its coming!

     

      this isnt this years pics, but i have seen troubling signs of impending bad weather today at lowes. they have just received a load of snow blowers  fresh off truck. and the riding lawn mowers are now on sale . 

     i will in an attempt to be brief will move on to our subject at hand. well speaking of data as i have for the last 3 posts  and perusing the aisles of lowes it came to me about how much more technology is affecting my life as compared to when i was a child. the bar code system which can be scanned by an app on your phone , now is responsible for stocking, ordering , and information of parts off the shelves . for the food we eat , and virtually everything we purchase today. it allows freight to be tracked and ends up as data in an accountants profit or loss column. 

     computers are responsible for the food we eat as they monitor chicken houses and monitor environmental , nutrition , and health of livestock. after the meat is packaged and stamped a bar code symbol is attached. all facets of our life is dependent on artificial intelligence. technology isn't just data management but is also felt in design . computer aided drawing , and design has allowed manufacturers to apply design stress analysis to simulate actual field conditions. this process allows manufacturers money saving start up costs. this has lead to larger more productive machinery with computer monitoring and adjustment .

    medicine , energy production , warfare and defense systems , our telephone and our newspapers are dependent on some kind of artificial intelligence. and now i ask. 

   is this good for america? are we becoming to dependent on complex mechanisms  to sustain life as humans in the event of a major tragedy affecting the majority of our population. do we need to dumb down the basics so we can effectively run an operation without the artificial intelligence. our power plants are very susceptible to environmental tragedies and without proper backup may be near impossible to restart after a national tragedy. sometimes the reemergence of electricity to a national tragedy event has a calming and soothing affect on people directly affected by the lack of electricity. should we not fool proof our generating systems , and a multitude of other industries we are dependent on to be able to run on basic commands of run and stop if it is vital to our society. 

    seems we always are looking for more efficient means of doing things. we pay our bills on line and you could in effect search e-bay and find that little red porsche you have always wanted. and where is all this technology going to end if it will. are we at the pinnacle of the human races ascent on higher learning? have we learned all we can and where do we go from there. or is the human race destined for an ending similar to the science fiction novel " flowers for algernon" , where this rat and a supposedly disabled person took this drug to make them smart . the book is told through the disabled persons eyes as his perceptions and writing style changes as they take a drug to make them smarter. he becomes so smart he recognizes the inherent weakness of the drug and eventually reverts to his old self. a sad but important book in my life. will man get so smart he wont know what to think about. will the human race atrophy, wither and die. have we sanitized our minds. or will the fringe thinkers provide out of the box solutions to human survival

        if you had a machine that does everything for you, thought for you showed emotions, and basically was capable of everything you are, what would you do or want then? 

     technology is a tool we use to help us and hopefully never think for us. men on the moon with a computer that was half of my laptop , just amazes me.

     we live in a fabulous time. enjoy the ride.