Artificial intelligence is becoming more and more prominent in our lives. The most notable piece of artificial intelligence to make a big impact on our lives came when Apple's new iPhone 4S hit stores in early October. Probably the most notable feature of the new iPhone was Apple's new app called Siri. Although similar artificial intelligence apps have come out before, Siri is the first to make a great impression on our society. Siri pushes the boundaries of artificial intelligence to possess artificial emotion. People really seem to enjoy this aspect of Siri. Applications like Siri will continue to push themselves to be further integrated into our everyday lives.
Another topic that was particularly interesting was peoples' identities and experiences online. The Internet allows us to partake and behave in an anonymous fashion when on the web. People can make their own cyber personas and actually be very different people than they would be in the real world. One instance of where this takes place is on Second Life where people can customize their avatars and create their own worlds to essentially create their own cyber lifestyle. People have actually become millionaires from selling virtual products and services on Second Life!
The past four weeks of reading materials and discussions have wrapped up a very exciting and wide array of IT topics. Looking back at everything that we covered, everything was very relevant to our present and ever changing world of IT. Looking at this really makes you wonder what else will come about into our lives in the future and what new controversial topics can be discussed.
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