Seth M

I think that AR would be good in training for situations across a lot of professions. Whether it’s police training to understand how to react in certain situations or pilot training, I think that it is beneficial. I know that some people use it for design planning, and I have even seen on an online store that you could try on an outfit with AR without receiving it yet. I never tried it, but there seems to be a lot of possible benefits to AR. For example, with me being an electrical engineer I believe that AR could help me make decisions with certain situations dealing with circuit boards. This can count as experience without me working yet and help me become comfortable with the problems that I might encounter.

In terms of ethics, it can become unethical if you use people in your augmented reality. The consent to be able to be in your AR isn’t even the issue, but what happens with them while you are in it.  There is also the possibility to become unattached to other in society because you are used to certain interactions with them in AR. Things don’t always go how you think and that could end up making you have unrealistic expectation for certain situations. In AR like video games, you can also commit crime and become used to a certain lifestyle. For some people this can be persuasive and lead them down a different path, but this is to be expected because with every good thing there is always bad.

I believe that snapchat will be an app in the future because of the amount of people that find it’s features fun and interesting. People start using snapchat at a young age because of the different things they can do to communicate which they couldn’t before. Of course, now you can do these things on other apps, but back then it was the only app with doggy filters and other things. I have noticed however that as we got older, less and less people were using snapchat. I think that unless the government steps in, snapchat will be an app in the future.

There were a lot of things that I found interesting about the talk on Tuesday. The first was when he had mentioned that the lady in charge of the technology department for the government was unsure of how the technology worked. This correlated with an earlier point of older people being in charge of things they don’t understand. It makes it so no real progress on laws and implementation can happen. Another interesting point was when the discussion happened about TikTok getting banned and decision making with social media and technology. I thought from what I was hearing the whole debate was relative and evidence dependent. It is really dependent on who heard the claims and what side they decide to choose. There is no law breaking really and it’s all interpretation which makes the laws for technology useless. The last point was when the shift of business was brought up, being focused on what makes more money rather than the product itself. The purpose of business was always to make money and by doing that the way was to make the product better. I think now with technology advancements it makes it so that you can make more money without directly tweaking your product. Maybe it works with something else, so you change the design and advertise it a certain way. I think social media has a lot to do with this with now it being advantageous to focus on ads. Overall, I liked the talk and thought there were a lot of thought-provoking topics.

The antitrust laws are used for allowing competition in the United States by not allowing certain things. These could be merging of very large companies that could completely take over the business. Of course, other aspects of this could be controversial as to what breaks the antitrust laws. A way these could impact the use of social media is not allowing certain features on apps unless you have a specific brand of device. This way it becomes a “locked” feature and makes people have to buy that specific product. Overall though these laws impact social media by making it accessible to all devices N.A. long with their features. That way no company has an advantage because they collaborated with a certain social media platform. It is really just for protecting the consumer and their right to compete if they want to.

The main points of the speaker were in trying to get what you want, you have to find out what the other person wants. In this case it was a job and trying to show the employer know why they should hire you and the specific needs that you can fulfill. He also mentioned that for a successful interview you should get the interviewer to speak more than you. When starting a business, you should try and solve a problem no matter how insignificant you think it can be. Not all of your ideas will be successful, but you should take smart risks. I think that what resonated with me the most was to take chances on yourself and be confident. I saw this is his examples of people he knew becoming millionaires and how to approach interviews. I think that I did get some valuable information from the speaker.

I believe that there is such a rise in startups because of the possibilities of successes in them. You not only get to choose what kind of start up, but it is all on you and how you want to do it. You pick your own hours, approach, and partners to be with you. If everything goes right, you can become a millionaire your way.  The only reason why I believe that there isn’t more is because it is a lot of work and a big risk depending on the start-up. It also takes money which not everyone has extra to take risks with.

If I were to start a new business, I would start a sports business. I would choose this because sports are a big money-making industry with a lot of possibility. Whether it is ways to watch sports or play fantasy sports with friends, there are a lot of different ways to make money. I think that for the least amount of competition I would start a company that allows the user to bet on league trades. There is sports gambling now, but a couple of things you are not allowed to bet on. I don’t know if trades are something that cannot be bet on or not because of the possibility of corruption, especially per state. The idea is that it could be a fun and spontaneous thing on the app which will attract people that I could use that to compete with other sports betting and fantasy companies.

