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Which upcoming technology excites you? Which scares you?

Posted on 02/24/2018 7:48:22 AM PST by MNDude

The future of technology is looking for more amazing than ever. Technology will continue to shape our lives in positive and negative ways and will be used by the good in the evil alike.

The thought of self-driving cars seems exciting, but could it come with unforeseen drawbacks? It seems like computers that think like humans are always right around the corner. Will it be here in 10 years?

Which possible future technology are you most excited for, and which do you fear the most?


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1 posted on 02/24/2018 7:48:22 AM PST by MNDude
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This world wide web thingy concerns me.

My Gopher program seems buggy.


2 posted on 02/24/2018 7:50:09 AM PST by freedumb2003 (obozo took 8 years to try to destroy us. Trump took 1 to rebuild us. MAGA!!)
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1. Robots
2. Robots


3 posted on 02/24/2018 7:51:25 AM PST by nickedknack
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The new 5G network


4 posted on 02/24/2018 7:52:08 AM PST by diverteach (If I find liberals in heaven after my death.....I WILL BE PISSED!)
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You ain’t kidding. I can’t find a damn thing with this WAIS crap. No matter how many times I ask Veronica.


5 posted on 02/24/2018 7:52:39 AM PST by Ciaphas Cain (Liberalism, as with all else evil, can never create. It can only corrupt.)
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Excites me - driverless cars and full body scans that detect disease including cancer.

Scares me - nothing technologically. Everything has been great so far and I don’t see that changing.

Our debt scares me most!!!!


6 posted on 02/24/2018 7:53:32 AM PST by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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Possible advances against cancer and other disease excites me - not much scares me except what they might do to the human gene systems - if they can find a way to cure folks using their own bodies, they can come up with a way to kill us all off too.


7 posted on 02/24/2018 7:54:09 AM PST by trebb (I stopped picking on the mentally ill hypocrites who pose as conservatives...mostly ;-})
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The Voice Of God Technology (for real)
8 posted on 02/24/2018 7:54:14 AM PST by knarf (I say things that are true, I have no proof, but they're true)
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Can you get UUENCODE/UUDECODE to work? I was able to get some Playboy centerfolds but the downloads from USEnet took FOREVER!


9 posted on 02/24/2018 7:55:12 AM PST by freedumb2003 (obozo took 8 years to try to destroy us. Trump took 1 to rebuild us. MAGA!!)
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Nanocrystal technology - wireless electricity - is exciting.


10 posted on 02/24/2018 7:55:32 AM PST by Rennes Templar (Morning in America Again, again.)
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I want a 3-D printer.


11 posted on 02/24/2018 7:55:56 AM PST by BykrBayb (Lung cancer free since 11/9/07. Colon cancer free since 7/7/15. Obama free since 1/20/17. PTL ~ Þ)
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Excites... Super AI
Scares... Super AI


12 posted on 02/24/2018 7:59:23 AM PST by Bitman
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AI for blondes.


13 posted on 02/24/2018 7:59:51 AM PST by Lockbox
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It all excites me, but I really cringe at how big business is going to interact with it’s workers. Constant and real-time monitoring, etc.


14 posted on 02/24/2018 8:00:20 AM PST by umgud
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Autonomous killer drones


15 posted on 02/24/2018 8:02:06 AM PST by Elderberry
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BlondeStar helps for now.


16 posted on 02/24/2018 8:03:16 AM PST by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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3D printing.

Vertical Farming.

Cheap Clean Energy

Cheap Space Access.


17 posted on 02/24/2018 8:03:38 AM PST by crusher2013
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Excites— innovations for excellent purposes
‘Scares’—innovations for evil purposes
PS. Cars that fly and driven/flown by drunk illegals. lol


18 posted on 02/24/2018 8:05:24 AM PST by tflabo (Varmints)
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See the San Junipero episode of Black Mirror on Netflix..


19 posted on 02/24/2018 8:05:37 AM PST by mowowie
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The master algorithm scares me. A generalized program that can learn. There are algorithms that learned to play chess based on the rules and being unfettered by history played chess at a master level using strategies that were not used before. Robots are not the scary thing. It is algorithms that are lawyers doctors, engineers computer programmers.

It is not the driver less car but the coding that is learning how to drive the car that is scary.

There are several strategies being used to develop the algorithm they may all succeed in there own way.

The Chinese are investing in the in a big way.


20 posted on 02/24/2018 8:05:58 AM PST by sharpee
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