Controversy over the Uses of Computer (A Case Study of Local Government Areas in Ile-Ife kingdom, of Osun State, Nigeria)
Prince Awojoodu Soji
Department of Computer Science and Mathematics
Oduduwa University, Ipetumodu, P.M.B. 5533, Ile – Ife, Osun State, Nigeria
Email: awojoodusoji@yahoo.com
ABSTRACT
This research work, was carried out from four different Local Government areas, namely (Ife East, Ife South, Ife Central and Ife North), in Ile – Ife Kingdom of Osun State, Nigeria; to find out the way people think and reasoning, as whether computer is a human being or not because computer can speak. 3,200 open questionnaires were distributed to 4 Local Governments, out of which 800 was used in each local government. A total of 8 different locations were visited and sampled, out of which 400 questionnaires, were distributed in each location. It was gathered that above 55% of the people from the four local governments, supported that because computer can speak, computer is a human being, while below 45% of the people could not even understand whether or not computer can speak or computer is a human being. The results from the questionnaires when using (SPSS), Statistical Package For Social Sciences, on the Pearson 2-tailed correlation coefficient, however revealed that there was no significant difference on the summary data analysis, from all the people that supported that computer is a human being in the four Local Governments areas examined, (p < 0.01) and (p < 0.05 ) table 05, respectively. This clearly revealed that the above 55% of the people who supported that computer is a human being has become a reality, (p < 0.01) and (p < 0.05) table 05. This thought has been misconceived to the fact that, computer, in science methodology, is classified under non living organisms. It is assumed that computer does not have the collateral needed to make living organisms possible. For example, computer cannot walk or move. Computer has no blood; it has no leg or hand etc. In fact it is a plain nonsensical device (GIGO), that means, it is what you garbage-in to computer that computer will garbage-out back to you. This thought, has brought a serious controversy over the uses of computer among some people of our society, in our newly ages, computer era, as to whether computer is a human being or not. It is quite certain that, it is when a device is being programmed by a programmer that makes the artificial human speaks or works, and the operating system makes the computer to speak and behave like human being. It was however noted that the different ways computer can speaks among others are: In Space, through Special Purpose computers (the traffic light signals and the ultrasound machine used in the hospital), through Signals (abnormal alarm), through Handset Speaking Clock, in Games Packages, through Application Packages, through DOS, through GMS (phones) etc. It was however recalled that the constraint of computer is current (electricity), and if solar system can be replaced, the issue of power failure will be forgotten. Histogram with curvet was used to depict the summary data of each of the local government areas sampled in Ile – Ife Kingdom, of Osun State Nigeria.