Social Media:   In the video it was talked about how we now view our interactions through a digital lense instead of through a personal lense due to the number of interactions we have online. This makes sense considering how it seems people act more outlandish nowadays for attention than before when people cared about their image. People are always on their phone now when with each other, and even when they aren’t on it, they are thinking about something that has to do with it. Overall, we don’t even know the effects on this on people yet because of the rapid advancement of technology, but if we stay conscious of our use of technology, we can come to reality more.

Internet:   From the video I saw how the internet is limiting our minds by trapping people in bubbles where they only see things they know or believe. This stops the person from growing and challenging themselves because they are unaware of other things. They will never be showed those other things because the algorithm wants them to stay linger by showing them things they agree with. It leads to a limiting experience because of how much they are missing out on.

TikTok Algorithm:   At first the app shows you a lot of popular videos to see what you are interested in. TikTok then looks at what you like, share, how long you stay on a video, and who you follow. The trends that you do allow the app to see what category you fall into which it then gives you videos that aren’t as moderated but are more affiliated with that topic. It then even looks at the audio track, hashtags, and description to understand you more. The problem with this is that the app pushed you to more extreme content which can affect people in bad ways. The more extreme videos are sometimes unmoderated, and those videos can have a psychologically negative impact on the user.

Senate Hearing:   I thought it was interesting when Mr. Kennedy mentioned that Facebook tracks people that are not even Facebook users. He calls it creepy and questions that technology is greater than our humanity. Mark Zuckerberg’s answer ignores the statements that Mr. Kennedy made, and the meeting goes on as if it didn’t happen. There was another moment where Mr. Tillis gave credit that the CEOs have connected people and that he hopes they care about the bad that unintentionally came from their creations. I think that these moments show that there are always bad things that come with the good, and all we can do is try to reduce the bad rather than take away everything including the good.

The speaker talked about how far technology has come and now how we are involved in making a digital world. He gave insight into the idea of how the brain and motion work together to give the user the right experience and not get sick because of the disconnect. Although extended use of VRs hasn’t been tested yet, with the whole purpose of this technology to completely immerse the user, it is something that would have to be addressed soon. I also thought that it was interesting the morality of using this new technology like making it obvious that you are using VR or recording someone. Of course, not everyone is worried about morality and will make these things undetectable for monetary purposes, but it is what it is. I think that it is interesting how this VR technology is a determent to health, especially things such as vision, but it requires the user to commit to it, basically destroying themselves in the proves.

The impact on society I think is that there will not be as many people involved in the outside world. Or maybe they will be involved, but there won’t be as many people involved in it. Since technology has been made, it has exponentially gotten better, and now with the help of AI working with us, I think it would be even better quicker. I don’t know exactly what will change because the changes will probably be something I didn’t think of, but I think that people will have fewer job opportunities. With me being an electrical engineer, I don’t think that it will affect my life too much necessarily in a bad way, and I might even be able to get assistance from AI. The only thing is that AI can’t understand intention and how people feel which I believe will forever be a problem with technology.

My favorite new technology would probably be things like Grammarly which help my writing. This wasn’t around when I was in middle school, or at least I didn’t know, and it makes writing a lot easier. Especially with AI now being able to write things a different way, I think it helps a lot. Before when I would make my writing sound better, I would have to google synonyms for certain words, but today I used AI to make my resume sound better. It does make certain things a lot easier, even though it might not be as important as other new technologies.

My primary cultural group is South Africa assuming that is what was meant by it. 20 years ago, my group would have been different due to the racist system that was created to oppress them. Methods of communication included speaking in person and on the phone. Now adays technology allows for internet communication through social media. Some ways technology impacts are allowing quicker communication with people you don’t know, access information, and publicity.

Hello,

My name is Seth Murefu from Philadelphia, PA and I am a junior at Penn State studying Electrical Engineering. I am in the Engineering Ambassadors which is a school sponsored club where we go to middle and high schools informing them about engineering. I plan on being a consultant once I graduate because of the freedom and high payment I would receive.

My major use of technology would be my phone, laptop, and PlayStation. I don’t really use my PlayStation as much anymore because of how busy I am, and I really only use my laptop for school. Another major use of technology for me would be circuits I make for my classes and the electrical components.

At the moment I am the head coach of a really good basketball team me and my friends have. I play several sports, but soccer is my main one.