Thursday, July 2, 2015

A Life Made Easy?

 
 
What exactly is the future of the "Internet of Things"?
 
Could we be moving towards a completely organized, centralized, and automated home life where we are no longer slaves to our homes but the masters? Will robotics and artificial intelligence take-over everything from cooking and cleaning, to organizing our calenders and scheduling our day to day lives.
 
Will our health be monitored 24/7 from the moment we get up to the moment we go to sleep and in between.
 
I think so, and I personally am looking forward to the day where we are no longer tasked with designing the perfect routine and managing our daily lives, but can source it out to something much more dedicated to the task.
 
An automaton who neither sleeps nor makes a mistake in caring for us, making sure we eat enough and correctly, that our lives are organized and laundry cleaned and folded, because that means we as humans have far less to worry about and far more free time.
 
The only question remains is what will people do with this newly acquired free time?
 
Considering also that if this is in our future, we are also very likely to have far shorter work weeks.

I certainly hope with personal AI to assist us we will spend this time wisely, perhaps learning new skills, enjoying more time with family and friends, and contributing more to humanity.
 
Thank you for taking the time to read this, and if you have any comments or suggestions sound off in the comments below.