Limitation of Technology

Question 1

Chauvinist

Answer 1

It’s someone who thinks that their country or race or sex is better than others.

I know what a chauvinist is.
In what decade was the term A.I. coined?
I think it’s quite a new expression so I’ll go for 1950’s

Question 2

Nuanced Problem

Answer 2

A nuanced problem is not simple, but it does have small & important areas which may be hard to spot, but they need to be considered.
A nuanced problem is subtle on, it’s not a case of wrong or right.

It’s a nuanced problem. What we have is data on the world as it is
& we have serious problem with racism, sexism, classism, ageism in the world right now … .

Question 3

Technochauvinism

Answer 3

Technochauvinism, is the idea that technology is always the highest & best solution.

Question 4

Objective

Answer 4

Sth that is objective is neutral, it doesn’t have a opinion, it’s fair & it’s unbiased.

So somehow over the past couple of decades we got into the habit of thinking that doing sth with a computer is always the best & most objective way to do sth … .

Question 5

Proxy

Answer 5

A proxy is also a person or a thing that carries out your wishes & your instructions for you.
A proxy is a piece of software but also someone who does sth for you, on your behalf.

… & that’s simply not true, computers are not objectives, they are proxies for the people who make them.

Question 6

Algorithms

Answer 6

An algorithm is set of instructions that computers use to perfrom their [cognitive]/[convenient] tasks.