Question

In this unit, you were introduced to various kinds of software, particularly databases. Databases have made it possible to gather and analyze vast amounts of data. The study of that data has led to some surprises, such as the real favorite flavor of pie for most people—it’s not what you might think!

Watch the video Big Data Is Better Data. After you finish watching the video, answer the following questions:

1. Were you surprised by the “pie data”? Is it true for you, your family, and your friends? Why or why not?
2. The speaker argues that more data allow us to see new things. Think about your favorite hobby—skateboarding, listening to music, or whatever you most enjoy doing. What kinds of insights could big data provide about your hobby? How might these insights make things better for you? Are there any ways that big data could make your hobby worse?
3. The author mentions several challenges facing the world, including poverty and climate change. How might big data help us solve these problems?
4. Think of—and explain—one or more ways that society could use big data, other than the ones mentioned in the video.
5. Think for a moment about the potential problems with big data that the speaker mentioned:
   • Will we treat people unfairly for crimes they haven’t yet committed?
   • Will most jobs disappear due to automation?
   • Can we protect data from people who shouldn’t have it?

Choose one of these topics and research it by reading two articles about it. Here are three sources to use to begin your research:

Tween Tribune

Newsela

Channel One News

If you are having a difficult time finding what you want, try searching for “data privacy,” “data breach,” “automation and jobs,” “crime and technology,” or “robots and jobs.”

Include the following in your answer to the question you choose:

• Screenshots of the two articles that you read
• The question that you chose to answer
• Your answer to the question
• Three reasons that explain your answer to the question; use evidence from your research to support your opinion, but remember to use your own words!

Answer 1

Question I selecting is :

1. Will most jobs disappear due to automation?

When speaking about automation and jobs its a big day by day growing concern that the automation leads many humans in losing their job because almost all the duties done by humans will takeover by the machines.History shows that automation can and does often lead to growing employment in the affected industries. When major industries automate, their employment often rises rather than falls (see Figure 1). In the US, jobs in the cotton textile and primary steel industries grew rapidly alongside rapid automation for a century or more. Only later were sharp job losses associated with ongoing automation observed.

hile automation may eliminate jobs in some industries, it creates jobs in others.But this is not all good news. It means that many workers must adapt to new industries, skills, and occupations. The real policy challenge posed by new labour-saving technology is not mass unemployment but, instead, helping workers make these transitions.

The screenshots of articles:

The reason for selecting this question is it seems to be very relevant, there are certain misleading with this topics, everyone should be aware about the relation between automation and jobs.