Tuesday, September 18, 2007

The Machine is Us/ing Us

Today we watched a short video called The Machine is Us/ing Us. What do you think that means? Explain.

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I'd like you to read the student comments at a later time and respond to at least one comment.

141 comments:

  1. I think it means that the machine needs us to program it and we're using it to do a lot of things.

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  2. I think this means that were are becoming more and more dependent on the web, and that there is a lot of stuff out there that we can do.

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  3. That is scary that billions of things are "taught" to the computers.

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  4. I thought this was a very interesting little movie clip. It's really scary how many people use the Internet. But I think it's true, the machine is really using us!

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  5. I think that the internet is going to control us and TAKE OVA DA WORLD!!!!!!!!!

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  6. I think that this video means that we are becoming a world full of technology. We are relying on computers and most of all internet more than we ever have. Our technology is growing. It's becoming a lot smarter.

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  7. I think that video means that we are the web. Everything we do on the internet teaches the computer more and more. We all type in information and almost everything about our lives is on the internet. We don't gain much from it but the computer gains more knowledge.

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  8. I think the what they mean by "the machine is using us" is that we keep adding more and more information to computors, and other technology.

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  9. I think that it means we have to go to thedifferent websites to make the computer learn.

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  10. I think that people are relying on the web more than ever. The computers are becoming smarter and are being updated to fit the users' needs. People are being connected by the information the internet gives us. This information rapidly spreads around the world.

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  11. i think it means that machines depend on humans but also like machines are taught things and so they could pretty much run on their own

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  12. I think that it means we have to go to different websites to make the computer learn.

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  13. I think this video means that the computer teaches us a lot of things, but we really teach the computer by programing stuff in to the internet.
    I also think this video means that we should really start thinking about copy write issues and privacy issues.

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  14. I think it means without us the machines wouldn't be the way they are today. They need us to teach it and program it. I think it also means there is a lot we can do on the web and we are becoming more dependent on it.

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  15. COMPUTERS may be teaching us, but at the same time...we're teaching them. we are computers....sort of.

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  16. I think it means that we are becoming more dependent on the internet. I do think its true because now everyone is on the internet doing homeowrk or talking to friends.

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  17. 1/2 A--You've left some very insightful comments. You are certainly on track regarding how technology is becoming an integral part of our life. And although computers do a lot for us, we are starting to teach them things too.

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  18. does it mean that computers
    will one day control us
    like some of the movies?

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  19. I think this means that the machine needs us to learn things and that we use it to do what we want

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  20. I thought this video was really good. I think it is true that the computer is using us because we teach it links and places to go to...I also thought it was interesting to see how many people go on the web..!

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  21. I think that it means the machine is using us because it is getting a lot of our info, and it is us because it has our information on us.

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  22. I think the movie was really fast and it does mean that machines do need humans to run them but like ourselfs we do need some control on how we use these machines.

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  23. I think we are becoming more and more reliant on technology.
    And it's not necessarily a good thing.

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  24. i think that the video was very intense and mind boggeling!!!! because just thinking of the amout of poeple that use the web every day and how we are actualyteaching the machines!!! It is a bit bazzar!!

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  25. I think what it means is that as we type or link things, computers can rememberit and become smarter, and at the rate we're going at, computers can be smarter than the brain, and we have to be careful about all of the information we feed it.

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  26. I think this means that we are becoming dependent on the internet and computers. With so much to do in such little time, it gets kind of scary that there's so much out there.

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  27. i think that the movie was really interesting because it shows how much we can teach the computers, like the links we go to or places we've searched so it becomes custom to our favorite sites. I also thought it was interesting to see how many people go to a website per day!

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  28. I think it means that we use the machine to learn things and the machine uses us to learn things.

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  29. I think it means were making computers smarter.

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  30. mr.buckley ithink that the video was high tech that is was teaching
    you about the use of the web.

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  31. I think that this was very intence video because it made me think about the future and what it has in store for me.

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  32. I thought the movie was cool
    but it was weird how fast he/she was typing
    but it was cool

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  33. I thought that this video ment that every time we use the machines we teach it something but, also it can teahc us stuff along the way.

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  34. I think the video mean that we are the one programming the machine to do what we want everytime we go online and do something new.

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  35. 5/6 A--Some very good points. I wonder if the creator of this video thinks the advances in technology are a good thing or a bad thing. What do you think?

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  36. I think that it means, even though we created the web, we are becoming more and more dependent on it. I also think that it is scary that millions of people are using the web, but really, it is using us!

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  37. I think that "the machine is using us" means that whenever people use computers, the machine learns more about us, and because everything you put on the internet, anyone can see. Because we are dependent on computers and technology, we have to "teach" or improve the computers to make them easier to use. So the computers are "learning" by people getting dependant on the web (???)

