This week there are a few open projects on my computer screen. After having a minor surgery last week, I have been away from the desk for a few days. This doesn’t bode well for keeping up with deadlines. It’s a good thing I type super fast. My fingers just seem to hit the keyboard with ease. I barely need to think about what I’m saying. It’s like my fingers are my brains….
The way they glide across the keyboard when the inspiration hits. The best part is when the inspiration hasn’t even hit and the fingers are flying anyway. This is what makes for a good paper. Just fingers hitting the keyboard. Saying something that may or may not make sense at first, but somehow seems to fit together in the end.
So it seems there is nothing blocking these fingers from typing out a masterpiece except my very own brain!
Consider this - in today’s ever forward moving technological world, we are constantly searching for shortcuts. Applications now offer smart technology that predicts the words one will use according to the words used in the past and/or words that seemingly would fit with what one is trying to say.
Isn’t this just a little curious? Can my keyboard really know what I’m about to say before I’m about to say it? I can understand this when it comes to the tablet or the smartphone, but what about the computer. Mine is a Chromebook - it’s Google! Oh no!
Artificial Intelligence is a very real thing currently making its way into our very real lives every day. My only concern is that it seems to me, I haven’t even typed this article. I think my fingers did it, with a little help from the keyboard.
