Alright, so what my last post was really about is easily summed up in this awesome video...
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Incorporating the Human Element into Current Computing
Alright, so you may be asking yourself what is meant by this title statement?
My thoughts of this is that as powerful as computing may be, we do not want our every day lives to turn out like George Orwell's novel, 1984. The reasoning behind this is that the minute that humans realize that they can produce a computer that can do a difficult task, the human element will essentially be lost. For example, computerizing a vacuum cleaner. Why would anybody want to manually vacuum anymore? It's tedious, loud, and you have to deal with the dogs barking like madmen at you (actually the only fun part of vacuuming). This is just a very, very simple example.
Now let's take a look at another example. Automatic parking with cars. The new 2012 Ford Explorer has this ability and the human element of parallel is lost. This bothers me, being from the Philadelphia area, that if you can not parallel park a car then you should get off of the road. It's actually disturbing the amount of people that allow the car to park itself. Personally, I do not trust a computer chauffeuring me when I can do it myself. Being a computer programmer this is a bit of an oxymoron, but I feel as if other people have this phobia also. Now, the question is apparent, in event of an accident by way of parallel parking (the Philly "tap" as we like to call it) who is held responsible, the driver or Ford? I believe that Ford will take little to no responsibility for that! And it's on you the driver to take the responsibility of a faulty machine. Another nail in the coffin.
The reasoning behind all of this dislike of recent computerized developments is that we rely TOO heavily on computers for tasks that can be done by ourselves. This is the platform for all of my entrepreneurial and programming ideas. My goal with programming is for creating, developing, and finding essential and humanistic programs that can help out the human race as a whole! I would like a system in which we are in control of a lot more aspects of our everyday life. I would like to have physicality over practicality. And most importantly gain knowledge instead of lose it.
My thoughts of this is that as powerful as computing may be, we do not want our every day lives to turn out like George Orwell's novel, 1984. The reasoning behind this is that the minute that humans realize that they can produce a computer that can do a difficult task, the human element will essentially be lost. For example, computerizing a vacuum cleaner. Why would anybody want to manually vacuum anymore? It's tedious, loud, and you have to deal with the dogs barking like madmen at you (actually the only fun part of vacuuming). This is just a very, very simple example.
Now let's take a look at another example. Automatic parking with cars. The new 2012 Ford Explorer has this ability and the human element of parallel is lost. This bothers me, being from the Philadelphia area, that if you can not parallel park a car then you should get off of the road. It's actually disturbing the amount of people that allow the car to park itself. Personally, I do not trust a computer chauffeuring me when I can do it myself. Being a computer programmer this is a bit of an oxymoron, but I feel as if other people have this phobia also. Now, the question is apparent, in event of an accident by way of parallel parking (the Philly "tap" as we like to call it) who is held responsible, the driver or Ford? I believe that Ford will take little to no responsibility for that! And it's on you the driver to take the responsibility of a faulty machine. Another nail in the coffin.
The reasoning behind all of this dislike of recent computerized developments is that we rely TOO heavily on computers for tasks that can be done by ourselves. This is the platform for all of my entrepreneurial and programming ideas. My goal with programming is for creating, developing, and finding essential and humanistic programs that can help out the human race as a whole! I would like a system in which we are in control of a lot more aspects of our everyday life. I would like to have physicality over practicality. And most importantly gain knowledge instead of lose it.
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