Computers in the future
We are becoming increasingly dependent on computers. They are used in business, crime detection and even to fly planes. What things will they be used for in future? Is this dependence on computers a good thing or should we be more suspicious of their benefits?
Today computers are used almost everywhere, it is impossible
to imagine our life without PCs, Internet, mobile phones and other computer
devices. It is reasonable to think that people look forward to the future of
computers. In what field will be computers used for and what role will human
has in this world in future?
Besides, computers make our life easier, we can easily get
information about any product we plan to buy or place we plan to visit in a
second using a personal computer and Internet. Scientists predict that in the
nearest future it will be possible to smell a new perfume using the Internet
and watch 3D scenes at home like we do in the movie theater. According to
forecasts of HR agencies machines will replace jobs of cashiers, and civil and
military pilots. Some corporations in Japan are already selling
housewife-robots, which help old people to keep their homes
clean.
Despite the fact that computers help us, they make us
dependent. Apparently, people spend more time behind monitors than ever before.
And some of them feel a need for more time to be spent with people in live
contact. In addition, a breakdown of one of the important modules of a specific
computer can entail serious consequences. Suffice to mention the computer
problem that occurred in the end of 1990s, a problem related to the coming year
2000 (Y2K) and catastrophes that were predicted. Fortunately imminent disasters
did not happen. However, it is difficult to imagine what could be if all the
predictions came true.
We live in a technological era, computers penetrated
everywhere with all benefits they provide and all dangers they hide. However we
are satisfied with them and sometimes we even thank them because they help us
in communicating, studying, doing business, entertaining and saving lives in
critical situations.
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