Technology Advancement, more human productivity or more dependent?

[Hamza2424]

In this present day, technology has really advanced a lot, making things very easy, fast and convenient for humans without having to stress too much or work too hard.

Now my question:
Is the advancement of technology actually making humans more productive, improving our skills or are we gradually losing our basic skills and some other essential skills, since we are now dependent on technology for everything?
Are we becoming less productive, losing our problem solving abilities, critical thinking and creativity?

One thing I have to admit, if my smartphone would not be able to store any kind of data like phone numbers then I would have to remember them, and now I don't even remember most of the numbers, just basic 4 to 5 numbers maybe.

But does it matter? I don't think so because the same effort I can reallocate somewhere else which can be more productive, but I do have one fact to share that with technological advancement we have become lazier than before, but it is on us, we can opt to be not lazy and be more productive.

I sometimes think if they are giving us the drugs of AI to do our work, like research and development etc. What if they block all of the AI? Would we be able to do the job haha, like there was a funny line made by someone on social media that, I am not worried if AI will eat my job, I am more worried if there won't be any AI, what will happen to my job haha.

[Crypto_Timothy]

In this present day, technology has really advanced a lot, making things very easy, fast and convenient for humans without having to stress too much or work too hard.

Now my question:
Is the advancement of technology actually making humans more productive, improving our skills or are we gradually losing our basic skills and some other essential skills, since we are now dependent on technology for everything?
Are we becoming less productive, losing our problem solving abilities, critical thinking and creativity?

Hard times creates Hard humans, hard humans will create soft times and soft times will create soft humans, soft humans will create hard times. This is how is has ways been right from time, each time we create or invent a technology to improve our experience as humans, there is always a cost to be paid either by this generation or the next but it must be paid. I don't think creativity will ever stop entirely, it may reduce but creativity can't stop.

[Davidvictorson]

Now my question:
Is the advancement of technology actually making humans more productive, improving our skills or are we gradually losing our basic skills and some other essential skills, since we are now dependent on technology for everything?
Are we becoming less productive, losing our problem solving abilities, critical thinking and creativity?

The answer is not black or white.
It depends on the industry that you are in and the type of technology that you referring to.
One this is for sure though that advances in technology technology has improved the human life and human race. It has made more people who leveraged it become financially independent quicker than when before when it wasn’t leveraged.

[uneng]

Now my question:
Is the advancement of technology actually making humans more productive, improving our skills or are we gradually losing our basic skills and some other essential skills, since we are now dependent on technology for everything?
Are we becoming less productive, losing our problem solving abilities, critical thinking and creativity?

There are humans and humans. For most I believe productivity is going to decrease, while dependence is going to rise. On the other hand, for a portion of human beings, technology advancement is going to be an opportunity of developing creativity and using their spare time to grow themselves cognitively, emotionally and spiritually. Technology is a tool, and when on the right hands it can be used to do wonderful things.

[Tamaperdana]

In this present day, technology has really advanced a lot, making things very easy, fast and convenient for humans without having to stress too much or work too hard.

Now my question:
Is the advancement of technology actually making humans more productive, improving our skills or are we gradually losing our basic skills and some other essential skills, since we are now dependent on technology for everything?
Are we becoming less productive, losing our problem solving abilities, critical thinking and creativity?

I think this technological advancement clearly has both positive and negative sides. It's undeniable that some people have become lazy as a result of this technological advancement. For example,, teenagers who are so busy playing online games that they don't think about anything else. This is clearly not a good thing, because the longer they engage in this routine, the more addicted they become, and ultimately, it's difficult for them to break free. The worst part is that teenagers who are addicted to gaming clearly can't think further and aren't critical. So,, yes, that's a problem.

But if we look at the positive side, with these advances, it's clear that it's much easier to learn new things and new skills. So, if we want to learn, it's certainly easier now than it used to be. Because now we just need to type something into a search engine, and all the answers will appear. So, in essence, it's incredibly easy. So, yes, given this, I don't think we can simply view this modern progress negatively, because in reality, it still has its uses. So, the bottom line is that we must be wise in dealing with this situation.

