One cannot help but notice that artificial intelligence is creeping higher and higher in our everyday lives, intertwined, interfering. And I will name but a few examples, else this page be overwhelmed.
Let’s go to a bathroom in a gym. Try the sink. It has a red light that will turn the faucet upon movement. You have no control over how much water comes or how warm. The stream is so feeble it is unable to wash the shaving cream off the razor. It comes out cold and becomes warm only after lots of cold water (water it is “saving” for us) is wasted waiting for it to become lukewarm. The end result is water wasted wholesale.
Right next to it is a soap dispenser, and it drips out soap because you moved near it but did not ask for any. The soap will find a way to drip into your bag.
And the paper dispener? Yup, a little red eye dispenses a sheet if someone passes in the vicinity. Need it or not, you got it.
These devices all spend more resources than they save.
A mobile phone is very smart, very AI. Touch the phone anywhere and a question pops up. Hey, I didn’t ask for anything.
Autocorrect gets into the action and replaces words and abbreviations with what it thinks they should be, 99% of the time incorrectly and 1% wrongly. You’ve got to be on top of it if you don’t wish to look foolish.
If you stumble upon an animal you’d like to photogrpah, by the time you find the camera symbol among the apps, the animal will be gone, already in another county.
Let’s call this a short list for now.
Jack Karmel
Park City