Technology in Action Homework assignment week 4
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Critical thinking question #1
I think computers will continue to advance. With the future innovations on
The road ahead Computers will continue to improve our quality of life. I hope that
Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) becomes more advanced. Some of the things I hope can
Be constructed are A.I. with enhanced characteristics such as personality traits.
Voice recognition that can make the consumer feel like they actually have a person
To unload their baggage on to, it would be a computer that functions like a real, live,
Office secretary that’s main priority is to serve you. I got ideas for this from the
Video game trilogy Halo by Bungle.
In the Halo video game Master chief (hero, protagonist) is a highly advanced
Space solider who has an A.I. personality named Cortana. She is intergraded with his
Armor and he has excess to her at all times. Her duties include guiding, updating,
Processing, and producing systematic solutions for the chief’s mission
Accomplishment. Cortana is an incredible A.I. with human personality traits, which
were easy to talk to, very passionate about her work, and the developers even went
As far as to create a sexually appealing female image. Though this idea is based on a
non-fictional story, the idea of A.I. expressed is real.
Perhaps smart phones and tablets are stepping-stones to the next ground
Breaking innovations, that has not yet been invented. Can we look at mobile
Devices and their operational mechanisms as blue prints for a better and brighter
Future in the field of technology? What must be done to bring Computers to the next
level? Where do we go from here?
I don’t think desktop computers are becoming obsolete. Desktop computers
are still more powerful then the mobile devices. Besides the Desktop is the
mothership of the fleet, in the sense