From the early days of science fiction, movies have given us a picture of the future. When we see a movie, we understand it from different points of view. "Can it be true? How's that possible? "People often talk to themselves when watching science fiction movies. If you are a doctor, you may think: "That man would die that fall. "If you are a physical scientist: "That's not how black holes work. "And if you're me, it's more like: "What a silly idea of future personal technology (科技)!"
Sometimes, it makes me crazy when sci-fi movie makers dream up things. On the other hand, some movies show technologies that are so practical. People make them in the real world. Star Trek's self-opening doors are now commonly seen at store and hotel, and the driver-less cars from Total Recall (and many other movies) are already on roads.
It's clear that Hollywood's film makers have put serious thoughts into the things we'll someday carry. For example, there's a Siri-like voice assistant (助手) in a movie named Her. Her boss talks to her through an earbud (耳机), through which he gets a surprising number of things done such as looking through e-mails and news stories, sending messages and so on. When he needs a picture for the communication, the picture will show up after opening his phone.
My only question with Her is that nobody ever gives an order by saying something like "Hey, Siri. " How do the movie's computers know when you're speaking to them? Otherwise, it would make a great movie.
People go crazy over the idea: having all the power (功能) of a smartphone without really needing a smartphone. We won't see this happen in the real world, though.
Most of these movies, however, still get one thing wrong: Computers make strange sounds like birds singing as their words and pictures appear. Why do movie makers think adding silly sounds make their machines cooler? We're never going to like that.
