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Southern New Hampshire University Virtual Personal Assistant Discussion

 

Need help with my Information Technology question – I’m studying for my class.

1-1 Discussion: Your Experience with Virtual Personal AssistantsDiscussion Topic

Task: Reply to this topic

In your initial post

consider the VPA used in the business trip described in the required reading, as well as virtual assistants such as Alexa, Cortana, Siri, and Google Maps that may be familiar to you. Describe the virtual assistant you use most throughout your day or would use if you had access to it.

Your description will include:

  • How often do you or would you use it?
  • What does the service offer that you need?
  • How does it meet your personal user requirements?
  • Why would you choose one service over another?
    • Do you consider your privacy and the trust you have for a specific brand?
    • Do you consider ease of use or access to the product?

Some people, as seen in this opinion article, Is Technology Making Us Lazy?, believe that the use of VPAs is encouraging laziness and a lack of self-reliance. People no longer know what to do when they lose a signal and can’t use GPS. Many would be lost if their phone battery died and they needed a friend’s phone number.

Do you agree or disagree with the idea that VPAs have caused individuals to become less self-reliant and have impacted basic problem solving skills? Please support your view.

In your response to a peer, provide at least one additional use for the VPA that was described in the initial prompt and explain why you either agree or disagree with the stance they took concerning the impact of VPAs on self-reliance and basic problem solving skills.

.https://medium.com/digital-society/is-technology-m…