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Accordingtothesecondparagraph,whenwereachthestageofartificialin machinescanbeouragentsastheyunderstandourmachineswillgiveorderstosmartermachinestheymachineswillnotneedusanymachineswillbe ligentenoughtoboss 2、Thatwillopenthewaytothenextphaseofthedigitalage:artificialinligence.Byourprovidingsomanythoughtsandpreferencestoourmachineseachday,they’llaccumulateenoughinformationabouthowwethinksothatthey’llbeabletomimicourmindsandactasouragents.Scary,huh?ButpotentiallyquiteusefulAtleastuntiltheydon’tneedusanymoreandstartbuildingevensmartermachinestheycanbossaround. What’sthebestdescriptionofGordonMoore’slawasmentionedinthethirdparagraph?ItmotivatesthedevelopmentofthedigitalBillGatesrulesthedigitalworldwiththeItenablescomputingpower eIthelpsthedevelopmentofthe 3、ThelawpoweringthedigitalageupuntilnowhasbeenGordonMoore’s:thatmicrochipswilldoubleinpowerandhalveinpriceevery18monthsorso.BillGatesrulesbecauseearlyonheactedontheassumptionthatcomputingpower—thecapacityofmicroprocessorsandmemorychips—would enearlyfree;hiscompanykeptchurningoutmoreandmorelinesofcomplexsoftwaretomakeuseofthecheapbounty.Thelawthatwillpowerthenextfewdecadesisthatthebandwidth(thecapacityoffiber-opticandotherpipelinestocarrydigitalenearly canpeopledoinafuturesceneasdescribedinthefourthparagraph?ComposemusicandmakeitavailabletotheMake andchargeforWritebooksandsellAllofthe 4、Alongwiththerecentadvancesindigitalswitchingandstoragetechnologies,thismeansafutureinwhichallformsofcontent—movies,music,shows,books,data,magazines,newspapers,youraunt’srecipesandhome s—willbeinstantlyavailableanywhereondemand.Anyonewillbeabletobeaproducerofanycontent;you’llbeabletocreateamovieormagazine,makeitavailabletotheworldandchargeforit,justlikeTimeWarner! Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrueofa alizedmarkettendstobereplacedbythemassThesameproductisdistributedtomillionsof Individualscancontrolcentralizedfactoriesand 5、Theresultwillbeatransitionfromamass-marketworldto alizedone.Insteadofcentralizedfactoriesandstudiosthatdistributeorbroadcastthesameproducttomillions,technologyisalreadyallowingproductstobetailoredtoeachuser.Youcansubscribetonewssourcesthatserveuponlytopicsandopinionsthatfityourfancy.Everythingfromshoestosteelcanbecustomizedtomeetindividualwishes. B級第32Mind-reading【讀心 scanv&n neuronn. WhatisresponsibleforprocessingtheinformationsentbyyourAsmallregionoftheThecentralpartoftheNeuronsintheOxygen-rich 1.AteamofresearchersinCaliforniahasdevelopedawaytopredictwhatkindsofobjectspeoplearelookingatbyscanningwhat'shappeningintheirbrains.Whenyoulookatsomething,youreyessendasignalaboutthatobjecttoyourbrain.Differentregionsofthebrainprocesstheinformationyoureyessend.Cellsinyourbraincalledneuronsareresponsibleforthisprocessing. WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTmeantbytheCellsinyourbrainarecalledThemoreoxygenaneuronconsumes,themoreblooditfMRIhelpsscientiststodiscoverwhichpartsofthebrainprocess Whenyoulookatsomething,youreyessendasignalaboutthatobjecttoyourbrain.Differentregionsofthebrainprocesstheinformationyoureyessend.Cellsinyourbraincalledneuronsareresponsibleforthisprocessing. 5.AnfMRImachineisadevicethatscansthebrainandmeasureschangesinbloodflowtothebrain.Thetechnologyshowsresearchershowbrainactivitychangeswhena thinks,looksatsomething,orcarriesoutanactivitylikespeakingorreading.Byhighlightingtheareasofthebrainatworkwhena looksatdifferentimages,fMRImayhelpscientistsdeterminespecificpatternsofbrainactivityassociatedwithdifferentkindsofimages. 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WhatdidtheresearchersexperimentAnimals,objects,andfMRIThousandsof TheCaliforniaresearcherstestedbrainactivitybyhavingtwovolunteersviewhundredsofpicturesofeverydayobjects,likepeople,animals,andfruits.ThescientistsusedanfMRImachinetorecordthevolunteers'brainactivitywitheachphotographtheylookedat.Differentobjectscauseddifferentregionsofthevolunteers'brainstolightuponthescan,indicatingactivity.Thescientistsusedthisinformationtobuildamodeltopredicthowthebrainmightrespondtoanyimagetheeyessee. Whichofthefollowingcanbethebestreplacementofthetitle?TheRecentDevelopmentinScienceandYourThoughtsCanBeADevicethatcanHelpYou ThefMRI(functionalMagneticResonanceImaging.brainscanscouldgenerallymatchelectricalactivityinthebraintothebasicshapeofapicturethatsomeonewaslookingat. Likecellsanywhereelseinyourbody,activeneuronsuseoxygen.Bloodbringsoxygentotheneurons,andthemoreactiveaneuronis,themoreoxygenitwillconsume.Themoreactivearegionof