Have you ever wondered why...? Why do doom and gloom predictions for the future inevitably outnumber visions of social freedom, fairness, and the concept of a bevy of intelligent and benevolent machines helping humanity? In just one example, consider how mainstream entertainment drives the focus for future technology into an apocalyptic fight of humanity against machines? Will computers gain sufficient knowledge and ability to enable them to surpass humans, and to eventually seek our downfall? Ponder the issue a little, and its hard to escape the idea that our own humanity will limit the impact of technology far more than any technology is likely to impact us. Perhaps its the perception that humanity has evolved greatly over the past 10,000 years but even that concept doesnt really bear up under close scrutiny. Transfer current technology back 10,000 years and, after the initial magic shock-and-awe-response, humans of the time would very quickly get used to using the technology. So if we take away technology, is humanity really any different from the times that Heres the results of investigations by the University of Cambridge into the question will robots take over the world? cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/we-ask-the-experts-will-robots-take-over-the-world .. and a more individual perspective.. turing.iimas.unam.mx/~cgg/doc/WhyComputers.htm .. and the Guardians brief look at the question.. theguardian/sustainable-business/2014/sep/03/robots-take-over-world-social-impact-automation .. and a very good article on the broader issue of humanity and technology intelligence, penned by a BBC journalist.. bbc/future/story/20140110-technologys-greatest-myth So what do you think? Are robots and machines going to take over the human race?
Posted on: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 12:13:00 +0000
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