Blog Post #12 - Final Blog Post

There are a lot of pros and cons when it comes to technology. While technology can bring a ton of positives and help people in many ways, there are also concerns and times when it is not looked at in a positive way. Every upside also has a downside, and social media is definitely one of those things.

I personally think my relationship with social media is healthy. I started using technology in middle school, and it has never been a problem for me. I started using it to contact my parents when I needed to, which was always helpful and never became a problem. My social life became better as well because I was able to call and text my friends. Safari and Google have helped me be able to do research and look up questions, and easily get an answer. School work has also been online for awhile now, and I notice recently more and more assignments have started to be online, In high school we used Google Classroom, and now since being here we have used Blackboard. This makes things quick and easy for students, and I assume it does for teachers as well. Also being able to communicate through email, rather than only being able to talk to professors in person. 

As I started to get older, I started using social media, not only to post about myself, but also to communicate with my friends in other ways like through snapchat. Now, I use platforms such as Tik Tok, Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook, and LinkedIn, which all are beneficial in different ways. LinkedIn is important to have as it can potentially get you a job or important connections. Instagram and Tik Tok are fun apps and can also be informational when used the correct way. LinkedIn is important to have as it can potentially get you a job or important connections. Instagram and Tik Tok are fun apps when used the correct way. I enjoy seeing what my friends are up to, and enjoy posting on the platforms as well. Sometimes these apps can have downsides though.

These are the apps that can start situations such as cyberbullying, hurtful comments, jealously, etc. As fun as it seems to see what your friends are always up to, it is common to also see things you do not wish to see which can turn in to a negative effect of technology. 

I think that for the most part, technology has been useful in my life, but there have definitely been times when something was posted and I felt jealous, anxious, or upset. Also, I notice myself spending too much time on my phone often. This can get in the way of completing school work, not getting things done, and finding yourself on your phone when out with friends or family or an important situation which does not require cell phone use. 

Technology is very useful when needing information. It is just a click away to find out the answer to a question which can be very helpful and help us learn a lot of important information. On the other hand, technology can also be misleading or give opinions instead of facts, making it easy for people to get confused or accept the wrong answer. 

I have always been careful of what I post online, because what you post stays with you forever. Because of this, if my employer was looking at my social media or looked me up online, there would not be any issues. When I google myself, it is not extremely easy to find me, but as you scroll a bit my LinkedIn pops up. 

I believe that as a society technology is important and can help us learn information, stay in touch, communicate, and improve education. It is often hard to have all positives  and no negatives, so I believe technology overall is important and helpful.

 Blog Post 11 - EOTO Reaction #2

While watching these presentations I learned a lot of information I previously had not known. They all were interesting to me, but one presentation that stood out to me, was learning about Net Neutrality and what it is. Before these presentations, I did not know that was a thing so I enjoyed learning about it.

What I learned is that large internet companies want extreme control over their networks, so try to claim that extra internet fees would improve internet service, charge websites extra for faster working speed, and argue that the governments rule interfere too much. This can cause issues because people are paying more money when in reality they should n to have to do that. 

Net Nuetrality is a way to fix that, because it ensures affordable and equal access to online services. It also encourages competition which is good for small companies, and is a way to help them out. This also is a way to let voices be heard and prevents censorship which is an issue in day to day life. It also is a way to support technological advancements without barriers.

The reason why Net Nutrality is important, is because many people can not afford to be paying extra for things that do not matter. This ensures equal and far internet access to everyone, and prevents internet providers from shutting down and slowing down internet just because they want power over everyone else. By doing this also all voices can be heard equally so it ensures free speech without certain things being blocked off because powerful big companies do not want some things to be heard by large audiences. This is because certain things that can hurt them or stop them from making as much money can be said or talked about so they do everything in their power to stop that.

 Blog Post #10 - Age of AI

AI can be helpful in a lot of ways, but in some can be a big concern. After watching the video, I learned new information I had no knowledge about previously. What I learned was that AI is developing human behaviors more and more as time goes on. This can have negative effects because people learn everything from AI nowadays, and get information way easier than they used to, leading people to have little knowledge in what they actually need to know.  Another point the video made is how AI is driving inequality, and making negative impacts on society. It was said it is making rich people more rich, and poor people more poor. With AI being able to do so much for people and help people in so many ways, it also is a concern that as more time goes on and more technological advances come in to play, it can become a worry as to if it will take peoples jobs away from them. Also, people studying topics that are extremely important to actually know the knowledge, this can be a concern. Nowadays people use AI as a recourse for answers to questions for work, without actually learning the information.

AI also has a lot of benefits, considering it can store data for people, and help people with questions they may have as well. While AI being able to give people the answers to important questions, make schedules for people, store information for people, and do may other things, this can still be a trust issue on the flip side. People worry that data being saved is not private, and is being kept online which can become a privacy issue. If you are not worried about privacy, or use it for simple answers or to do helpful things for you without it becoming personal, AI is a very helpful, innovative tool which expands its knowledge every day. It has helped a lot of people in various ways.