CSSE-453: Final

The take-home final is designed to think about the future of Cognitive Computing, i.e. a future in which there personal assistants in the form of software apps. Apps that assist people who operate at a very high level.

Write a page and a half (give or take), single-spaced essay in which you envision a future, say in about 20 years, in which software personal assistants are prevalent. Give the reader a sense of how such a future might look like. Explain how a cognitive assistant might manifest by describing a concrete assistant and representative tasks that one may accomplish with it. Additionally, evaluate this future; i.e. what are some benefits, what are some concerns you may have.

Submit your write-up to the appropriate drop-box on Moodle.