- I agree with Carr when he addresses how as time progresses, our reliance on technology becomes stronger and stronger. In Carr’s article, he mentions, “A National Transportation Safety Board investigation concluded that the cause of the accident was pilot error. The captain’s response to the stall warning, the investigators reported, “should have been automatic, but this improper flight control inputs were inconsistent with his training”…pilots seemed to lack “situational awareness” as the emergency unfolded.” These tragic incidents of plane crashes may have been avoidable if pilots were taught better in a way that they didn’t fully depend on today’s technology. We can fix this by not only bring more awareness to the situation but implying it in the classes that pilot’s are required to take.
- I believe that it is a matter of improving the skills of the workers. Technology has shown to do amazing things for us but it isn’t 100% reliable. When we improve as workers, we can also improve technology. It always good to have a back up plan.
- I believe that this can relate to the concern of technology taking jobs. There is a big controversy about this situation. In my opinion, technology is definitely capable of taking people’s jobs. Many fast food chains has installed kiosks for people to order food. This is minimizing the need for cashiers. Technology will not take away all jobs but it is capable of taking away many.
- One alternative approach that I can think of for technology being a part of our lives without completely taking over is not fully depending on it. Humans should take control over technology instead of technology taking control of humans. We can utilize technology in a way that would benefit us instead of harm us.
Bonus: I am pretty reliant on technology as I use it everyday. I interact with technology from the moment I wake up to the moment I go to bed. There will be days that I spend less time on technology compared to other days. I find technology to be both useful and harmful to me. There are pros and cons to it depending on how it is being used. It can be useful in terms of using it to get work done, contacting people, and having easy access to the internet but it can also be harmful in terms of spending hours at a time lost in your phone or computer doing nothing productive.
I agree with you that it is important to improve the skills of workers, and I also think that when workers’ skills improve, technology improves as well. I like how you use the example of fast-food chains where they have installed machines that allow people to order their own food, I think this is a common job that is replaced by technology in our daily lives, many people now prefer to place orders without communication because it’s more convenient and fast but it’s also replacing a lot of waiter jobs. I also agree with your idea that humans should control technology rather than technology controlling humans. I think this directly presents the current situation of most people, many of whom are now controlled by technology, whether at work or school or even at home.
Hi Vicky + Arianna, I appreciate you singling out a specific line of work vulnerable to these changes. On the ground, it is easy for us to see these changes. Every McDonalds now features a series of standing self-ordering screens. This definitely impacts the reliance on a human transaction, but we also have to consider the new skills that are being required at each location with each screen installed. Are these machines replacing jobs or replacing required skills? Good work, both of you~