This was a good article that was very interesting. In the
first page he talks about the two different ways that computers could take
over, one is us incorporating robotics into our life to replace human parts and
becoming more and more dependent on them. The second is willingly letting them take
over, by letting the computers/robots do our jobs and rendering the human
species as we know it useless and pointless. What would you do if you never had
anything you had to do? The first one I can’t help but think about how we
already are dependent on computers and robots so to speak. I mean try and take
away a teenagers phone. I’m sure it would cause quiet the uprising. What
happens as technology gets more and more advanced?
GNR is genetics, nanotechnology, and robotics. The author
is afraid of this because one, the robotic will then be able to build
themselves. Two, they can cause a whole class of accidents and abuses. Third, it
won’t require large facilities to run these machines. This is a problem,
because if we are able to create a robot that has the capacity to think for
itself then what is to stop it from creating a robot armor, I realize how
science fiction that sounds, but in the past we have done things that we
thought were only science fiction.
It almost feels like we need to take a break from
creating new software for a little while get ourselves caught up on what we
have now. We need to make sure that everyone is ready for the next stage of
robotics and computers, before we start creating new ones. Unfortunately I doubt
that will ever happen. With all the companies competing against each other the
think of the greatest newest thing. They aren’t going to want to take a break
and lose out on profits.
People by nature want to always grow and be more
powerful, the author shows this by describing what it is like to hold and use a
nuclear weapons and the power you feel when you fire one, and you feel
invincible. Like nothing can stop you. Just like a drug power can drive you to
change to become something else then you always were. So is all of this a real
concern? I would say yes in our lifetime maybe not but I would say in the
future it is possible.
I agree with you! This entire class has been focused on the effect of technology on the entire world. We are completely surrounded and overwhelmed by technology. I know I am not alone in the panic that ensues if I find I have left the house without my smart phone. I feel totally disconnected, and can almost think of nothing else until I have it back in my possession again!
ReplyDeleteI agree with that, technology could be problem in the future but most likely not in our lifetime.
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