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  38. that was a scary video. i think it means we control the machine



    ... and packers rule

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  39. The video was very interesting. It showed how we are responsible for the web and what we write on it. It shows how important it is that we are careful what we write on the internet. It's important because so many billions of people are on the web each day! We need to be careful.

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  40. Me and Brady D. think that the video means that technology is growing rapidly and pretty soon it will surpass human knowledge... thats scary!!!

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  42. i think that the video meant that we are the ones who make the machine actually work. we give it the knowledge that it needs to be a better machine!

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  43. Me and Michael J. think this means that even though we created the machine and we control it, to some extent, the machine is controling us. Technology is growing rapidly and and web is turning into a place for people to communicate quickly.

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  44. Brady D. and I think that the video means that technology is growing rapidly and pretty soon it will surpass all human knowledge!... thats scary!!!

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  45. I think it means that each time we put something in the computer the web takes it in as new information causing the computer to be smarter than the human. I think that our computers intellegence is growing at an extremely rapid pace and that we need to keep developing it!

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  46. I think it means that we are using the computer for other reasons that are not mabey particularly nessesar to be using and now we are in the computer and instead of us using it it is using us!

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  47. I think it was splendid and farther technology than adam wil be ever in a million trillion years of knowing anything.

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  48. i do bleive that it was very interesting and that machines are using us more than we are using them now days and will evetually take over the world at some point and most people do think that

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  49. I thought the video was very interesting. I think it means that people are becoming more dependent on machines/technology, and the web has become a place to communicate with others, share information and is a big part of our everyday lives.

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  51. Caroline W-1/2A
    I totally agree with you. People do use the web to communicate and to share things. Good wording.

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  52. jackson c-5/6a..
    i agree with what you said. about at this rate the computar will become smarter than the human brain so we should be carful.

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  53. hannah h-
    I really agree with you. We rely more on the computer every single day.

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  54. Katybeth B-1/2A

    I agree with Katybeth because so many people are using the internet and like she said, it is getting A LOT smarter!

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  55. RESPONDING TO: michaela g-1/2 a

    I agree with michaela... although the internet teaches us many new things, there is balance because we teach the computer a lot too. Without us using computers as often as we do, they would not be so technologically updated. The more technoloy that we put on the internet, the more the our computers learn and the quicker our knowledge expands.

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  56. I thought the video was really interesting... I think it was showing us how often we use computers to help us communicate and discover new things. I also think that it had something to do with the way computers work and how much information it can hold!

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  57. katybeth b-1/2
    i agree with katie because if you think about how may times we use the computher in a regular day the numbers are pretty high. Once, in the middle of the summer my power when out and i found my self boared out of my mind concidering the fact that i use the computer and tv so much! our world is really revoled around our technoligie! i certenly agree with Katybeth!

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  58. I think it means that the computer (internet) and technology is becoming our world.

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  59. I think it means that we are, well (obviously) adding more info to the net, and doing things that make the computer learn more (in fact, I'm doing it right now!) AND (this is alot of stuff!) growing more and more dependent on the world wide web. I.E: We get all the new ON THE COMPUTER!!!! ahhhh!
    (fyi, Mr. B, I'm in your 7/8A class...)

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  60. I think that the video means that without us, the internet wouldn't be anything.

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  61. I think this video means that our intellegence on using the web and technology has expanded a lot! It's so amazing to see how many people are using the web. I do agree about how the machine is us, but i don't know about how it's using us.

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  62. I liked the video because it showed me a different prespective on the internet!

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  63. I think it means that the world is becoming more dependent on computers.

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  64. I thought that the video was cool. The guy typed really fast though.

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  65. The movie was really well made and told many important thing to us. And I think that 'The Machine is Using Us' means that we are becoming less human and more dependant and becoming more like machines. It's kind of scary how many people are using computers and other machines.

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  66. I think that it means that the machine is "using" us because we program them to do the things we need or want them to do. So, if we didn't program the machines, they wouldn't be able to do a lot. They need and depend on us.

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  67. watching this video, it's strange thinking deep into it. it's also hard to. in conclusion, technology is the key to our life, and even if it is getting smarter, we can't stop it.

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  68. I think the video showed us the fundamentals of the internet and it's terms. It also gave me a different perspective on what the internet has become.

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  69. i think this means that we are starting to use the web more often. ALso that there is a lot of different things that you can look at on the web

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  70. This video was very interesting. I think it means that our world is revolving around the internet and we should rethink what we are doing.

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  71. This video was very col to see how many things we teach the computer each and every sigle day. It was pretty cool when they typed over the text they already typed. Pretty soon, computers can be smarter than the human kind

    -Camille & Ivan.

