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A system of beliefs
A short story conveying a moral
What is a fable?
interdisciplinary study that uses information from both physical sciences and social sciences to learn how the earth works
What is Environmental Science?
Pollution from computer parts which is very harmful to the environment and its inhabitants
What is E-Waste?
Technology or computer programs that don’t need to rely on human interaction to function
What is Artificial Intelligence?
the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities
What is symbolism?
The use of humor, irony, or exaggeration to expose/criticize something about society or individuals
What is Satire?
biological science that studies the relationships between living organisms and their environment
What is ecology?
process of social, economic, and environmental global changes that lead to an increasingly interconnected world
what is globalization?
A form of AI with no learning involved and will solve problems it comes across with the same solutions.
What is Reactive Machine?
An imitation of the style of an artist or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comedic effect
What is parody?
a community, place, or situation regarded as encapsulating in miniature the characteristic qualities or features of something much larger
What is microcosm?
high average per capita GDP and highly industrialized (United States, Canada, Japan, Australia New Zealand and countries of Europe)
low average per capita GDP and/or not highly industrialized (most in Africa, Asia, and Latin America)
What are developing countries?
This form of AI will use past events in order to predict how to solve issues
What is limited memory?
the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect
What is irony?
a picture, description, or imitation of a person in which certain striking characteristics are exaggerated in order to create a comic or grotesque effect.
What is a caricature?
society that meets the basic resource needs of its people indefinitely without degrading or depleting the natural capital that supplies these resources
What is a sustainable society?
Resources that exist in a fixed quantity. Once they are used up they are gone forever.
What are non-renewable resources?
A beginning form of AI that starts to show human emotions and feelings
What is Theory of Mind?
Use of an indirect word/expression to convey a more harsh meaning.
What is euphemism?
A story, or any work of art, with a deeper symbolic meaning
What is an allegory?
the amount of biologically productive land and water needed to supply each person with renewable resources to use and to absorb or dispose of wastes
What is ecological footprint?
explanation of environmental degradation that if “I” do not use the resource, “Someone else will”
What is the Tragedy of the Commons?
AI not yet attained outside of movies. The AI shows a full grasp of not only human emotions, but actual consciousness and knowing that it exists as AI
What is Self-Aware?