Gaines Gunn on Ever Growing Technology
Gaines Gunn
Ever Growing Technology
Claims and stances
Transcript
- 0:00 So I'm just sitting here watching Netflix.
- 0:02 Um I'm watching a show called Black Mirror, and it's about kind of technology being used in negative ways.
- 0:08 So I really wanted to dive into how technology is kind of negatively impacting our lives and maybe whether or not it needs to be regulated in the future.
- 0:17 I mean, as a student, I know a lot of other students are using AI for their homework and for classwork, and it's kind of minimizing what it means to get a degree in college.
- 0:27 And I know that a lot of us are on our phones way too much, and for me especially, like sometimes I want to do things and study and um excel professionally, but I'm stuck scrolling on my phone.
- 0:43 And so I think this is an important topic because, you know, there's a lot of things that AI and technology as a whole and social media can do that's pretty negative on ourselves.
- 0:53 Like for example, um young young people are starting to develop negative body images, you know, comparing themselves to other people.
- 1:01 Like for example, I'm looking I I just want to do a little research, so I'm looking at this review online.
- 1:06 Um in 2022, um image-based social media platforms like Instagram have a stronger association with negative body image, and I think that's really important because um even some of my friends have studied with bot or struggled with body image, and it's just like it's something that we probably need to discuss more and have some regulations on, you know, how technology is going to succeed and um continue in our lives because it's it's developing incredibly fast and you know there's not many regulations in place now, so