PLN 7

In Michael Wesch's "The Machines are Using Us" his premise is that computers are taking advantage of humans so the machines are getting smarter while we are getting dumber, I completely disagree. After all how can a computer tack advantage of a human? The biggest point he has are that the computers didn’t have to show sources only content and that every time we type in a link that we teach the computers about ourselves. First what could they ever do with this information we teach them? They can’t use it against us because their only form of communication is when we email somebody else something and it’s not like machines have any control over email. The second point about the sources is that people are taking advantage of other people because if there is a story that is from a very unreliable source but it would make money the news teams would not like you to know about the source. I don’t know why people are so scared of computers now, the second they can move and learn and think without our commands I’ll be suspicious. But why should we be scared of something completely at our control and mercy.  A computer has no way to hurt a human. So understanding that his points are not valid, then education can go forward and use the computers and all of its abilities. This affects the world because if the world gave up this fear then we would not be scared of making computers better. This affects me because as the world goes forward I’ll go forward.  We humans take advantage of computers so his premise that computers take advantage of humans is incorrect.