The AI realized that I am a sound sleeper because I don’t wake up for the first 5 alarms ever. How can it tell my heart rate? Heart rate sensor has come up on some Samsung phones :) How does it know I hate HR emails? I have been opening and immediately closing them or marking them read without even opening or just deleting them for the last few days. The AI would have learnt that they don’t matter to me. How does it know my ‘usual work’? Historical data.

Story #3 (solo trip to Lonavala)

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Whatever I wrote above, although technically possible, it may not be feasible to implement. There could be lot of privacy / security concerns and technical constraints involved. However, I am quite fascinated by the very fact that our smartphones can read all this data with today’s existing technology. There is a ghost writer in your pockets!

Imagine 20 years from now… If I think about it, almost every moment of our lives can be captured by our gadgets. The possibilities are endless. For instance, Grand Theft Auto is an example of how much technology can progress in about 18 yrs. My brother and I played almost every edition of GTA. When we played the first version, we wondered how awesome it would be to play this in 3D and BOOM, 4 years later, GTA III came out and we also thought it had the best graphics ever. When San Andreas was released, we thought no other game would have a map bigger than this. Now, look at GTA V. It exceeds expectations on every front and truly marks the beginning of next generation gaming.

The evolution of Grand Theft Auto. — An example of innovation and progress of technology

Finishing Thoughts

While some people may freakout reading this, I am excited and amused and I am sure there must be lot of others thinking like me. Now imagine if everyone has this app and every moment of lives of millions of people is being recorded. Google already knows a ton of data about us by our Google searches, Youtube searches, checkins etc. By combining all this data, we can study a lot about ourselves and a bunch of interesting and useful things can be done.

I believe the world is not as random as it seems to be and there could be patterns everywhere. For instance, by gathering location data of lot of people visiting the salon near your home, one may observe that it is free on Thursday and Fridays between 3–6 PM and crowded at other times. You can thus plan your next visit accordingly!

Smartphones have already revolutionized the way we live. With technology like IoT, VR, Robots, Wearable Tech etc. coming into play, shit is gonna get real soon!

In 20 years from now, we will live in a very different world.

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