How the Internet Has Shaped Us

 During class this week we discussed the importance of having safety with the internet. Cyberattacks happen every day whether in countries most especially in education institutions, telecommunications, and government. Which I never knew and now I am aware. The top malware would be mobile, phishing, and adware.  My personal experiences with some cyber-attacks would include: 1.) Phishing: whether it is a random text or an email in my inbox about "your UPS package is about to ship but can you put in the following information within this link we are missing". Or I am looking at my email and I got something titled A message from Amazon Customer helpdesk telling me "they are unable to process my Amazon Prime membership payment. But don't worry, it's easy to solve& we are here to help!" then it tells me the reason. There is a link to "fix it." I find it very interesting and I usually ignore them because there are many indicators to know it's fake....

  When learning about A. I and machine learning is a fascinating topic. That is because A. I am on the pathway of taking over everything or somehow taking over some of the world. I know that is scary to a lot of people. People just don't believe in it well they better start thinking. The one thing people should be afraid of is the idea of A. I and Machine learning. Those are taking over the regular jobs that people have now and could get wiped away because of a robot or something smarter in their place.  The question for this blog post was  Think about ML and AI. Can you imagine how it might disrupt in a similar fashion? What positions in society might shrink in number and what combination of technologies might create new opportunities. The answer to that question would have to be, that transportation like buses, Ubers, and taxis are now replacing drivers to help the human population get around. An example is the Waymo a self-driving car that can take people around and ge...

 Last week, in class, we talked about the revolution of the internet and what it has become from the 1990s to now. A lot has changed, and based on what we learned in class last week I can tell and it's mind-blowing. First, Professor Fry figuratively scales the popularity of internet websites based on dinosaurs. That is because all dinosaurs went extinct eventually, and so did a lot of internet websites based on what worked and what didn't work. Professor Fry also set it up like a horse race which I found interesting and made it easier for me to understand the concepts. Also talked about how different websites became popular and which ones became busts as well. For example, Prodigy (owned by Sears and IBM) had a total amount of 1.1 million users at the time when the internet was in the boom era and this translated to the velociraptor which did very good in the computer world and was one of the many that stayed around for quite some time but eventually, when the internet became a...

 Eric Hanburg came to our class to discuss his background and what he does for a living. He has written various books on social media, advertisement, fundraising, and science fiction. All the books he has written are about how to fundraise for small businesses, or about science fiction stories. The big reason Professor Fry had him come to his class was because he gave a talk about A. I and book writing, and if a chatbot can write a better book than authors can. That can turn into a pretty big debate if I am honest. That is because it is kinda true. After all, he looked up studies regarding this and had examples of bots generating a storyline he put into the server and it came up with pretty good lines to help with the story's case. Professor Fry also had all of us students write 3 questions as he was speaking so we could ask them after Erik was done talking with us. I will try to remember off the top of my head what my questions were. My questions were something like this 1.) ...

 After watching the documentary Startup.com, this blog post is about my thoughts on it and the two main people it was centered on: Tom and Kaleil and their website startup called GovWorks.com . This was during the major dot-com boom.  This documentary was fascinating about what it could be like to run a business with your best friend, the perks, and eventually the downfalls. Let's just say there is a mix of downfalls and upsides to being in business with friends.  GovWorks.com helps citizens pay for parking tickets and other government services online which can be useful in a lot of ways. This documentary takes a look into the excitement of the tech boom in the late 1990s, showing how Tuzman and Herman raised millions in venture capital and rapidly expand their business. However, it also delves into the challenges and pitfalls faced by many startups at the time. GovWorks struggles with internal conflicts, technical problems, and stiff competition, which eventually leads t...

 So, as of my news of the day that I brought to class, recently my family and I took a trip to San Francisco to visit my sister and her boyfriend, who recently moved there. On my first day in the city, there were many ways to get around town. There are big companies that we all know, such as Lyft and Uber, but the new one is Waymo. Waymo is the next step in pick-up transportation for the general public.  Some background on Waymo, it is an independent driving technology company, that was originally a project within Google. In 2016 it became Waymo. This company develops and deploys independent autonomous cars and uses a combination of AI, sensors, cameras, and Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) technology to navigate roads without a human touch. So what is so special about the Waymo and why do people trust it to take them from place to place? Well with Waymo's high-end technology, it will only get more helpful and people will trust it. The other thing Waymo has a lot of advance...