Writing Assignment 12/ Future Technology

I don’t agree with either of these articles. They both seem too out of line. The Kurzweil article is really far out there and exaggerated. In fact I almost thought it was a joke. “By 2009 there will be no computers” is what he remarks in his article. This just seems to soon- that’s about two years away from now. How will companies be able to afford all of this new technology- especially within two years? This statement was just a little too radical. Maybe the possibility of having programs being written into our retinas will be possible at some point but even if it were- not everyone would do it or could afford it. I personally wish I had the money to correct my vision with laser surgery. If I can’t afford that- why would I spend money on putting a program into my retinas- especially when I can’ even afford a new laptop. I think that it could be possible to display laser images- such as keyboards or virtual reality and I also agree that technology keeps getting smaller and smaller but I don’t think that it will occur too soon. Perhaps some people may obtain this new technology- but not just yet.

The second article seemed to focus a lot on machines and people allowing them to make decisions for us. If this does occur- I don’t think that it will be within twenty years. This goes back to what we discussed in class- these robots can be programmed to be at a certain level of intelligence- but they aren’t street smart to make some decisions for us. One tiny error in the programming and it can cause a problem.

I think that both articles were giving technology more credit than it deserves. Yes, we have great and advanced technology, but we aren’t going to be warping into different dimensions any time soon.