Automating Circuits - Introduction to Simple Coding Preview CT-STEM

Working with Devices

We've all experienced it. You wake up, you roll over and click the button to wake up your phone to check to see if you have any notifications and.....

YOUR SCREEN IS BLACK!

What do you do? It's 6:30 am and you have to get to school by 8. Write out a list of things you might do. (We might all do the same first step, but what if that doesn't work? Keep asking yourself "What if that doesn't work?")

Questions

Please answer the questions below.

Question 1.1

What were your steps? List them out in order here.

Question 1.2

Have you ever asked Siri, Alexa, or your Google Home to do something and it responded, "I'm sorry, I don't understand?" What was your question and how did you rephrase it to get the answer you wanted?

Question 1.3

Why do you think that Siri, Alexa, or your Google Home sometimes responds, "I don't understand?" What does this mean in terms of the way these devices were programed?

Notes

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