Hetutua, Therese Janine D.
Hetutua, Therese Janine D. 12-24-20
BSAC 2B
luddite
gray goo
Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings.
it would be focusing on why wehumans harm the
environment too much that we aren’t needed by the
future anymore
the title states that the future doesn’t need us
anymorebecause robots and the advancement of technology
can easily do ourｔｈｅ ｔｉｔｌｅ ｓｔａｔｅｓ ｔｈａｔ ｔｈｅ ｆｕｔｕｒｅ ｄｏｅｓｎ’ｔ ｎｅｅｄ ｕｓ
jobs and replace us with much more
ｔｈｅ ｔｉｔｌｅ ｓｔａｔｅｓ ｔｈａｔ ｔｈｅ ｆｕｔｕｒｅ ｄｏｅｓｎ’ｔ ｎｅｅｄ
efficiency. ａｎｙｍｏｒｅｂｅｃａｕｓｅ ｒｏｂｏｔｓ ａｎｄ ｔｈｅ ａｄｖａｎｃｅｍｅｎｔ ｏｆ ｔｅｃｈｎｏｌｏｇｙ ｃａｎ
ｕｓ ａｎｙｍｏｒｅｂｅｃａｕｓｅ ｒｏｂｏｔｓ ａｎｄ ｔｈｅ ａｄｖａｎｃｅｍｅｎｔ ｏｆ
ｅａｓｉｌｙ ｄｏ ｏｕｒ ｊｏｂｓ ａｎｄ ｒｅｐｌａｃｅ ｕｓ ｗｉｔｈｍｕｃｈ ｍｏｒｅ ｅｆｆｉｃｉｅｎｃｙ．
ｔｅｃｈｎｏｌｏｇｙ ｃａｎ ｅａｓｉｌｙ ｄｏ ｏｕｒ ｊｏｂｓ ａｎｄ ｒｅｐｌａｃｅ ｕｓ
ｗｉｔｈｍｕｃｈ ｍｏｒｅ ｅｆｆｉｃｉｅｎｃｙ．
technology can be of one way or another lead to
oursuccess or downfall.
the author was saying andfelt the fear for the future, a future where the
robots may really dominate us. I mean as of today,even what we believe
in is controlled by what we see in the internet and all, and we rely on
themachines in production and even in decision-making
technology was made to make our lives easier. Even in my Elementary
days what I remember isthat technology is anything that makes your
work easier.
there is this “dream of robotics”: to let intelligent machines do our
work and makingour lives easier and surprisingly, to gradually
replace ourselves with robotic technology aiming for immortality.
why does the author relate technology onto war too much?
who is Theodore Kaczynski?
is Bill Joy a Luddite or not?
Hetutua, Therese Janine D. 12-24-20
BSAC 2B
Possible Replacement
Human beings face the realistic possibility of extinction because
of competition from intelligent robots, which are made possible by
technological advancements in artificial intelligence. Furthermore
, 21st-century technologies – genetic engineering,
nanotechnology and robotics – have the potential to significantly
extend the average human lifespan, but they are so powerful that
in them also lurk grave dangers. Joy locates these dangers in
the potential (or actual) ability of robots, engineered organisms
and nanobots to self-replicate. If these technologies go out of
control, this amplifying factor can lead to substantial damage in
the physical world, not unlike the potential of computer viruses to
do harm. Worse, unlike conventional “weapons of mass
destruction,” 21st-century technologies are much more readily
available to individuals or small groups, and having knowledge
alone is sufficient to enable their deployment.
Joy’s article is a goldmine for those who, in a triumphant spirit,
want to continue championing technological progress as an
unmitigated good: many of the worst-case scenarios about which
he worries have not come to pass. But is he really that far off?
The thought that humans may become economically redundant
at some point may appear less and less of a fantasy if we
continue along the trajectory of unbridled technological progress
outlined by Joy, and enabled by a combination of the logic of
capitalism and our human hopes and fears.
To view human beings merely in terms of economic value is to
not view them as having intrinsic worth, and if so, we may be
overtaken by machines sooner than we think. Lacking an
understanding of our essence and identity, of what makes us
human, we may be unable to articulate what makes us worth
keeping around. This is not to say that such an understanding
is easy, or even possible to achieve. But in its absence (or
perhaps even with it), we may go the way of the dinosaurs, if
we are unable (or unwilling) to stop this process. In one of the
many memorable quotes from Joy’s article, George Dyson
warns, “In the game of life and evolution there are three
players at the table: human beings, nature, and machines. I am
firmly on the side of nature. But nature, I suspect, is on the
side of the machines.”
There is good reason to believe that at many points in world
history, good sense and the human spirit have prevailed. But
even if extreme possibilities are unlikely to come to pass, we
should still proceed with caution and a sense of moderation. At
any rate, it is not too early to start pondering strategies, policies
and legislation, because the future is almost here.