[jcojci]

Only those who don't want to improve their skills will losing the chance to work. The advancing of technology will takes their work and that will increases the number of unemployment. Those worker might have another chance to searching for work based on their skills.

That will not easy, the competition will be tight while other people who have more skills will not have difficulty to get the work. We see AI around us and simplified our task but we should not rely on them but improving our skills because not all things should rely on AI.

[Y3shot]

Now my question:
Is the advancement of technology actually making humans more productive, improving our skills or are we gradually losing our basic skills and some other essential skills, since we are now dependent on technology for everything?
Are we becoming less productive, losing our problem solving abilities, critical thinking and creativity?

I know that because technology is becoming more advanced, some people are no longer interested in learning or improving their skills. Because of this, it doesn't mean that technology is bad; the fact is that we can't even do without technology. People can only decide how they want technology to play its role in their lives. If you want assistance through technology that will enable you to avoid stressing yourself with too much effort, then technology can do it better. If someone truly wants to improve with technology to learn more skills, then this is a role for technology to play. Technology is not the problem; rather, it is how people want to make use of it that can be a problem, which can make it seem as if people are not ready to be proficient in their skills.

[lovesmayfamilis]

Every product can have its pros and cons. In our lives, we can also say that there should be a golden mean in terms of the usefulness that technology brings to modernity. AI helps people in many fields, but it also frees (roughly speaking, deprives) people of their jobs and their earnings. How many people have lost their jobs solely because of the introduction of new technologies? It's not even worth counting. The statistics will be grim. Another point is interesting. First, AI is introduced, and then tools are created to humanize everything that AI has done. The question is: was this really necessary in the first place? Another example is quite simple... gadgets. They are, of course, useful. But along with them, how many people have we ended up with who are dependent (already at the medical level, with serious illnesses) on these technologies? Everything should be in moderation, but people will always want more, and it turns out that one hand does something useful, while the other destroys everything that was previously considered valuable and important.

[Cheema02]

Op, No doubt technology makes our lives more convenient and faster, and here's a question that is raised: Are we gradually becoming dependent on technology? The answer is very simple: Yes, we depend all in all on technology overall, especially with the entry of AI. Also, can it affect our abilities? Yes, it does, because due to advancements in AI and technology, every task becomes very easy and time-efficient. According to my observations, technology itself is very useful and not a problem when we use it as a tool to solve our daily tasks. We should use it to improve and learn new ideas and the actual problem is created when we stop thinking and accept all the output of technology.

 the main positive thing is balance, because when we use technology just to support our daily tasks and try to explore more advancements in its usage, then we gain more profit, and we have more chances of improving ourselves. Do you think technology makes us lazy?

[Pi-network314159]

In this present day, technology has really advanced a lot, making things very easy, fast and convenient for humans without having to stress too much or work too hard.

Now my question:
Is the advancement of technology actually making humans more productive, improving our skills or are we gradually losing our basic skills and some other essential skills, since we are now dependent on technology for everything?
Are we becoming less productive, losing our problem solving abilities, critical thinking and creativity?

Well in my own understanding, technological advancement is making more people to be lazy and less productive since they solely reply on it for almost everything, but there are still people who try to be  more productive than relying on technology. But this number of people are very few in the society. Yeah many people are losing their problem solving ability to technology as you have said. I can remember a friend of mine about a week ago, he was doing calculation and asked me 4×6 and I replied 24 but he was never satisfied till he confirmed it through his calculator and I told him have you forget that 4×6 is thesame thing as 6+6+6+6 or 4+4+4+4+4+4 which is same as 24 and he started laughing that doing this math thing is like stressing the brain. And I told him even if this technically stuff helps, that we should not forget that human brain is still the Master computer and need to be given difficult task some times.