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  72. I find it interesting that we ourselves are teaching computers.

    Chip

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  73. We think that the video was good. We didn't know that we taught the computer to think and what to do.
    -Grace G and Allen L.

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  74. The video was very interseting and made us think how much we really use the web. We depend on it for so much information. There are so many sites and places on the internet that help us in every day life.

    - Jenny and James

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  75. Gosh! That dude can type fast! I think "The Machine is Using Us" means that we use the internet so many times a day so technically the machine uses us. I also think that pretty soon computers are going to be smarter then our human minds, so sooner or later they'll be controlling us!

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  76. that clip was sweet. it really meant a lot to myself and others, it was so powerful! Does this mean that computers are going to take over the world?

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  77. I think the computers will be smarter than us. We are the computers because we teach them.

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  78. the machine is useing what we type to learn. after a while it will most likely begunin to memorize what we type, and someday over rule us. I hope (and bet) that I will not be around durring that time, but Its probibly comming!! =>.<=
    Anyhoo, the video was cool, (and creapy) and ill consider watching it again!! =^.^=
    ♥,
    Meh! =^.^=

    P.S. My partner thinks its cool that we are teaching the computor.
    (\_/)
    (="=)
    (")(")

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  79. The machine is watching us is very interesting. We think of the web as being all knowing but it only knows as much as humans. I predict someday that the computer will have its own intelligence and humans won't need to add to it.

    Izy and Steven

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  80. I didn't understand very much of it because everything was going so fast. It was amazing how fast eveything was.

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  81. I think that the machines are using us to take over the world.

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  82. I think that it means that our technology is becoming more and more advanced. And the people are relying more on the web. I also think that people are going to the web as a first source, but at the same time we are also teaching the web.

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  83. That video was very interesting even though it made me very dizzy. It was fun to see all of the funky things you can do on the internet. I can' wait to learn more!

    tyler and svea!

    LRT 5/6

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  84. I think it means that Computers will eventually know what the Human Race knows and then everything It knows so it could be smarter faster and stronger than the whole Human Race.

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  85. i thought that video was kinda cool.
    it was a little confusing but i think that the main idea was that because there is so much out there on the internet, it's helping us, but also like redefining stuff.

    because there is so many people on it and ways to hack into it there is less privacy and people spend more time on it than with their families sometimes.

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  86. I think that this vidio means that the more things that we do on the computer, the more it learns and the more it learns the more smart it will become and eventually it will become smarter and more capable then humans. Scarrrrryyy!

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  87. This was very interesting. I didn't know that every time we did something on a computer (or on any machine) it was teaching it. The internet is very advanced.

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  88. I think it's pretty creppy that were teaching the computers so much. and that were becoming more dependent onthe computer and onthe web.

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  89. I think the point the movie is trying to get to us is that we are becoming too dependent on the web. I also think thats its weird that we teach billions of things to computers! I think the computers are really using us!

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  90. We think that this means that the machine is becoming a more influential part of our lives. The machines are becoming more and more powerful every day.

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  91. I think it means that the internet is becoming more and more capable of anything. We are a big part of it and we are what is causing it to be so advanced.

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  92. I think that it means that we are in control of the internet and everything that happens on it.

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  93. We thought that it meant that we are becoming more dependent on the internet and are also basing our ideas off of other people's values because of things on the web like blogs.

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  94. Mr. Buckley 5/6A-
    I think that the creator in this video thinks that its a good thing and not a bad thing that the computers are helping us learn and learing while their doing it. Becuase hes telling us all these things and not saying that its going to lead to somthing bad. Also he put the video on the computer and used the internet to share the information.

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  95. Austin W- I don't think he types that fast i think they just fast-forwarded what he was typing

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  96. I have to agree w/ Julia H.
    Why would someone say somthing bad about the internet if they are using it already? that just doesn't seem right?

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  97. Ivan L. 5/6B (and Camille)

    I agree that learning about the computers was pretty cool, and that at this rate that its growing, its kinda scary.

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  98. I definetly agree with Edie O. the machiene learns about us, so anyone can see or read anything we put up. We have to "teach" the computers what to do.

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  99. i agree with erik, it is scary that so many things are taught to computers especially because of all those books where they say computers take over the world.

    it's kinda weird.

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  100. Michaela G-1/2A

    I have to agree with you on having to teach it. I also agree with you on that we are becoming more dependent on them!

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  101. I agree with fartun. The video moved really fast and it was hard to tell what was going on. I think that was point though, to demonstrate how quickly stuff can be added onto the web. What do you think?

