be able to pass the Turing test

Select all options that are a solution to the hard problem of consciousness:

• Dualism

• Physicalism

• Futurism

• Eliminative materialism

What do you call a hypothetical point of time in the future when the development of technology will result in irreversible changes to the human civilization?

This method of scientific research allows you to investigate the evolution of complex systems of dynamically interacting variables

• The scientific method

• The experiment

• Computer simulation

• Digital extrapolation

The physical constants could be anything, and yet they are exactly what is required to enable life as we know it. This problem is known as:

• Multiverse

• Simulated Universe

• Fine-tuned Universe

• Big Bang

Some people deny computer-generated discoveries the status of knowledge. According to them, what’s the main thing that a computer is lacking even when it makes a genuine scientific discovery?

• Correspondence test for truth

• Degree of skepticism

• Understanding of the discovery

• Motivation

Tick all options that have been used as characteristics of Big Data

• Volume

• Variety

• Velocity

• Veracity

What’s the opposite of idiographic research in human sciences (one word)?