Pedro Is a Pessimist

question 69

Multiple Choice

Pedro is a pessimist. Based on longitudinal evidence, he is more likely to die __________ than his optimistic brother.

• A) of cancer
• B) of heart disease
• C) from accidents or violence
• D) of lung disease

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Definitions:

Sentience

The capacity to feel, perceive, or experience subjectively, often used in discussions about animal rights and artificial intelligence.

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Artificial intelligence that has cognitive functions that mimic a human brain, with the ability to understand, learn, and apply its intelligence to solve any problem.

Expert Systems

Computer applications that use artificial intelligence methods to solve problems within a specific domain that would normally require human expertise.

Neural Networks

Computational models designed to simulate the way the human brain operates, used in machine learning to recognize patterns and make decisions.