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Advances in Computing
Chapter 13
Multimedia, Artificial Intelligence,
and Intelligent Agents
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Entertainment and Games
• I’ve installed my games, but my multimedia
system seems so slow. Besides buying a
new machine, what can I do?
• Games are very CPU-intensive and
memory- intensive. First male sure that you
comply with specifications on the package
• Some systems can take a CPU upgrade
• Most systems need more memory for
multimedia games
• In both cases, make sure that your
motherboard is specified for the proposed
upgrade
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Creating Multimedia
• Three items can make
marked difference in the
quality produced on a PC
– 1) higher-quality recorder,
camera, and/or video cam
– 2) higher-quality microphone
– 3) higher-quality cables
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Content Database
• The number-one
mistake
communications
beginners make in
multimedia production
– not labeling versions
before the tape or disk is
accepted
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Sound
• Proper sound levels are
critical in determining
whether the sound is a
distraction or an addition to
the production
• Music intonation should be
complementary to the scene
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Animation
• Multimedia beginners want
more and more animation
• Too much animation is a
distraction from the
production theme
• Animations should be added
only to enhance, not
dominate, a normal
production
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Multimedia Presentation
Software
• After initial training in multimedia software
presentation, one technique for improvement is to
try three functions a day, keeping a log of each
functions’ utility
• Most such software has additional add-ins, which
can be tried for a trial period
• The best policy is to have a “test” PC separate
from the rest, and to plan several unhurried days a
month for trying new combinations
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Artificial Intelligence
• AI
– could be the next major wave of computers
affecting major portions of daily modern life
– robotics, natural language processing, fuzzy
logic, expert systems, neural network, virtual
reality -- all -- have the ability to assist
tremendously in training and daily tasks
– the other news is that AI will never be a
substitute for learning and understanding any
major area of knowledge
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Robotics and Perception Systems
• While robotics clubs have been around
universities for a decade, the vastly
increasing power of CPU, memory, and
system buses have only now facilitated
by major changes in robot functionality
and capability
• Robotics clubs are producing systems
that industry is interested in
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Expert Systems
• ES and EIS, Executive
Information System, have a
better informed executive
• The paper and automobile
industries use them
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Neural Networks
• One of the biggest breakthrough in
neutral networks was the
understanding that human neural
networks are, in fact, an amalgamation
of both analog and digital computer
complexities, not simply digital
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