Monday 17 April 2023

Final Post-Rick

        The rapid upgrading of science and technology has undoubtedly brought a lot of convenience to our life. It can make the distance between two people no longer far, it can allow you to receive purchased food or express delivery at home, it can observe your health and heart rate, and it can monitor every move of criminals.

        During the time I left China, my girlfriend and I were separated by a very long distance, with a time difference of 12 hours and a time difference of 13 hours during winter time. Thanks to modern technology, mobile phones allow us to talk or video chat anytime. When my sun sets, the sun on her side rises, which is also a kind of romance. When she catches a cold, I can use Chinese software in the United States to find and deliver cold medicine to her, and it can be delivered to her home in half an hour. When it's her birthday or Valentine's Day, I will buy her a gift one or two days in advance, and she will receive the gift I bought for her on her birthday or Valentine's Day. None of this would be possible without these technologies.

        Of course, modern technology also has many risks and problems. People become overly dependent on technology, because technology many workers lose their jobs, technology makes life more risky, it monitors your daily life in real time, the evolution of AI may be more risky.

        "Head-down family". This refers to some people who use smartphones and other portable devices with their heads down for a long time anytime, anywhere, and often never leave their hands. For example, during their daily walks and subway rides, they keep looking down at their mobile phones. I think this is a very common phenomenon in contemporary times, and the personal safety problem of this phenomenon is obviously very serious. You are walking on the street wearing earphones and looking at your mobile phone. You don’t know what’s going on nearby, and your head bumps into a street sign or a car accident.

        Unemployment, which is also a serious problem facing today. Technology replaces people's jobs because they make fewer mistakes, can do more delicate work, and they don't need to rest. For example, the current AI painting can put anyone's face on a video or picture. Some time ago, I saw a news that someone took a picture of a woman on the subway and turned her into "naked" with AI painting. . AI itself is mindless, depending on the intentions of the person using it for good or bad.

        The evolution of AI is endless, they can upgrade themselves or update themselves. It can be seen that the current AI has become more intelligent. It can control your home appliances, answer your questions, and become emotional. It's scary how certain appliances could be a way for you to be killed if your home's systems are hacked. I watched a movie "M3GAN" before, which tells the story of Megan, a life-like toy doll with a high degree of artificial intelligence, who is designed to be the best playmate for children and the most reassuring ally for parents. In the end, it became a killing machine in self-evolution. This is a science fiction film, but no one knows that science fiction films may one day become reality.