My Take on the Future of Computer

So far, in the history of computers, every design has been created to make the lives of people easier. This pattern will continue forever until the end of time... although much of our lives have been simplified due to computers already. Take, even, this essay for example. Not only was it faster to write up , but my hands did not get full of ink or lead, I had automatic spell check (which by the way is a complete life saver and could bee the best idea I have seen), but even the slight error of two e's in the word "be" was not caught by spell check. This is an example of improvement to what we already have. Improvement is constantly being worked on so that future is not too far away.

Many people in this world are not prone to the idea that a computer can be self-aware. I am not so sure though. As close as we have come already with neural networks and the progress that has been made over the past fifty years show that some sort of self aware computer may come to existence in about one hundred or so years. There are many discussions on the topic of whether or not a sentient computer is dangerous to the dominant species of humans. One way the argument could go is that a computer may realize its full potential as the smartest thing alive and use that against its competitors (being humans) to have power over us. This, although, is slightly farfetched.

A computer conscious of its being would lead to new development that a person may not even think of. Also programming would become obsolete because the "robot" as the term is often called could solve the problem without written out instructions. Although the prediction about having less programming to do may not be the case, the issue of communicating with a computer may pose other problems. The robot would need to have very wide vocabulary recognition and also tone justifications so different people could talk to it. Programming may still be required until the perfect robot is created. As for what I see down the road, I see improvements to what exists already and eventually robots/ computers that are self aware.