MIS 200 Exam 1 Review
Data VS Information VS Knowledge:
- Data: raw facts; unformatted - Information: processed and formatted - Knowledge: information presented in a way to understand
GenAI Limitations:
- Does not "think" as humans conceive of thought - No internal state representation of the world - Content is dependent on the data it is trained on - Can conflate what is popular with what is true - Limited to producing and summarizing long-form text - Bad at keeping up with "moving" data
Examples of Knowledge Workers
- Financial Analyst - Computer Programmer - Marketing Analyst - Accountants
Components of Information Systems:
- Hardware - Software - Telecommunication Networks
AI Outputs can produce Falsehoods that:
- Include inaccurate information - Create citations and nonexistent sources - Respond irrationally
Ethical Code of Conduct:
- Is it legal - Is it ethical - Does it make business sense
Impacts of the Digital World
- Privacy - Mental Health - Environment - Addiction - Work
Examples of GenAI Content
- Text - Images - Code - Audio
Internet of Things (IoT)
A network of a broad range of objects that can share data over the internet (Ex: smart watch, smart refrigerator)
Neural Networks
Algorithms that scan huge amounts of data, analyze it, and identify patterns within it; primary component of GenAI
GenAI
An algorithmic data processing and learning model designed to be able to dynamically create original content
Popular Text AI Tools
ChatGPT and Eden AI
Information Privacy
Concerned with what information an individual should have to revel to others
Big Data
Extremely large and complex dataset characterized as being of high volume, variety, and velocity
Popular Video AI Tools
Fliki and Descript
Tokens
GPT breaks prompt down into smaller inputs
Not all WHITE COLLAR JOBS are what?
Knowledge workers
Large Language Models (LLMs)
Known as language-based Neural Networks
Popular Image AI Tools
Midjourney and Dall-E
Digital Density
Number of people and objects that are connected
Outsourcing
Practice of hiring a party outside a company to perform services/create goods
Knowledge Workers
Synthesize knowledge as a fundamental part of their jobs
Globalization
Term to describe how trade and technology have made the world more connected and interdependent
Digital Divide
The advantage those with access to information systems have compared to those without access
The Digital World
The availability and use of digital tools to communicate via Internet, digital devices, smart devices, and other technologies
People
The builders, managers, users of information systems
Organizations
The context of information systems
Data
The root purpose of information systems (Collect, organize, synthesize)
Embeddings
Tokens are included into this to create relational links
Not all BLUE COLLAR JOBS are what?
Traditional workers
ChatGPT doesn't understand languages in the sense we do (T or F)
True
Network Effect
Whatever makes up the network; the more devices you have the more useful the network is
