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Check out this short film for Halloween! Subscribe if you enjoyed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSR7n5j8NBo

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Check out my new short film! Subscribe to my channel if you enjoyed it.

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I find it potentially beneficial to learn the diseases children could have. But I wonder, are there any drawbacks to technology like this?

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It’s pretty wild to think technology is now so ingrained in our lives that it’s now starting to awaken some new phenomenons like vEAR (visually-evoked auditory response).

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Tron/The Matrix Long Blog Post

We discussed closed systems in the class, this idea means that a certain organization or company is not allowing their users to get 100% access to the item they purchased. We see it with companies like Apple, pretty much all of their devices seem to require additional immediate payment for something else even though their users have likely already dropped a ton of cash on an iPhone but they now need to spend $3.99 for a certain program on their phone. On the opposite side of closed systems, we have open systems, which means users have access to exactly what they paid for. Take Google for example, their products include everything the user expects upon initial payment.

In the film Tron (1982), the concept of closed systems is very prevalent in my opinion. We see Flynn trying to gain access to information inside of a video game created by MTP, but he keeps getting shut out by the company. While the objective Flynn is trying to achieve might be illegal, the company is still restricting Flynn from gaining access to information from a device that he likely paid for. MTP is a closed system and is monitored carefully by everyone who works there.

There’s a line in Tron (1982) that stuck with me. It’s toward the end when a character says to the villain, “I remember when the MTP was a chess program. It started small and it’ll end small.” I noticed our beginnings, when it comes to the progression of the personal computer, are eerily similar. One of the first programs on Steve Jobs’ first computer was a chess program. While we, as a technologically obsessed culture, won’t end small, (since we’ve already progressed well beyond “small”) it’s interesting to look at this with an outside perspective. Can Tron evolve the same way we have as a digital culture?

In The Matrix (1999), I noticed a lot of parallels with our digital culture and the one presented in the film. The simulations we see in the film aren’t that much different from the ones we have available to us currently. They’re certainly not as detailed or advanced as the ones presented in the film, but I feel VR could possibly get there someday. It’s possible we could one day be living in a society that bears a striking resemblance to the society in The Matrix (1999). This digital culture is constantly about innovating and evolving, so could we one day see a VR system where we can actually have a separate life and do whatever we want in some sort of simulated reality?

Both of these films present a very realistic reality that we’re not too far away from actually living in. These stories have relevant topics and themes during the times they were released and they even have relevance now, potentially even more so. We could live in a future where we have our own Tron or Matrix software. The question then becomes, do we welcome this or do we fear it?

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I think that the whole concept of how video has evolved over the years is very interesting. We started off with videos on TV, then YouTube, and now we even have them on our smartphones. People post videos to social media in order to get likes and views, which is very different than the original purpose of it. Think about it, what would your life be like without videos?

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This article shows some statistics on how Chrome is actually proven to be the most used web browser. I didn’t know Chrome was the most used since it’s still kind of new, I figured Safari would take 1st. 

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Not only is this a groundbreaking event in terms of marketing, it also raises the question we’ve been hearing often: will theaters die out? It relates a lot with what we were discussing in class about physical media and how it’s sort of dying out and being replaced with streaming. Could Netflix and other streaming services run movie theaters out of business? Will this surprise marketing technique move forward in a bigger way? 

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We’ve come a long way since the invention of the first PC. We now find that there is a huge variety of new technology from competing brands. There’s no longer just one specific PC model, there’s a bunch.

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It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.

Albert Einstein

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Elders Adapting to New Technology

https://www.zmescience.com/research/technology/elderly-adaptability-to-technology-0534/ 

An interesting article about elders adapting to the new world around them. Some predicted Otlet would have trouble keeping up with the advances in technology despite him creating a breakthrough himself. The article provides some simple methods for elders to master the skills their grandchildren have been born into. It also makes you realize how one day this generation will also have trouble keeping up with these advances. 

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“Sex Bots” Are the Future of Dating?

For the last few weeks I've noticed an insane amount of memes and news articles discussing this new “sex bot” that has been created. At first I didn’t even think it was real. But after doing some research, I can confirm that yes, it’s very real. If you visit Realbotix.com you can find all kinds of selections for the ideal “partner.” Sergi Santos has created something that has already sparked a ton of controversy and conversation in the media. Some think it’s perfectly normal for a man or a woman to want to develop a human relationship with an android. Others, however, think this is absurd and completely ridiculous. No matter how you look at this creation, you can’t deny that it’s a huge breakthrough in technological discoveries. We’ve finally seen realistic and almost human Artificial Intelligence. After reading chapter 3 of Chris Anderson’s “The History of the Future,” I’ve discovered that in a very odd way, nothing’s changed. Of course, the achievements have only gotten greater and more advanced over the centuries, but at the end of the day, all this technology is really doing is filling the place of a human being. Whether it be a spinning jenny or a sex robot, the only function it serves is taking the place of the human. In this case, the sex robot stands in for the man or the woman. The robot can engage in intimate conversations and remember your likes and dislikes and can even have intercourse with you. I find it interesting how after all these centuries, the core of these monumental achievements remains the same. 

I personally feel you should be able to love whoever or whatever you want, so I don’t have a problem with this AI breakthrough. However, don’t expect to see me roaming the halls with my very own robot. How do you feel about this technological advancement?