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Where is technology taking us?
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Bwfc1958
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21 Re: Where is technology taking us? Thu Jan 11 2018, 18:41
Bwfc1958
Tinned Toms - You know it makes sense!
22 Re: Where is technology taking us? Thu Jan 11 2018, 20:02
Reebok Trotter
Nat Lofthouse
Bwfc1958 wrote:No matter how much technology comes along, I can never imagine myself sitting in a car that's driving itself. I would shit myself at every junction.
Me too!
23 Re: Where is technology taking us? Thu Jan 11 2018, 20:22
karlypants
Nat Lofthouse
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Bwfc1958 wrote:One for you here kp...
Stick this in your pipe and smoke it
24 Re: Where is technology taking us? Fri Jan 12 2018, 11:37
gloswhite
Guðni Bergsson
Apart from driverless cars, there is also the option of installing a device in every car that can control the speed remotely, from sensors on the side of roads.
Who would have thought just a few years ago that speed cameras could get so sophisticated, along with the system to award points, and take your money.
Who would have thought just a few years ago that speed cameras could get so sophisticated, along with the system to award points, and take your money.
25 Re: Where is technology taking us? Fri Jan 12 2018, 12:43
wanderlust
Nat Lofthouse
It's a brave and dangerous new world which needs far more regulation than at present e.g. personal data security which is something that is being retrofitted with solutions that should have been in place from the off. My big concern is is the use of genetic data which is so open to abuse. People born with a genetic propensity to get a particular disease or illness could have their whole lives disadvantaged simply because they a higher possibility of becoming ill even if they aren't actually ill. Those with desirable genetic traits could be fast tracked into positions of influence regardless of their actual ability. Insurance companies for example could quadruple the cost of premiums with certain genetic make ups. Employers could use genetic propensity as an employment selection test and ultimately people could select their partners on the same basis. A whole new underclass which takes no account of reality could be inadvertently created if we're not careful.
26 Re: Where is technology taking us? Fri Jan 12 2018, 13:05
RustyNail
Nicky Hunt
Ive been worried about people losing jobs to computers for some time. Particularly low paid, low skilled jobs.
We've already seen people on supermarket tills replaced. You can check in to hotel using a computer. Buy train tickets. Taxi and delivery drivers will go next. I'm sure you can automate a lot of industries, the technology is already there.
Where will all these people work in the future when they get binned off?
We've already seen people on supermarket tills replaced. You can check in to hotel using a computer. Buy train tickets. Taxi and delivery drivers will go next. I'm sure you can automate a lot of industries, the technology is already there.
Where will all these people work in the future when they get binned off?
27 Re: Where is technology taking us? Fri Jan 12 2018, 13:11
boltonbonce
Nat Lofthouse
They can join the team of helpers who carry Nat to work every morning.RustyNail wrote:Ive been worried about people losing jobs to computers for some time. Particularly low paid, low skilled jobs.
We've already seen people on supermarket tills replaced. You can check in to hotel using a computer. Buy train tickets. Taxi and delivery drivers will go next. I'm sure you can automate a lot of industries, the technology is already there.
Where will all these people work in the future when they get binned off?
28 Re: Where is technology taking us? Fri Jan 12 2018, 14:05
Norpig
Nat Lofthouse
you must get a death threat now Boncey29 Re: Where is technology taking us? Fri Jan 12 2018, 14:41
boltonbonce
Nat Lofthouse
She might not notice.Norpig wrote:
30 Re: Where is technology taking us? Sat Jan 13 2018, 09:13
gloswhite
Guðni Bergsson
The same thoughts were voiced some years ago, and it was thought that we would all have more leisure time, and that it was a good thing. The dynamic has changed incredibly, where there are now too many people for the jobs, and people are getting less leisure time than before.RustyNail wrote:Ive been worried about people losing jobs to computers for some time. Particularly low paid, low skilled jobs.
We've already seen people on supermarket tills replaced. You can check in to hotel using a computer. Buy train tickets. Taxi and delivery drivers will go next. I'm sure you can automate a lot of industries, the technology is already there.
Where will all these people work in the future when they get binned off?
There was a recent spate of reports saying how AI, etc is advancing and how it will help. I believe it wont just help but is now needed, to assist with the management of so many people and their personal requirements. Also, to keep up with the demand, of manufacturing, medicine, and general day-to-day life.
Of course the problem is keeping it safe and effective, and we've seen that the care of personal security, the handling of complicated and ever-growing systems, along with the dependence on fail-safes, etc, still has some way to go before we can happily banish thoughts of it to the background.
31 Re: Where is technology taking us? Sat Jan 13 2018, 11:20
boltonbonce
Nat Lofthouse
I feel more and more like number 6.
32 Re: Where is technology taking us? Sat Jan 13 2018, 13:15
observer
Andy Walker
I am not a number!boltonbonce wrote:I feel more and more like number 6.
34 Re: Where is technology taking us? Sat Jan 13 2018, 14:30
wanderlust
Nat Lofthouse
My head feels more like a number 2 today.
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