Ford Mustang…And Technology
MUSTANG!
A few posts ago, I shared my personal challenges with artificial intelligence. Though I am now a little more comfortable using AI through Google and Bing, some technology can still be overwhelming.
This Summer I accepted an invitation to test drive a 2025 Ford Mustang. Now, I had no intention of purchasing it, but I wasn’t going to decline the offer.
When I started it up, I loved feeling the pulsing of the vehicle as I revved the engine.
As the salesperson explained the features, I was most intrigued by the options to select the sound level of the engine. What?! Who would want a mustang to be anything but loud? I thought. The feature could be controlled by on the 13-inch dash board touch screen panel or voice control. Other features controlled on the panel include adjusting perimeter cameras and environmental controls. And if I remember correctly, the panel was controlled by one single computer chip. If something went wrong with the chip, this car may lose 50% of its features.
Although my dream car was hot with this cool design, comfortable seating, and powerful engine, I wondered if they could have engineered a model with less technology. Would someone want and purchase a Ford Mustang with less technology?
Somedays I think the speed at which technology is growing is outpacing my capacity to learn with trust. I don’t run from it anymore. I slowly try to embrace what I need to help me work smarter in life and vocation. I enjoy easy technology, I am not one who must have the new techie thing, whatever it is, when it is released.
According to the Pew Research Center, 28% of Americans are early adopters of technology. I may be in good company. Click here to read study.
Now don’t get me wrong. Technology is a source of help in many aspects of our lives. Technology is the future and the generation behind me are adapting to it quicker that I am. I just like to keep it a little simpler. When I journal my thoughts or write a story or article, I use legal pads and a pen to purge thoughts, write, and re-write stories and articles before typing. It is an opportunity to practice my cursive. Writing helps me think. Having a hard copy of my writings helps in case my computer crashes or something happens to my thumb drive, as has happened before.
But yet, I embrace technology to tranfer money to someone, to pay tithes at church and to pay bills quickly. I am also happy to use the Waze app on my smartphone to provide driving directions to whereever my destination is.
I wonder. Will there be a point that we may want to have a basic standard amenity package on a Mustang, making us manually roll down our windows when we want fresh air? Will we have the capacity to read a map and watch the mile markers along the interstate during road trips to make sure we are going in the right direction?
When my husband surprises me one day with a new Ford Mustang - just for being me, I pray the chip lasts as long as I own the vehicle. I would feel inconvenienced if I had to adjust my seat manually. :-)
