As we stand in the wake of CES 2023, I expect to see many Torment Nexus births in the years to come. Not only are they happy to ignore it, but it’s clear that they’ve adopted a brand name based on a very careful story that once warned us about the product they were pitching (meta, we see you are).
This is a fascinating phenomenon. Watching consumers eat up the apparent cynicism. It might be funny to some, but the moral implications of everything going wrong certainly aren’t.
Technology has been a central topic in countless sci-fi horror narratives over the years. In a world increasingly dominated by technology, it’s easy to see the most prominent cultural fears reflected in the chrome facades of artificially intelligent robots and the glass panels of defiant smart home hubs.
CES is a magnet for neon-drenched, consumerist innovation, so it was easy to see these concerns coming to light over the past week. This year’s event was a technology hotspot that defied the warning memes currently permeating the web. “Do not create Torment Nexus (opens in new tab)Torment Nexus is a concept that encapsulates our growing concern that sci-fi will continue to become scientific fact across the consumer market, where phobias driven by technological speculation will end up in the hands of money-hungry corporations. it is clear inside.
Of course, the adoption of new technologies always evokes cultural unease, but when science fiction predicts with horrifying accuracy some of humanity’s most concerning technological idiots to date, it simply repeats its mantra. No wonder. “We no longer have the ability to appease the masses.
That’s why I felt it was important to collate some of the newest harbingers of science fiction to give us a clearer picture of the dystopian future we’re looking down upon.
“Authority, when it first detects chaos in its immediate aftermath, entertains the most despicable schemes to preserve its orderly appearance.” – Alan Moore, V for Vendetta
At CES 2023, Amazon video doorbell maker Ring showed off a new mobile way to monitor your car with the Ring Car Cam. The concept of keeping your most valuable belongings safe is not gloomy in itself, but CNET (opens in new tab) explains that Ring’s police partnership was recently slammed.
Hundreds of partnerships across the country simply allow authorities to: request Video recorded from Amazon Ring products (and homeowners have every right to deny these requests) has caused a bit of a stir from privacy advocates over surveillance.
The purpose of the partnership, of course, is to make it easier for people to provide evidence if a crime has been committed. It is unknown whether it will personal product.
“Someone must step in such a miserable little life, or at least mark their sad comings and goings.” – Philip K. Dick, Scanner Darkly
Sure, it’s sad when a company that has access to your daily life betrays your right to privacy. As MIT Technology Review (opens in new tab) For more information, at least two paid testers have complained that iRobot’s Roomba J series recorded toilets, and in one case, an image of a young woman was actually posted to Facebook. (opens in new tab)The images found on social media lacked anonymity and some were very compromising, including images of children.
Images found on social media also included images of children.
Users agree to share data to train the AI that powers the machine, and are warned that every movement is recorded so the bot can be kept out of sensitive situations. However, the fact that the data was ultimately shared at MIT, the “extensive global data supply chain” was the real problem. This made it easy for foreign contractors to take screenshots of explicit images, raising concerns that iRobot’s lax handling of sensitive images.
Original i,Robot novelist Isaac Asimov may not have predicted that smart machines would share images of pooping users and their children, but his character’s musings One resounds more true now. About metal. ”
“People didn’t look real, their voices didn’t.” Charlie Brooker, Black Mirror ep. Coming back soon
What’s a fear-inducing post about tech innovation without mentioning an episode of Black Mirror? is essentially trying to profit from grief. DeepBrain AI comes with re;memory (opens in new tab) Years ago we were reluctant to cover it for that reason. Finally, this feels like the right list to include it.
It may not be healthy to keep in touch with a soulless duplicate of a deceased loved one.
With the power of AI chatbots, this is an app that promises to continue the bond with loved ones who have passed away. It looks and sounds like our deceased grandmothers, fathers and brothers, giving us one last chance to hear them. It may sound sweet to some, but remember that it may not be healthy to keep in touch with a soulless duplicate of a deceased loved one.
