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There have been major advances in technology over recent decades and this has led to significant improvements in people's lives. To what extent do you agree or disagree.

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In present times, technology has been seen to have taken over. Even in individuals' daily activities, new technological inventions are applied. I believe breakthrough in applied science has improved the quality of
life
. A quick look at mobile banking disruption and artificial
intelligence
 will
further
 explain
this
.
To begin
 with, in recent times mobile banking has disrupted the traditional banking system.
For instance
, before the advent of mobile banking, a person who wants to transfer money from his/her account to another would need to go to a banking outlet to fill a form and join and enormous queue to get that done, but with the mobile banking system, individuals sit in the comfort of their homes and make transfers to accounts without any stress.
This
 banking innovation proves that advances in applied science improves human
life
.
In addition
, a new technological evolution known as artificial
intelligent
Suggestion
intelligence
 has been applied in different aspects of human activities.
For example
, artificial
intelligence
 can be applied in medicine by using it for diagnosis and assessment of severity of diseases, the use of
this
intelligence
 is said to decrease cost of health care as diagnosis will be more accurate and there will be better predictions in the treatment plan as well as more prevention of diseases.
This
 new breakthrough will help to make better the quality of
life
.
However
, some are of the opinion that mechanization can
also
 be used in negative
ways
Accept comma addition
ways, such
such
 as development of weapon of warfare as well as the
invent
Suggestion
invents
 of unethical cloning, but
i
refers to the speaker or writer
I
 believe that technology has been used in better ways to make living more suitable. In summary, technological inventions
such
 as mobile banking as well as artificial
intelligence
 have been seen to enhance good quality of
life
 and in future,
further
 breakthrough will make the world a better place.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • cutting-edge
  • innovations
  • breakthroughs
  • automation
  • AI (Artificial Intelligence)
  • mobile technologies
  • diagnostic tools
  • renewable energy
  • efficiency
  • economic growth
  • knowledge sharing
  • global scale
  • cleaner alternatives
  • job displacement
  • update skills
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