Maybe it's because I Robot was on last night or maybe I'm just paranoid about what movies have warned us the future holds. I just read an article about how everyone in the world will be connected to the internet by 2020. People will have personal robots, and everything from our homes, work, personal devises and entire lives would be connected. My mind flashed to the centralized robots taking over in I Robot and then to the aftermath shown in the Terminator series.
Am I just paranoid, or is a better question - why isn't everyone paranoid about this?
Just think of how your world and life has been changed and improved by what has happened in the last few years. Advances in the internet; smart phones - where you have access to your connected life on the go, from the internet to email, to built in cameras to apps for just about everything; social media platforms - connecting with people, companies and more in a way never before possible; online banking - connected to our banks on our computers and on our phones (including paying with our phones); streaming - video and movies on your computers and in your hands; cars with apps and smart phone connectivity; Google glass - where everything is right in front of you and you can record your life as it happens; and more.
Total connectivity has been the center of many movie themes - I Robot, The Terminator, The Matrix, Eagle Eye, 2001 A Space Odyssey, The Black Hole, Tron - all resulting in a catastrophic downfall. But the world keeps moving forward and developing these technologies, and everyone is buying. The only complaint I've heard about these new connectivities are about people who have left Facebook because they think their personal information is being shared for marketing purposes. Nothing about the dangers controlling your home security from your smart phone. One word - hackers. Someone hacked into Target to get over 100 million people's information. Even if there isn't a super computer going to take us all down, there's individuals that will.
TJ says: if the computers take over, just set off an EMP and we're all good.
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