I no longer recognize the world I live in.

I was 12 when the first iron man movie came out. I saw it in theaters. It came out in 2008.<br><br>In that movie you see tony stark controlling computers with gestures. You see him having a conversation with the computer about the status of his house and one of his companies. You see him talk to his car. You see him have a conversation with his home assistant, and it controls his home lighting for him. You see him talk to his AI, which has a woman's voice, and she's like the voice of reason talking him out of doing something stupid at one point, which I thought was really cool.<br><br>Now I can do all of that. I have Google home, Echo dot, and apple home. My phone can control everything from the lighting in my house, to the temperature, to what music is playing on my home speakers. I can talk to my phone and it will do it for me. I can talk to my TV and set up voice commands to talk to any smart device I have in my house.<br><br>I have the chatgpt extension on my computer, and it summarizes articles I ask it to. It will summarize long emails and short emails. It will summarize news articles when I ask.<br><br>I can point my camera at a speaker that's talking a foreign language, and get subtitles in English. I can have the Google AI translate what they're saying in English in real time.<br><br>I went on one of those virtual reality headsets, and I felt like I was in the movie ready player one. It was indistinguishable from reality. I played a virtual reality game where I was in a virtual city, and I could walk around. I could control the virtual weather. I could make the virtual time of day change. I could walk around a virtual city. It was indistinguishable from reality.<br><br>I recognize how much the world has changed since 2008. I feel like I'm living in a completely different future. My phone is my little window to the world. <br><br>I can get information about almost anything these days, I can talk to my phone, and it will show me this info in a matter of seconds. I can talk to my phone, and it will give me turn by turn directions to any place in the world. I can talk to my phone, and it will show me what's the best route to my destination right now, taking into account real time traffic and road closures. I can talk to my phone and it will tell me what restaurants are around me. I can talk to my phone, and it will give me the best options near me to eat.<br><br>I can look out this window, and have a conversation with this magic window. I can have the magic window tell me a joke. I can have the magic window play me music. I can have the magic window give me news updates. I can have the magic window plan a day for me with places to visit, and a roadmap for the day. I can have the magic window give me directions on how to do anything. I can have the magic window give me real time updates on the status of my flights, trains, subways, and other modes of transportation. The magic window can tell me which flights, trains, and subways are delayed, and which ones are running on time. The magic window can give me directions on how to do anything in a matter of seconds. The magic window can give me training on how to do a wide variety of tasks, and will teach me at my own pace. The magic window can give me real time feedback on what I'm doing wrong, and how I can improve.<br><br>The world is moving at light speed now, and I'm excited to see what the future holds. I want to do everything I can to learn and adapt to the changing world.