In another example, we’ve seen companies like StoryFile. (opens in new tab) Use AI to reflect your loved one’s personality and deliver their last words at the funeral. Both examples fit the “AI is evil” trope, but think of him as being accountable to the person selling the AI.
“From a habit that has become an instinct, you have had to live. You have to live under the assumption that every sound you make reaches your ears, and every moment is scrutinized, except in the dark.” I didn’t.” -George Orwell, 1984
Innovation Award Winner Slimca (opens in new tab)is a cash card type recording device from Artificial Intelligence CO., LTD that has achieved “the thinnest voice recorder on the market today”. At just 2mm thick, it can record people up to 5 meters away and sync wirelessly with your smartphone so you can start recording without taking out your wallet.
Essentially, it’s a bug, a covert wire, created to “protect individual rights and advocate for individual equality.”
Of course, it can be a very convenient and portable form factor for those who plan to record interviews or conversations, but in general, if you plan to record openly, the recording device You don’t have to hide it in your wallet.
You may not get high by watching anything, but you can definitely get high by gambling with cryptocurrencies. Niel Stephenson, who coined the term Meaverse, also predicted cryptocurrencies as a concept in his 1992 novel Snow Crash, and with his Clover Gaming at CES 2023 he brought the likes of Cloverland. (opens in new tab)— An immersive crypto casino located in the Metaverse — It’s easy to see where people will start gambling in the future.
It’s a marriage made in heaven, a highly volatile investment venture forever given a home in the twin temples of chance and disappointment.
You don’t have to bet on store opening times or travel to the mega-tourism destination of Las Vegas. If you have a Meta headset, simply put it on and link it to your cryptocurrency wallet.
“My mother is not what you think she is. She has taken care of me all my life.” Michael Lloyd Green, I’m Your Mother
Leaving children to artificial intelligence may sound like the beginning of a sci-fi horror nightmare, but this is the angle many companies have taken at CES 2023. AI toys, etc. Kati (opens in new tab) Fluffy AI dinosaurs by Catius Inc. could form a solid part of raising the next generation.
A product like this will undoubtedly raise a lot of concerns about the content young people will end up being exposed to. I’ve seen something It doesn’t seem like it here, but there are plenty of other things to keep people nervous. The potential to encourage what some consider lazy parenting.
Cati “analyzes voice data and reports back to parents when it finds something new or special about their child.” Parents are no longer treated with real hard work. Pay attention to their children. Instead, just scroll through the summary feed after a long day of ignoring spawns.
Similarly, this AI stroller Glux types (opens in new tab) Both hands may be free while walking with a baby in your arms, but many concerns surface here as AI discourse is still permeated with all concerns about smart cars. You can see that
Remember, children, just because something shows a caring side, it doesn’t mean it won’t bring about the downfall of humanity.
“You don’t abandon ship in a storm just because you can’t control the wind.” – Sir Thomas Moore, Utopia
Despite our anxiety and fear about where certain technologies will lead us, we must recognize the practical innovations that emerge from technological events like this. Of course, much of the above is a joke, and there are still plenty of products out there that create true utopias, or at least alleviate some of the horrors the future poses.
Imagine a powerhousing going through the factory with Cray X (opens in new tab), awarded the Best of Innovation award by German Bionic Systems GmbH. These powered exoskeleton devices look like the really viable (and far less menacing) load lifters from the Alien series, and are said to “make manual tasks safer and thereby more attractive and inclusive.” It is set to “make something meaningful”.Noble Goals Until Wallace and Gromit Situation: Wrong Trousers (opens in new tab) So there is no doubt that such technology can be put to good use.
On a more aesthetic level, the cyberpunk stylist among us will definitely enjoy Prinker M’s fast digital tattoo printing. (opens in new tab)Not only is it portable, but you can also “display any design on your skin in both black and color, and dye your hair any color you want.”
It’s quite a feat, and if it’s as water resistant as it claims it could be the start of a style revolution. can you do that?
