Information

Revolution
Mardi Adrian Zamora
Juliet Raven Bentulan
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What is the intellectual
revolution all about?
The information revolution has been accused of
exacerbating societal inequalities such as racial, class,
and gender disparities, as well as creating a new
digital divide in which those with the skills and
opportunities to effectively use information
technology reap the benefits while others are left
behind. In computer ethics, researchers look at how
the design of information technologies and their
integration into society can exacerbate inequalities, as
well as how ethical rules can be devised to ensure a
more equitable distribution of their benefits and
drawbacks. This research encompasses ethical
analyses of computer system and service accessibility
for diverse social groups, investigations of social
biases in software and system design, normative
studies of computer education, and ethical analyses of
 Who are the key figures in
the revolution?

Provided a
fundamental
contribution to
computer science
by refining the
concepts of
Allan Turing
(1912-1954)
algorithm and
computation.
How did the revolution advance modern science
and scientific thinking at the time?
The ideas of British scientist Alan Turing shaped our world. He laid the
foundations for modern computers and the information technology
revolution, as well as making far-sighted predictions on artificial
intelligence, the brain and even developmental biology. He also led vital
codebreaking efforts for the Allies in the second world war. Up until the
second world war, the word “computer” meant a person, who did
calculations either manually or with the help of a mechanical adding
machine. These human computers were an essential part of the industrial
revolution and performed often repetitive calculations, such as those
necessary for the creation of books of log tables. But in 1936, Turing, laid
the foundations for a new type of computer – one we would still recognize
today – and so played a seminal role in the information technology
revolution. Alan Turing published a paper, “On Computable Numbers, with
an application to the Entscheidungsproblem,” which became the foundation
of computer science. In it Turing presented a theoretical machine that could
solve any problem that could be described by simple instructions encoded
on a paper tape. As the 1950s progressed business was quick to see the
benefits of computers and business computing became a new industry.
 What controversies met
the revolution?
But a word of caution is in order. “Intelligence” has
always been a slippery subject, and the Turing test in
particular has long been fraught with controversy.
Turing described how it would work in a 1950 paper
titled “Computing machinery and intelligence.” He
took the idea from a traditional Victorian parlor
game, where you try to figure out if the person
hidden behind a curtain is a man or a woman, just by
asking questions. Turing’s much debated test has
turned 70 and is still fairly controversial. His 1950
paper is seen as a complex and multi-layered text and
key questions remain largely unanswered.
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