Hey everybody! So a while ago in my comp 2 class we watched a film over a computer called "Watson". Watson is a computer created by IBM that is able to think on its own and answer questions it was asked. In 2011, Watson was put in a contest against the two best people to ever play Jeopardy and, needless to say, it won!This got me thinking about how far we have progressed with technology in just a short amount of time. Five years ago, I remember using floppy discs and now I can save stuff wirelessly online without having to worry about ever losing it. Now I can use a laptop that is barely half an inch thick when five years ago, you were lucky to be able to fit your laptop into your back pack! All of these advances in technology that have happened in such a short time have me looking forward to the next 10-20 years but at the same, kind of dreading them.
First off, I am incredibly excited to see what kinds of new technology that the future will bring. I mean just looking at Watson makes me excited for possibilities that are being brought forth through robotics. That ranges from robot butlers (every lazy teenagers dream) to fully robotic, and fully functional, limbs for soldiers or normal citizens who lost them in accidents. I mean all of these possibilities are just so mind blowing and intense that I can hardly wait for the future to bring us these new technologies that will one day help us out.
At the same time, though, I kind of dread how this technology can separate us or even make us less active and more absorbed into the computer (or phone) screen. Already, like I've said before, my phone keeps me so distracted in public that I have no idea what is going on around me. I have become the best at being able to keep focused on my phone without running into anything when I am walking. How sad is it that I have gotten that much practice at it? Ever since my last post, I have been working on avoiding using my phone too much when I am around other people and I even deleted Facebook and Twitter. This was a huge step in paying attention to what is going on around me and even being able to connect better with my classmates. Only recently did I redownload Facebook and Twitter to my phone and I definitely use them a lot less than I did before. It made me realize how much time and effort I invest in Facebook and Twitter and how little any of that time on there was productive (communicating with friends and family from far away, news, etc.). It kind of worries me that there may be newer and better technology coming that can distract me even more than my iPhone already does!
This is incredibly neat. With technology advancing through phones and television, it also created a robot. Watson the robot is astonishing to hinder. As you stated the future may bring robotic arms for wounded troops or someone who has had a lim amputated. I think that would be the best benefit since the smart phone. wouldn't you think? Many of the times i also catch myself caught up in my phone while not enjoying my surroundings. As this crazy and insane technology keeps developing hopefully one day we can be able to teleport.
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