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An “intelligent” computer system has been designed to compete against people on a televised quiz show. A human presenter reads out a question and the contestant quickest to respond gets to answer the question.
Some examples of the quiz questions are shown below: Question What word means a water sport and also browsing the web? What word meaning “also” sounds like a number? Which animal is known as “the ship of the desert”? (a)
(i)
Answer Surfing Too Camel
The computer system requires the ability to process natural language. State two other aspects of intelligence involved in playing this quiz game.
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Problem solving, memory, learning, creativity, cognitive ability, other valid 1 mark for each of two valid. (ii)
Explain why this computer system better justifies a claim of “artificial intelligence” than a chess system developed to play the world champion at chess. Uses natural language (1 mark) which is a high order skill (1 mark) Uses a greater variety of human intelligence skills (1 mark) rather than manipulate a closed world of chess rules (1 mark) Requires the integration of human intelligence (in the same way that people do) (1 mark) instead of following of best path (1 mark) Uses judgement (1 mark) to decide levels of confidence for response (1 mark) Larger domain of knowledge required in quiz game (1 mark), Chess has a much narrower simplistic domain (1 mark) Any other valid (1 mark) with justification in context (1 mark) Page 22
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