The Future

Evidently Artificial Intelligence is going to change the world and replace people at their jobs.

I saw a demonstration of a robot that looked like a beautiful woman.

A television show about a sex doll woman brought to life was unbelievably spooky because the doll was programmed to be as realistic…

…it was creepy.

And we are watching a terrific show starring Samuel L. Jackson - The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey.

In the story, Jackson’s character receives a shot that reverses his dementia and allows him to remember.

If you have known anyone who has suffered Alzheimer’s or from dementia, you understand just how sad that affliction can be.

Got me thinking about the future.

Think of all the advancements in our lifetime.

I marveled at my Grandfather as he saw the world go from horse and buggy to airplanes and cars.

The television being introduced had to be wild.

And in my lifetime…

…I showed my boys the computer games I used to play. They about laughed me out of the room.

And this damn phone that’s always in my hand now.

Time will tell if social media was or wasn’t a great idea.

We have a wealth of knowledge at our fingertips.

Most people use social media to send hate messages to people they’ve never met. 

And of course, misinformation is now used as currency.

I love and hate all of it.

I long for the days when I’d leave the house and couldn’t be found until I came back through the door.

This coming generation won’t ever even realize what that felt like…

…but then again, maybe it won’t matter.

Perhaps they’ll be too involved with their fake, doll-like women to care.

That’s the sad part of the distant future - life is finite - eventually we won’t be around to see how much progress we do make.

I thought there’d be flying cars by now.

A pill to cure cancer, or ease dementia?

That would be amazing.