12/8/2022 0 Comments Big Brother in our homes!?![]() Artificial intelligence, autonomous automobiles, interactive robotics, and flawless facial and speech recognition. Do we rely on these moments of our day when we are fascinated by artificial intelligence in daily used technologies so much that we forget that they are the big brother of our homes? The famous words “BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU” (Orwell 4) should ring more alarms than it is. When relating these words to an article from Abel, published in 2018, Mowles agrees that humanity is becoming more comfortable with computer systems simulations of human intelligence processes. When comparing this comment with the novel 1984 written by Orwell, there is one main difference: The population of Oceania has no choice but to become comfortable with the confrontation that there is constantly someone somewhere watching, while in the present day, the number of AI watching one is controlled by the person alone. An example of this can be found in all homes currently, which is known as Google Home and Alexa. Mowles discloses, “My concern is that it doesn’t only listen when you say the word; that it’s going all the time.” (Abel) In the context of the novel, there is no concern about someone constantly listening since it is simply an ordinary situation in which one can find themselves. When comparing this to the artificial intelligence found in the Google Home and Alexa speakers, they are programmed only to listen after one says the “key word,” but the article theories that there is more to the bigger picture than simply this. Overall, there is no saying what the future holds in terms of controlling the amount of privacy remaining to ourselves, unlike the citizens of 1984, whom Big Brother constantly watches.
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