Christopher Gibson  - B1

Database and Network:

In this passage, the New York Times describes how new top companies like Uber are actually paying off internet hackers who are able to break through their network and access all their information on their private databases. This is seen as a problem as it does not actually discipline hackers but instead give them a sort of incentive to want to break into top companies databases and receive the bounty. The uber spokesman stated that the company still stands by their decision in 2016 to pay the hacker that broke into their network $100,000. Although, this is an ongoing issue between a hacker, government policy, and top companies using large databases that must be solved for the welfare of all common people.


Sociology and Future:

In this article, it describes how the social groups and movements have changed drastically over the past 10 years and how it will be affected again in the next 10 years. In the past 10 years, we as a society have left behind so many devices we used every day that simply do not measure up to nowadays tech, with inventions such as video cameras, desktop computers, video rental shops, camera film, taxi drivers, newspapers, and much more. In the future, new technologies will take place of current devices and change the way of social groups once again. The passages describe some of these groundbreakings gizmos that can be in use in the next 10 years like 3D printing: that can design human teeth, shoes, and clothing, Virtual Reality: full-length VR movies, psychological therapy through VR,  and VR dating sites, AI, new driverless transportation, bitcoin loans, robotics, and pet education centers.

Sources:
http://www.futuristspeaker.com/business-trends/72-stunning-things-in-the-future-that-will-be-common-ten-years-from-now-that-dont-exist-today/?nocache=1

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/12/technology/uber-hacker-payment-100000.html

Comments:

Response 1: Abdlmalik Anibaba
Malik,

I really enjoyed reading your article as it relates to mine with the use of the "cloud" network AEC is using. I think this is a growing problem for companies with lots of data like Architectural Engineers and gives them a simple solution for all employees to access the company information from anywhere without disallowing others to view/edit the same file.

Response 2: Sarina Tufano
Sarina,

I was intrigued by your article about AI and how affecting it can be in shipping products as well as cut back on human errors. I also agree that shoon enough human shipping will be no more as we are able to trust AI more and more with its ability to compel information and use it to deliver products in a blink of an eye.