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Blog #9

Blog #9- What I Learned About the Digital Revolution and the Increasing use of AI applications Going into this class, I was excited to learn more about artificial intelligence and how modern technology works behind the scenes. Before taking this course, I mostly...

Blog #8

Blog #8- The Benefits and Liabilities of Digital Images and Media Did you know that digital images are not immune to noise or distortion, even though many people assume digital technology is always perfect? One of the most interesting things I learned in this class...

Blog #7

Blog #7- Critiquing Digital Technology and AI Through the Human Brain Did you know that your brain can run on about 20 watts of power while modern AI systems can require enormous amounts of electricity just to complete a task? That comparison really changed the way I...

Blog #6

Blog #6- Contrasting the digital representation of a concept with the “natural” object When comparing digital representations to “natural” ones, the biggest difference is how information is captured. Natural signals, like sound or images, are continuous...

Blog #5

Blog #5- process of digitization as it applies to text and sound Before digital technology, communication relied on physical movement by sending letters or even using pigeons, which could take days or months. The invention of the telegraph changed this by allowing...

Blog #4

Blog #4- Advantages and Disadvantages of a Digital Representation in a Historical and Modern Context Digital systems have transformed how we communicate, but they are not simply better than analog, there are some good and bad. One advantage of digital representation...

Blog #3

Blog #3- The Journey to the Digital World we Live in Today The digital world didn’t just appear, it was built step by step through creativity and the limitations of earlier communication. Before the telegraph, communication was entirely physical and messages could...

Blog #2

Blog #2- Classifying objects and concepts (from 3400 B.C. to modern) as digital or not digital. If you think digital technology started with computers, you’re wrong, the idea of “digital” goes back thousands of years before modern technology. To classify something as...

Blog #1

Blog #1- What Does It Mean to Be Digital? Do you ever wonder what the word “digital” means? It sounds simple, but it’s one of the most important ideas behind modern technology. Digital means that something is represented using a fixed set of symbols like ones and...