The future is looking ominously like Cyberpunk 2077.
That’s mostly a joke but not as much of a joke as I hoped it would be. Throughout this class I’ve learned a lot about the digital world and how it effects us as people and the world around us. I learned both the damage and possible help we’re causing to our environment, though it seems to be mostly damage. I’ve learned a little of how to express myself online and just how important an online identity is. I’ve learned how much AI has affected us and honestly it’s seeming like a grim dark cyberpunk campaign at this point.
But the thing about being punk is fighting for happiness no matter how much the world tries to take it from you. The digital world is scary, it’s used for a lot of scary things: hacking, deepfakes, leaks of important information, doxxing. But there’s good to be found in it as well: accessibility, a world of mostly free education, contact with communities and people across the world.
What I’ve taken most from this class is that I’ll probably never fully adapt to. the digital world. Building my identity online is a strange thing to do and because of my lack of tone comprehension and general comprehension overall I’ll probably never get it down. But it’s been fun learning nonetheless, and at the very least I know some of the things going online and what they means.
Also the most important fact I’ve learned: to stop calling it AI and instead call it SALAMI. I’ll always refer to it by that from now on.