Ian Gover Education Technology Adviser Somerset County Council Am I cleverer than a computer?

Ian GoverEducation Technology Adviser

Somerset County Council

Am I cleverer than a computer?

What things make me brainier than a computer?

How does a computer count?

Write these numbers in binary

7 13 21 24

Write these as ordinary numbers

00011 00110 01111 10110

Play the binary game

http://bit.ly/elimbinarygame

http://forums.cisco.com/CertCom/game/binary_game_page.htm

How do I add binary numbers?

How do I add binary numbers together

11

+ 01

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How do I add binary numbers together

11

+ 01

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0 1

How do I add binary numbers together

11

+ 01

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00 11

How do I add binary numbers together

11

+ 01

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100

How quick is a computer?

A PC can complete:

40,000,000,000 FLOPS

(Floating Point Operations per second)

How quick is a computer?

A PC can complete:

40,000,000,000 FLOPS

(Floating Point Operations per second)

If a class of 30 learners could complete

1 FLOP you would need

1,333,333,333 classes

to match the computer

How quick is a computer?

A PC can complete:

40,000,000,000 FLOPS

(Floating Point Operations per second)

If a class of 30 learners could complete 1 FLOP you would need

or

44,000,000 schools to match the computer

The Conclusion

Computers are not clever they are just very fast and accurate -

I am cleverer than a computer just not as quick