Technological advancements

Nma26 · Post by **Nma26** » 03 Aug 2018, 09:52

I think the personalized advertisements throughout the cities is a possibility in the near future.

ArriettyClock · Post by **ArriettyClock** » 03 Aug 2018, 13:13

Bianka Walter wrote: ↑02 Aug 2018, 15:17 I've seen children sitting on couches next to each other messaging one another on their cell phones. And that's not even starting on job replacement. I hope you're right - that it's based on society's needs.

This worries me as well. I've seen this a lot in both adults and children - adults having meals and messaging one other (or completely ignoring the person they're with and messaging others!). I've seen a few studies where a replacement of face-to-face human interaction with social media interaction actually increases anxiety and depression in young people. Technological advancements may not be the best for society's health and wellbeing.

thaservices1 · Post by **thaservices1** » 03 Aug 2018, 13:24

I think most of the tech described is totally possible in the next forty years, with the exception of the basic energy supplies. Most of it is already developed but without that key energy supply these will never develop into anything more than concepts.

tarafarah7 · Post by **tarafarah7** » 03 Aug 2018, 17:39

melissy370 wrote: ↑01 Aug 2018, 18:56 I think not having sales clerks for department stores could be in our future. We already have restaurants that have machines that take your order. At our grocery stores we can check ourselves out. It doesn't seem far fetched that soon sales people will be obsolete also.

Ohhh, for sure! That's a good one! I don't know why I didn't think of that. Hmmmm...now you got my mind turning.

CatlynnHighlights · Post by **CatlynnHighlights** » 03 Aug 2018, 18:08

I feel like a computer like Franklin is possible, that is to say, an advanced AI. We are pretty close to that already, and I feel we could definitely achieve it. Also, his wristband seems possible. It's just like a larger smartwatch.

Jessica Reehl · Post by **Jessica Reehl** » 03 Aug 2018, 19:20

Technology is moving at such an exponential rate. I think that makes it very difficult to predict when/what we may see in the future.

Yssimnar · Post by **Yssimnar** » 03 Aug 2018, 20:16

JHuschle519 wrote: ↑01 Aug 2018, 08:56 The other technology in this book that I see as possibly in the near future, although I hope to God it never comes to be, is the personalized advertisements throughout the cities. We already have facial recognition, and databases full of our consumer information, so it wouldn't be that much of a stretch to make this type of technology happen.

This is a terrifying thought!

Post by **Mallory Porshnev** » 04 Aug 2018, 07:50

I agree another poster that the watch is easily achievable. Scary as it may seem, Franklin is probably possible, too. I often read or watch futuristic things and can't believe what they think we will achieve in a few decades, but then it happens. Technology advances at such a fast rate.

Post by **Eileen R** » 04 Aug 2018, 08:10

Self thinking AI seems achievable in the future depending on how far programming advances.

Bianka Walter · Post by **Bianka Walter** » 04 Aug 2018, 09:54

pricklypurple wrote: ↑04 Aug 2018, 07:50 I agree another poster that the watch is easily achievable. Scary as it may seem, Franklin is probably possible, too. I often read or watch futuristic things and can't believe what they think we will achieve in a few decades, but then it happens. Technology advances at such a fast rate.

Absolutely! Just look at smart watches today. The things they can do are mind-boggling. Things happen so quickly!

Bianka Walter · Post by **Bianka Walter** » 04 Aug 2018, 13:56

Inioluwa mercy wrote: ↑04 Aug 2018, 12:48 I think forty years a long time, and that this type of advancement actually is possible. AI has been something that they've been working on for years, and I don't know that the general public fully understands where they are in the process.
“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons

40 years IS a long time. 40 years ago we had no internet

I think we have no idea how far along the line AI has got - I think a lot further than any of us know!

jay_2 · Post by **jay_2** » 04 Aug 2018, 17:41

Just looking back at so many years, a lot can happen in so short or so long of a time. 40 years is a long time. And the amount of things that could happen are mind boggling.

Britty01 · Post by **Britty01** » 04 Aug 2018, 18:09

Bianka Walter wrote: ↑01 Aug 2018, 12:57
JHuschle519 wrote: ↑01 Aug 2018, 08:56 Well, I think the first on ewe would see would be the watch that Agent Sliver uses to access all of his mission data. It's obviously far more advanced than today's smartwatches, but not by that much.

The other technology in this book that I see as possibly in the near future, although I hope to God it never comes to be, is the personalized advertisements throughout the cities. We already have facial recognition, and databases full of our consumer information, so it wouldn't be that much of a stretch to make this type of technology happen.
Absolutely. When I was reading, I actually thought about how the internet tracks your movements and shows you adverts according to what you have been surfing. I suppose this is the same premise.

I was reading that earlier today, and it made me think it would drive me insane. I already get sick of ads that pop up while I am trying to find information on the web. A world like that sounds would be the worst kind of hell.

PABS · Post by **PABS** » 04 Aug 2018, 20:11

JuliaKay wrote: ↑01 Aug 2018, 14:21 I think forty years a long time, and that this type of advancement actually is possible. AI has been something that they've been working on for years, and I don't know that the general public fully understands where they are in the process.

I agree. Advancements in technology seem to be increasing at an exponential rate, and I don't think people are aware of how far AI has come. Did you all know that hospitals in Japan are using AI to alleviate the nursing shortage?

Bianka Walter · Post by **Bianka Walter** » 05 Aug 2018, 02:33

PABS wrote: ↑04 Aug 2018, 20:11
JuliaKay wrote: ↑01 Aug 2018, 14:21 I think forty years a long time, and that this type of advancement actually is possible. AI has been something that they've been working on for years, and I don't know that the general public fully understands where they are in the process.
I agree. Advancements in technology seem to be increasing at an exponential rate, and I don't think people are aware of how far AI has come. Did you all know that hospitals in Japan are using AI to alleviate the nursing shortage?

Seriously? Well, there you go. It's interesting that AI tech is being used to substitute for actual people. I'm not sure I'm on board. But if not to substitute for people, I suppose it would have no purpose.
I'm going to google it now, that's super interesting. Thanks!