Message from UPEC. COMPUTERS AND CONNECTION.

Message from UPEC: 

Hello, all. 

I need to know if you are having great difficulties with computers
and your Internet connection. 

Are you sharing a computer with many other members of your family? 

Do you have a poor wi-fi Connection? 

Please let me know if you would like to be lent a computer from the University. 

UPEC has some computers in stock, and they are bringing more.

The University can also lend you a 4G card. 

So, please let me know, so I give your contact information to UPEC.

Please send an e-mail to my Blog address (upecenglish100@gmail.com), in which you mention:

Your name and Last Name:
Your Student Number:
The Problem you have: (I need a better connection, or I need a computer. (Or both) 

Thank you.

How Do I Calculate your Grade

Your grade is calculated as following:

Participation (all the classes you attended plus all the weekly works you submitted): 50 %
Written exam (last week) 50 %.


I understand this last work was a little bit long, but I posted it for you, because I think that the information the documentary contains is very valuable. I strongly believe that education can change this world, even little by little.

Because I think the documentary is good, and it should not be taken as a burden, I will extend the deadline, until Wednesday, April 22, at 11:59 PM.

Also, if you complete this last work about Chomsky, I could consider a little bonus in your participation grade.

Noam Chomsky - Requiem for the American Dream.

CLASS - April 15. 

You have to watch the video (linked below) and answer the 10 questions. 

You can work in groups (maximum of students per group: 3).

Format: Word or PDF.

Deadline: Sunday, April 19, at 11: 59 PM (23h 59m). 

Please send your work, as always, to upecenglish100@gmail.com

REMEMBER: sending your work to my yahoo address is NOT VALID. 

Please answer all these questions. (Find the video linked below)

1. How does Chomsky define “democracy”?
2. Explain why, according to Chomsky, concentration

of wealth yields concentration of power. 

3. “The constitutional system has to be set up to 

prevent democracy”: explain this sentence in the context

 of the Constitutional Convention of the United States. (1787)

4. How does Chomsky define the 1960s? Explain. 
5. (Human Rights, Women's Rights, Environment, Opposition 

to Aggression, et cetera).  

5. What was the reaction against the democratizing movements

of the 1960s during the 1970s? 

6. How was the economy re-designed during and after 

the 1970s? (Explain: financialization of economy, 

off-shoring, redesign of the tax system ).

7. According to Chomsky, why does the neoliberal system 

criticize the idea of solidarity?

8. Why do the American elites have an anti-union 

sentiment? 

9. What does it mean, for Chomsky, “manufacture consent”?
10. What is the purpose of marginalizing the population?

Class - April 8. Contrôle Écrit

Hello, everyone.

This is the Contrôle Écrit. 

Please write all your answers INDIVIDUALLY, and send them, as usual, at upecenglish100@gmail.com

DEADLINE: Sunday, April 12, at 11: 59 PM (23h59m)

I repeat: this work is individual. Works signed by more than one student will NOT be accepted. 

By this time you should know that I upload tasks every Wednesday. So, this time, works sent after the deadline will not be accepted. 

I beg you not to send your work to my address in Yahoo. PLEASE send it to 

(and I REPEAT): upecenglish100@gmail.com

The Rise of Artificial Intelligence | Documentary 

Please watch the video at the bottom, and answer all the questions. 

1. Define Artificial Intelligence. What is “machine learning”?
2. According to Geoff Hinton, how do we have to proceed in order to understand a complicated device?
3. Explain the notion of “perceptron” according to Rosenblatt. 
4. What was the correction that Hinton made to Rosenblatt’s notion?
5. Describe, briefly, the Tesla auto-pilot system. 
6. According to Yoshua Bengio, what is the main concern about A.I.?
7. How does Lyrebird work? 
8. Explain Sutton’s approach to machine learning. 
9. Explain the concept of “singularity” in the field of A.I. 
10. How does Blueberry work?