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  102. i agree with samantha k the machine is using us means that we are putting more and more information o the computer so it can make our life easier

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  103. Brian F.,

    You're right about the video being weird. I think that the machine is Us/ing us means that were now extremely technologically dependant. Almost every one has a computer, and connects to the web every day. Just imagine how many people are on the web a day! That kind of thing just makes ou think... I mean, I don't believe in movies, but it's a scary thought just to thinki about how the computer might just take us over. Who knows we might just become computers ourself...

    P.S. Go Colts!!!

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  104. I agree with tyler and svea. the movie made me dizzy too because the people were typing so fast!

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  105. I also agree with Ryan G and Michaela Gee! That with out tech. we would be nothing that we are today and that computers need us to learn things!

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  106. I agree with Jackson C. the movie just kept proving how the computer will be smarter than us someday very soon

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  107. Janie-
    I totally agree with you when you say that the point of the video clip was to show us that we are becoming to dependent on the web.

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  108. I completely agree with Hannah h and Michaela G!
    people are relying on the web more then ever, and without machines we wouldn't be the way we are today.We keep getting more dependent on the web.

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  109. ariel l:
    thats an interesting little thought you got there... but how is the internet gonna move? it doesnt have a body or anything!

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  110. It seems as though a lot of people are thinking that technologies is getting more advanced.

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  111. It's really wierd how most of the comments are about how much we depend on the computer, and on how much the computer depends on us. It's like a circle!!!

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  112. katybeth b-1/2a

    You and me had extremely similar comments! Its crazy the amount of people that put in information to the internet and it learns something new right there and then!! But also with the technology growing we're becoming SOOO dependent upon it!! its INSANE!!!

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  113. erik n-1/2a- I agree it is quite spooky

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  114. I thought that when they said that the machine is using us they ment that every day the internet is getting smarter and smarter and that humans are making thar happen.

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  115. Renee, you're right- some people's lives ARE all over the web. Not only do people just post their lives on blogs, but who they are and what they do is also posted through newspaper articles and stuff like that. If someone has a triumph, and it's written about in a newspaper and then posteed online, anyone in the world who has a computer could know about it. People could figure out everything from how someone died (online obituaries) to what you are doing later that day (blogs, xangas, facebooks, scheduals for sports activities....).

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  116. I think this movie means that everyday we teach more and more to our computers. Without us feeding them info, computers cannot improve themselves automatically. As we continue to feed computers information, computers become more intelligent, soon to be even more efficient and have more intellect than the human race.

    ~britta p :p :D :o :)

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  117. Jim! I don't think that the internet is going to take over the world Jimmy, but that's ok! Good thought!

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  118. kate b

    I think that you are right, computers were made to be used by us not take us over (sort of).

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  119. kalyna r-1/2a

    Your right Kalyna, it's really scary how many people are using the internet these days! But, how do you think the machine is using us?

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  120. I totally agree with Natalie W's Comment that we have to kinda teach computers but once they learn they can do things on there own!

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  121. I have to agree Jackson K. I agree that we are becoming more dependent on the computers.

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  122. Katybeth-

    I think your staement is very true. Our world is relying on technology more than we ever have. And in some cases it might be to much. But it is for sure that our technology is getting smarter and that can be good and bad.

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  123. Ariel L - Haha I think that the computer is smart, but will it really take over the world?

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  124. Austin W,
    I totally agree with you. He was typing like the speed of light!!!!
    -Grace

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  125. Its so wierd to think how much computers are learning and how much people rely on having computers and technology

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  126. To those who mention the speed he types. Think about the use of technology to make the video. Is it possible that technology made the typing "appear" faster than it really was?

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  127. That was a cool video because, it is talking about the stuff that is all around us all of the time. Also he/she could type REALLY fast!!

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  128. I think that this means that everyones lives revolve around the computor and the internet everyday. We have been programming the computor and it continues to get smarter.

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  129. I totally agree with Drew M. The movie was really cool!

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  130. i agree with tierra and brady, because they are right it is kind of scary to think that computers could be smarter then humans!

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  131. I agree with Austin. That guy does type fast.

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  132. I agree with Samantha K. that the more we go to different websites the more the computer learns. I also think that what Mr. Buckley said about the text being made to look fast is also true. I don't think anyone could really type that fast!

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  133. Kalyna- I agree with your comment, it is really scary how many people are using the internet. I also really enjoyed the video too.

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  134. arial l.-
    I agree totally with you! Computers ARE soon going to take over the world! Pretty soon we'll put too much of our brain power into them and they'll be to powerful to control anymore. Ahhh!

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  135. i dont think Patrick wrote enough....

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  136. I think it means that computers just keep getting smarter and smarter, and that people are as well! I think its kind of cool that how big myspace would be if it was a country.

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