Ntombizakhona Mabaso
2 min readNov 29, 2024

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Wow, that's a deeply thought-out response. Multifaceted perspective.

Privacy: That is indeed true, publicly available data can be accessed by almost anyone, but ethically, these technological companies are required to protect and encrypt private data.

Job Displacement: AI and Technology can revolutionize the job market and the future of work. Human beings need to upskill themselves, because new solutions bring new problems, which means that traditional jobs might be at risk, but it opens up new opportunities.

Bias and Ethical Use: South Africa faces corruption and mismanagement, even at the grassroots level, if we want government and municipalities to be more efficient, we need to eliminate the mismanagement of funds so that it can be invested in faster, more agile technological processes so that SOEs (Home Affairs, CIPC, Clinics, Education) can perform faster.

Education: Our current curriculum does not represent the advanced technological era that we live in, as observed with the pass mark being 30%, and by including subjects such as Mathematical Literacy, while other countries are introducing Computational Thinking and Robotics at primary level, we are evolving backwards as a nation, therefore, the criminal acts are unsurprising because our educational system doesn't prioritize skilled based learning, just memorized based learning from the 1900s. It's true, we can still observe the consequences of apartheid, but the government has had enough time to bridge the gap between classes.

Former Student: Your education should surely allow you to realize that technology is a solution if used and not abused, and since it has helped you, it can help many others as well. Accessibility is an issue that needs to be rectified.

God: God is an omnipresent spiritual entity, and technology, despite being seemingly omnipresent still requires alot of infrastructure and collaborative effort amongst humans and machines to operate. It is a fallacy to compare God to technology, because they simply don't compare.

Child Labor: Child labor is a topic in many industries, not distinct to tech, but yes, we should all try to put an end to it, and let children be children.

Your phone: Maybe you should limit time spent on your phone haha.

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Ntombizakhona Mabaso
Ntombizakhona Mabaso

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