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Humanity
has
undergone
many
changes
since
the
Age
of
Enlightenment,
and
the
most
lasting
ones
have
resulted
from
technical
and
scientific
knowledge.
Technical
innovations
expanded
the
scope
of
human
action,
and
human
kind
was
increasingly
able
to
shape
its
environment
according
to
its
will.
Previous
radical
changes,
such
as
book
printing,
gunpowder,
steam
navigation,
the
automobile,
...)
changed
the
lives
of
people
worldwide.
It
can
be
observed
that
the
later
an
innovation
appeared
in
the
history
of
mankind,
the
faster
it
became
accepted
worldwide.
The
development
of
digitalization
represents
another
milestone
in
the
history
of
mankind,
which
is
in
the
process
of
reshaping
society
in
many
parts.
Technical
innovations
and
social
developments
influence
each
other.
We
can
already
see
the
influence
of
digital
innovations
in
all
areas
of
life
today,
although
we
are
unable
to
make
any
conclusive
judgements.
This
applies
to
both
the
professional
and
private
spheres.
A
distinction
must
be
made
between
the
ongoing
development
of
information
technology,
with
its
constant
stream
of
new
technical
ideas
and
concepts,
and
the
innovations
that
can
be
shaped
as a
result.
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The
reason
for
this
dynamic
development
is
purely
technical.
The
so-called
"Moore's
law"
states
that
the
complexity
of
integrated
circuits
doubles
every
two
years.
This
applies
to
computers,
which
are
thus
capable
of
doubling
every
two
years
at
ultimately
the
same
cost.
But
it
also
applies
to
the
storage
possibilities.
The
electronic
storage
devices
(e.g.
floppy
disks,
disk
USB
sticks)
are
becoming
faster
and
larger.
Another
very
relevant
technical
development
is
the
enormous
increase
in
speed
of
data
transfer
due
to
new
technical
processes.
The
most
recent
significant
developments
here
are
certainly
those
of
wireless
communication
and
the
utilization
of
fiber
optic
technology.
Among
the
technically
relevant
achievements
is
also
the
development
of
more
and
more
powerful
sensors
that
can
be
produced
at
lower
and
lower
costs.
Thanks
to
these
exponentially
developing
basic
technologies,
more
and
more
powerful
systems
can
be
developed
and
more
sophisticated
concepts
can
be
implemented.
Current
technologies
include
Big
Data,
Cloud
Computing,
machine
learning
and
artificial
intelligence,
global
and
ubiquitous
networking,
the
Internet
of
Things
and
Services
and
many
more.
However, all of these do not yet represent a useful innovation for users or
customers.
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From
these
technical
systems,
however,
it
is
possible
to
develop
an
unforeseeable
variety
of
very
powerful
systems
and
programs,
most
of
which
are
not
only
based
on
the
use
of a
single
technology,
but
which
gain
their
power
through
the
combination
of
different
technologies.
Thus,
for
an
autonomously
driving
car
to
be
able
to
safely
navigate
through
traffic,
all
of
the
technologies
mentioned
(Big
Data,
Cloud
Computing,
machine
learning
and
artificial
intelligence,
global
and
ubiquitous
networking,
the
Internet
of
Things
and
Services)
and
a
few
more
are
needed.
The
art
of
engineers,
computer
scientists
and
data
scientists
is
to
successfully
develop
these
systems
using
these
technologies.
It
goes
without
saying
that
the
requirements
of
data
protection,
data
security,
the
environment
and
the
laws
of
economics
must
be
observed.
Other
current
very
powerful
innovations
of
the
digital
economy
are
e.g.
the smartphone,
smart
home,
industry
4.0.
e-health,
service
robots
or
digital
assistants.
Here
it
should
be
noted
that
the
term
"innovation"
can
be a
problematic
one.
A
technical
development
only
becomes
an
innovation
when
it
becomes established
on
the
market,
which
also
means
that
it
can
be
developed,
produced
and
distributed
at
reasonable
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However, since success on the market cannot always be reliably predicted, high development costs are often also a risk for digitization companies.
A
very
important
prerequisite
for
successful
work
on
possible
digital
innovations
is
the
question
of
training
digitally
competent
people
and
the
disputed
further
training
in
practice.
This
applies
to
all
Western
industrialized
nations,
but
increasingly
also
to
all
other
countries.
Countries
such
as
China,
India
and
Singapore,
for
example,
are
particularly
successful
here.
Digitalization
has
changed
the
way
people
interact
with
each
other
and
the
way
people
live
together
very
quickly.
For
example,
stored
digital
data
requires
the
user
to
remember
less
and
less,
and
there
is a
danger
that
traditional
education
will
be
replaced
by
the
ability
to
use
digital
media
quickly
and
accurately.
For
the
most
part,
what
used
to
be
true
no
longer
applies
today:
Today,
many
people
like
to
give
away
their
data
in
order
to
present
themselves
to a
certain
public,
and
they
change
their
behavior
consciously
or
unconsciously
precisely
because
their
data
is
presented
to
this
public.
Data and the algorithms that process them must be understood in a completely new way. Both in terms of their possibilities and their risks.
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Living by:
Digitalisation, Ethics, Computer |
Karl Teille
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