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where will we all end up
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At the tender age of seven I tried to envision myself in the year 2000. I saw an old gray-haired man doing all sorts of responsible "adult" things, like driving cars to the store, going to the fuzzy, indefinable zone called "work" and talking with other adults about indecypherable, incomprehensible subjects like "the war over there" and "taxes are killing me".<br>
Considering the current rate of technological advance, any assumptions of the future will prove as naive as my childish speculations. The future is a fuzzy, indefinable, indecypherable, incomprehensible subject which can be inferred only by examining our past.<br>
I predict that we will be confused old men, frightened by the technology we helped to create. It's a safe bet. My Grandfather could fix any machine ever built but he refused to pick up a hand-held calculator.<br>
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Cranial implants? Count me out. I'd rather use a keyboard and a fuzzy, but trusty, monitor.<br>
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Will computers take over? I doubt it. We aren't smart enough to let that happen.<br>
Will computers take on life? Yes. But the users will find many creative ways to kill them.<br>
Will computers improve the quality of our lives? No. Only you and I can do that.<br>
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Considering the current rate of technological advance, any assumptions of the future will prove as naive as my childish speculations. The future is a fuzzy, indefinable, indecypherable, incomprehensible subject which can be inferred only by examining our past.<br>
I predict that we will be confused old men, frightened by the technology we helped to create. It's a safe bet. My Grandfather could fix any machine ever built but he refused to pick up a hand-held calculator.<br>
<br>
Cranial implants? Count me out. I'd rather use a keyboard and a fuzzy, but trusty, monitor.<br>
<br>
Will computers take over? I doubt it. We aren't smart enough to let that happen.<br>
Will computers take on life? Yes. But the users will find many creative ways to kill them.<br>
Will computers improve the quality of our lives? No. Only you and I can do that.<br>
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Karl Blessing
Programmer
Technology take over?<br>
hmm, that would contradict the meaning of technology<br>
technology is the science of making our lives easier, faster, and what not, unfortunatly a computer is either a big toy, or a the creep next door whose getting the promotion(hehe doubt it), look at it this way, as fast as the computer can work for us, and the more a computer need programming, working and so on, a computer still cant pick itself up, and go sit on the toilet on its own, point is, there is no computer, and probally wont be in a long time, that can actually think on its own to the point where it will never need a human interaction. Used to be people thought computers would reduce to the job force to very low, and put people out of a job, others thought that it takes somethign away from you when a machien does it for you, dont know about the secnod one, but the first one, well lets just say there is a huge demand for people in those certain feilds. Right now computers to me are mainly enertainment, i mean at home my computer is my expensive toy, where the fun doesnt stop upgrading(unless you had a 486/25 SX computer for a while) Its funny how i've had friends that thought a computer completely thinks on its own, well it computes, it doesnt actually think, having a predefined set of rules, well there would be too many for them to actually think , and too many for computers to actually understand, computers are like a babyboom of the past decade(s) they'll all like kids, only difference the newer ones always seem to know more, and have abilities than the old ones (can you imagine throwing you granddad in the dumpster "sorry grandpa, yer too obsolete to work with"
We can become dependant on our own creations, and it's dependant on us as well, if computers had an inteligence to think on its own, should be programed with the knowledge, that we are dependant on machines now for survival, and the machines are dependant on us, for a purpose, a task. You think thats creepy, my brother been reading up on the human genome project, they're 70% done, when they are done, they'll be able to clone a human, without any biological donors. anyways, i said my peace hehe. good luck hehe. <p>Karl<br><a href=mailto:kb244@bellsouth.net>kb244@bellsouth.net</a><br><a href= </a><br>Experienced in , or have messed with : VC++, Borland C++ Builder, VB-Dos, VB1 thru VB6, Delphi 3 pro, Borland C++ 3(DOS), Borland C++ 4.5, HTML, ASP(somewhat), QBasic(hehe, yea it was 4.5 too, least i didnt start with COBOL)
hmm, that would contradict the meaning of technology<br>
technology is the science of making our lives easier, faster, and what not, unfortunatly a computer is either a big toy, or a the creep next door whose getting the promotion(hehe doubt it), look at it this way, as fast as the computer can work for us, and the more a computer need programming, working and so on, a computer still cant pick itself up, and go sit on the toilet on its own, point is, there is no computer, and probally wont be in a long time, that can actually think on its own to the point where it will never need a human interaction. Used to be people thought computers would reduce to the job force to very low, and put people out of a job, others thought that it takes somethign away from you when a machien does it for you, dont know about the secnod one, but the first one, well lets just say there is a huge demand for people in those certain feilds. Right now computers to me are mainly enertainment, i mean at home my computer is my expensive toy, where the fun doesnt stop upgrading(unless you had a 486/25 SX computer for a while) Its funny how i've had friends that thought a computer completely thinks on its own, well it computes, it doesnt actually think, having a predefined set of rules, well there would be too many for them to actually think , and too many for computers to actually understand, computers are like a babyboom of the past decade(s) they'll all like kids, only difference the newer ones always seem to know more, and have abilities than the old ones (can you imagine throwing you granddad in the dumpster "sorry grandpa, yer too obsolete to work with"
We can become dependant on our own creations, and it's dependant on us as well, if computers had an inteligence to think on its own, should be programed with the knowledge, that we are dependant on machines now for survival, and the machines are dependant on us, for a purpose, a task. You think thats creepy, my brother been reading up on the human genome project, they're 70% done, when they are done, they'll be able to clone a human, without any biological donors. anyways, i said my peace hehe. good luck hehe. <p>Karl<br><a href=mailto:kb244@bellsouth.net>kb244@bellsouth.net</a><br><a href= </a><br>Experienced in , or have messed with : VC++, Borland C++ Builder, VB-Dos, VB1 thru VB6, Delphi 3 pro, Borland C++ 3(DOS), Borland C++ 4.5, HTML, ASP(somewhat), QBasic(hehe, yea it was 4.5 too, least i didnt start with COBOL)
Karl Blessing
Programmer
hehe I might, i've been watching a college progress at trying to make this robot that learns to catch things by trial and error. <p>Karl<br><a href=mailto:kb244@bellsouth.net>kb244@bellsouth.net</a><br><a href= </a><br>Experienced in , or have messed with : VC++, Borland C++ Builder, VB-Dos, VB1 thru VB6, Delphi 3 pro, Borland C++ 3(DOS), Borland C++ 4.5, HTML, ASP(somewhat), QBasic(hehe, yea it was 4.5 too, least i didnt start with COBOL)
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