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Moore's Law
Moore's Law is a technology trend that Yonck describes as being one of the greatest drivers of artificial intelligence. This law was observed by Gordon Moore and essentially states that computers will double in efficiency every two years due to the increased number of transistors that can fit onto a microchip. To put it into perspective, an example of Moore's law would be how phones used to be big and boxy and now we have slick phones that work at a faster speed. -
Technology begins to read emotion
A branch of computer science known as affective computing, was founded by Rosalind Picard. This was a big step in the development of technology because computers and other devices were able to read and interpret human emotions. -
One of the first softwares that included affective computing is developed
Microsoft developed an Office Assistant named Clippy. This was an "intelligent user interface that used Bayesian algorithms to make decisions based on probabilities of intent" (Yonck 51). Clippy would appear on the screen and offer the computer user with suggestions or help based on what the computer user was doing. This ended up being unsuccessful because it caused annoyance among computer users. -
A company seeks to use affective computing for commercial use
Affectiva's main goal was to provide assistive technologies. A software that came out of this company was FaceSense/Affex. Most people express their feelings through facial expressions and body language, therefore FaceSense provided users with an affective cognitive state inference from facial video. It was able to detect user's emotions by monitoring their head gestures and movements.
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Smart Glasses
Since technologies such as virtual reality headsets already exist, I think that it's possible for smart glasses to become a thing within the next ten years. This development would allow users to utilize a pair of glasses to do the same tasks as their phones, smart watches, and tablets. -
Hologram Video Calls
Similar to the movies, I think that our future video calls will become three dimensional. We'd be able to see the person that we're calling stand right in front of us in a holographic form. I predict this because we went from phone calls to facetime calls, so there already has been progression when it comes to communication. Furthermore, 3D movies exist so I think if different technologies are combined, then 3D video calls will definitely be a possibility in the future.
