blog 8, virtual class 12

The characteristics of human intelligence regarding the subject of humans vs technology has become quite a controversy over the years. Some people believe that someday technology is going to take over the world, eventually (some people hope for it and others fear it like crazy). But the most likely fact of the matter (which was strongly demonstrated in the Techtalk on Blackboard) is that there are still many things that only humans can figure out and computers cannot. The example used in this instance was codes on a computer that are all blurry and one would have to type the letters into the text box correctly in order to proceed on. This example was used to demonstrate that any idiot would not be able to get through if they did not understand the concept of what they must do. However, this concept can go the other direction as well in that computers can be outsmated in many ways, as well, in that there likely is no way that technology will be able to take over our lives any time in the future, although it may come close and seem that way.