I definitely think is Pei is an ultimate innovator entrepreneur. however his remarks in The Verge in 2021 of "remove barriers between human people & technology" almost , again almost, sounds too transhumanistic for me , at least if that's what he direction he was leaning. I have no
doubt it's a possibility maybe even probability, but one that I might not see in my lifetime as I'm 63. Then again the speed at which AI is "growing, being taught" etc is so fast its mind-blowing. I read an article published 2018 by The pewter.org ( only 5 yrs, right) on AI thoughts, concerns, hopefuls, algorithms, ethics all covered and already every single 1 has happened. All of them.
I've been lucky enough just to be small part of a beta testing on a SGE model and I can see both the absolutely extraordinary and world changes that's going to occur both good and maybe problematic, but I believe the pluses will far outweigh the minus points. sorry for rambling on.
Thanks for the comment and the link! That's some great rambling. I saw somebody (wish I had noted the name) a few months back describe the potential of generative AI as "fascinating and terrifying". Like you, I'm hoping the fascinating pluses will win the day.
Interesting perspective, Patrick. Thanks for sharing!
In the future it wouldn't surprise me if the phone becomes more "automated." For instance when you are scheduled to attend a meeting the phone goes into do not disturb mode....or worse than that, the AI kicks in and your phone records the meeting and ultimately emails a transcript.
I doubt the phones will be like our desktops. For instance trying to do serious editing work on a phone doesn't make sense.
I can see how the phone will continue to be central to our day-to-day lives.
It absolutely is the direction technology will go, and I say this as a librarian and someone who has worked in disability services for higher education since 2012. A lot of the easy interfaces we expect our phones to have were developed, or matured, as accessibility features. Everyone talks about MacOS's text to speech superiority but I was there when turning it on was such a trial I had to do it for students and its performance was sub-optimal. Now it is so good all students have it turned on by default, to capture voice notes in their fave notetaking app if nothing else.
If blind people need it, then it will be developed (is being developed) and it will then be leveraged for use by everyone simply because it is more profitable. Screen readers like JAWS and NVDA paved the way. Voice control of apps is already possible; throw in some LLM-powered AI and we've got the ability to give complex commands to those apps.
Working with younger millenials and genZ, it's been interesting to see what they consider normal. Like boomers, they often do not know how to turn on a computer. Unlike boomers, it's because they are so used to their devices being "on" 24/7 that they simply never think of the fact that the device might be "off." Which I point out to say that their expectations for their devices are already next level. I had one student learn voice commands for her laptop and basically stopped using the keyboard for anything; voice commands and dictation got her through college and she told me once that having to use a keyboard on one of the library's computers felt awkward and slow.
Thanks so much for this great comment, and insight. The work you do/have done is admirable and super cool. I wasn't aware of a lot of those tools you've mentioned, so thanks also for a "learn more than just a little something every day" moment here.
I definitely think is Pei is an ultimate innovator entrepreneur. however his remarks in The Verge in 2021 of "remove barriers between human people & technology" almost , again almost, sounds too transhumanistic for me , at least if that's what he direction he was leaning. I have no
doubt it's a possibility maybe even probability, but one that I might not see in my lifetime as I'm 63. Then again the speed at which AI is "growing, being taught" etc is so fast its mind-blowing. I read an article published 2018 by The pewter.org ( only 5 yrs, right) on AI thoughts, concerns, hopefuls, algorithms, ethics all covered and already every single 1 has happened. All of them.
I've been lucky enough just to be small part of a beta testing on a SGE model and I can see both the absolutely extraordinary and world changes that's going to occur both good and maybe problematic, but I believe the pluses will far outweigh the minus points. sorry for rambling on.
https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2018/12/10/artificial-intelligence-and-the-future-of-humans/
Thanks for the comment and the link! That's some great rambling. I saw somebody (wish I had noted the name) a few months back describe the potential of generative AI as "fascinating and terrifying". Like you, I'm hoping the fascinating pluses will win the day.
Interesting perspective, Patrick. Thanks for sharing!
In the future it wouldn't surprise me if the phone becomes more "automated." For instance when you are scheduled to attend a meeting the phone goes into do not disturb mode....or worse than that, the AI kicks in and your phone records the meeting and ultimately emails a transcript.
I doubt the phones will be like our desktops. For instance trying to do serious editing work on a phone doesn't make sense.
I can see how the phone will continue to be central to our day-to-day lives.
Thanks! Ernie Hayden
Thanks Ernie. I agree that phones won't replace desktops. I don't want them to either. I'm pretty happy with my use cases for each of them.
It absolutely is the direction technology will go, and I say this as a librarian and someone who has worked in disability services for higher education since 2012. A lot of the easy interfaces we expect our phones to have were developed, or matured, as accessibility features. Everyone talks about MacOS's text to speech superiority but I was there when turning it on was such a trial I had to do it for students and its performance was sub-optimal. Now it is so good all students have it turned on by default, to capture voice notes in their fave notetaking app if nothing else.
If blind people need it, then it will be developed (is being developed) and it will then be leveraged for use by everyone simply because it is more profitable. Screen readers like JAWS and NVDA paved the way. Voice control of apps is already possible; throw in some LLM-powered AI and we've got the ability to give complex commands to those apps.
Working with younger millenials and genZ, it's been interesting to see what they consider normal. Like boomers, they often do not know how to turn on a computer. Unlike boomers, it's because they are so used to their devices being "on" 24/7 that they simply never think of the fact that the device might be "off." Which I point out to say that their expectations for their devices are already next level. I had one student learn voice commands for her laptop and basically stopped using the keyboard for anything; voice commands and dictation got her through college and she told me once that having to use a keyboard on one of the library's computers felt awkward and slow.
So yeah, I think Pei is on the money.
Thanks so much for this great comment, and insight. The work you do/have done is admirable and super cool. I wasn't aware of a lot of those tools you've mentioned, so thanks also for a "learn more than just a little something every day" moment here.