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New Computing In 2019 and Beyond - Opportunities, Challenges, and Threats

Fromm Institute Fall 2019 - lecture 1 Bebo White - bebo.white@gmail.com

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calendar

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administrivia (1/2)

• all slides will be available online at each class - http://bit.ly/

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• slides are subject to change from those posted and those used
• all have Creative Commons license (i.e., can be freely shared)
• don’t try to write down materials on slides - that’s why they are

dense - focus on listening and understanding

• feel free to record (if you are that interested)
• questions in the basket or via e-mail; I will share best ones at the

next class

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administrivia (2/2)

• if I get going too fast or too technical, let me know
• topics are a “moving target” - will try to keep up with

current news and developments

• I am happy to provide a reference list or bibliography
• will stay around for discussions after class through

lunch

• I will take periodic breaks for Q&A

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goals for this course (1/2)

• in general
• to give you:
• an experience
• a whirlwind tour of many different systems of

utopian desires, future fantasy, and experimental life

• mental exercises and philosophical challenges

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goals for this course (2/2)

• in particular
• to help you to:
• appreciate why some of these new computing

technologies are unique, revolutionary, and disruptive

• have the vocabulary and understanding to evaluate

stories that you read/hear

• participate knowingly with friends, relatives, colleagues

in discussions on these topics

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Goals for this course

• to help you to
• appreciate why some of these

new computing technologies are unique, revolutionary, and disruptive

• have the vocabulary to analyze

stories that you read/hear

• do some good mental exercises
• but mainly TO HAVE FUN and BE

CHALLENGED!

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• ne interesting view of

computer evolution and society

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selecting topics - disruption vs.hype (1/2)

• technology is a form of social relationship and always evolves
• technology begins, develops, persists, mutates, stagnates, and

declines

• Amara’s Law: “We tend to overestimate the effect of a

technology in the short run and underestimate the effect in the long run.”

• a disruptive technology/innovation is often different

from what may be expected (mutation?) and “changes the landscape;” “who saw that coming?”

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examples

• web-based video (e.g., Netflix)
• ride-sharing services (e.g., Uber)
• cryptocurrency (e.g., Bitcoin)
• collaborative commerce (e.g., Airbnb)
• 3-D printing
• etc., etc.

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(source: Deloitte)

squares=foundation; circle=enablers; diamonds=disruptors

selecting topics - disruption vs.hype (2/2)

• hype - the promotion of a product or idea

intensively, often exaggerating its importance or benefits

• how can we separate what is hype and what is

genuinely disruptive?

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gartner hype cycle

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planned syllabus

• Class 1: The Internet of Things (IOT)
• Class 2: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), and Deep

Learning (DL)

• Class 3: Data Science, “Big Data,” and Data Analytics
• Class 4: Blockchain without Cryptocurrency
• Class 5: Computer Interfaces of the Future - beyond the keyboard, screen, and

mouse

• Class 6: Robotics
• Class 7: Ubiquitous Systems
• Class 8: Quantum Computing

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how long have we talked about a connected society?

• smart cities, smart homes, smart
• cars. etc. - the stuff of science

fiction

• separate items working together

with purpose

• but we could not figure out how

to do it - connectivity, communication, security, data sharing etc.

• what technologies would it take?

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disruption or hype?

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first, what is the internet?

• “a worldwide system of computer networks - a network of networks

in which users at any one computer can, if they have permission, get information from any other computer”

• possible due to a standardized communications protocol - TCP/IP -

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol

• WWW is not the Internet, it is an application/program that runs/
• perates on the Internet infrastructure
• the Internet has a very interesting history that I would recommend

researching

• it is OK to refer to “the Net”

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Types of Networks

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• bjects with some

computing element