the spread of fake news, and misuse of personal information
As emerging technologies continue to facilitate increased data breaches, the spread of fake news, and misuse of personal information, it is quite easy to become skeptical about the role of emerging technology in the future. However, there are more reasons to be optimistic about technology’s role in making the world a better place. This essay will provide insight into the emerging technologies and the optimism they offer humanity in the future. Changes that can be adopted to enhance optimism despite the invasive ways that technologies are being used in a digital world.
One such emerging technology (AI) which revives optimism is artificial intelligence. There are many problems that AI promises to solve. For instance, farmers can use technology to diagnose the challenges facing their harvesting. After harvest, they also need to be linked to more languages to facilitate marketing, and AI becomes critical. I believe that with the changing environment in which we live in, AI presents a new optimism to relook at the challenges farmers face and custom solutions that are a perfect fit for the problems.
Technology keeps me awake at night when I have insomnia. The use of smartphones and other devices presents the danger of creating an unequal world in the future because those with better devices will be ahead of the rest. With the already existing global inequalities, I hope that emerging technology will not inculcate late capitalism. As a techno-optimistic person, I see a future where people are interacting seamlessly and reinventing themselves to become more intelligent and better versions of themselves. Technology is a disruption for the better; increased productivity, connectivity, and opportunities for all people who embrace it.
Whereas big data is inevitable for companies in a global market, I feel pessimistic about its value. What if the big data loses its human touch? Will emerging technologies combine data science to humanity? While emerging technologies help in stimulating economic growth in many sectors of the economy, I am optimistic that it will strive to address environmental issues such as climate change.
A connection is the essence of technology. What will happen if people are not connecting in a time like a pandemic is changing the way of life globally? The optimism in advanced analytics lies in the newly created opportunities for more networking in a new and better way and higher quality home entertainment without having to move to look for them. The digital tools are revolutionizing and automating many of the responsibilities that clog the cognitive space. What makes it even optimistic is the fact most of the digital tools are free and can be carried from one place to another with ease.
Carrying a global library in my pocket is fulfilling. As society becomes a global village, more people can research any content regardless of where one is. The plenty of information available in the online platforms presents unlimited potential for educational advancement. While such digital tools will harm a part of humanity, such as a sense of purpose, if they are utilized in moderation, they are more likely to open doors for new opportunities and happiness that may not be discounted.
Who would have ever imagined that emerging technologies would help to treat and care for genetic disorders such as Alzheimer’s? Technologies such as AI and virtual reality cannot be ignored by medical practitioners in the care and treatment of genetic diseases through genetic engineering and gene therapies. There is plentiful evidence on how these immersive technologies have brought relief and recovery of critical patients in need of care. Before the advent of these technologies, healthcare errors were prevalent. Besides, it is expected that health problems will be solved faster due to real-time delivery of support. Chronic conditions will be managed better in the future at a low cost.
Emerging technologies have enhanced contentment. Ambitions may not be achieved in an environment where there are barriers. To break these barriers, the internet is a one-stop-shop to bring disruptions and support goals and objectives. The endless opportunities presented by the internet give optimism; it offers individuals a chance to meet soul mates, reinvents life prospects, and make a difference in the world. Whereas technology presents opportunities for cyberbullies, online fraudsters, and crackpots, there is optimism that it will enhance people more towards solving their problems and making life better. The detrimental use of technology and opportunities provided for misuses such as racism, intolerance, criminality, and greed should be ignored. There is a need for more IT companies to adopt secure digital infrastructure and make internet use safer.
() presents the adverse effects of disruptive technologies such as harmful cognitive and psychological consequences. The consequences are as a result of intrusive connectedness. There is a need for efforts to negate the strong association between the heavy use of the internet and increased anxiety in modern-day life. Digital addiction also raises concerns about how companies’ big appetite for human attention through disruptive technologies will be contained. The competition among companies for social attention has made some of the companies to consume more and more human attention by the adoption of invasive technologies. People are living a continuous cycle of anxiety, unknown fear, and anger and do not know how to escape from the phenomena. There is a need for stakeholders to create technologies that can regulate how human beings respond to uncertainties.
Emerging technologies create a poverty of attention in the world. Information overload has existed before and is being replaced by fake news, fast and furious smartphone notifications, and addictive games, among other distractions. These destructions enhance stress levels as a result of constant interruptions and our fear of missing out. Disturbances are also affecting human relationships and creating less time for interaction. Authorities should come up with ways of making a human being adaptive enough to meet the socio-emotional and physical needs in a digitally disruptive world.
There is a need also to adopt digital technologies whose design and the algorithm will take into consideration the critical tenets of humanity, such as social empathy. Reimagining systems should be designed with high levels of integrity in the best interest of the consumers and be well regulated. The vision of a future where an application programming interface will be guided by principles to reduce cognitive load is all we desire.
Conclusion
Emerging technologies are trying to make the world a better place. However, tech companies are finding invasive ways to exploit data mined from the interaction between disruptive technologies and human beings. There is optimism that human beings will discover tools to enable them to adapt and cope with digital lives. I am optimistic that, regardless of the emerging issues with emerging technology, humanity will continue to have meaningful experiences.