Singularity

Honestly I think the concepts talked about in this article are kind of creepy. The technological era is expanding every day and progress is being made constantly, but the idea of a computers becoming even smarter than humans is frightening. According to the article technology is advancing so quickly that “All that horsepower could be put in the service of emulating whatever it is our brains are doing when they create consciousness,” and I think this is exactly what people are afraid of. There has always been a line drawn between artificial intelligence and organic intelligence. I don’t necessarily think that with the advancement of technology that cyborgs are going to take over the planet or anything that science fictions films may have built a storyline upon, but I think that the idea of not being in control of said technology worries people, as the article states that the “rate of development would also continue to increase, because they would take over their own development from their slower-thinking human creators.” I think some people fear that with so much advance ment the technology will somehow be able to brainwash us, sort of like in Brave New World when Lenina says phrases such as "A gramme in time saves nine” and "Remember one cubic centimetre cures ten gloomy sentiments.” She was taught to say these things, it wasn’t her belief but more what she had always been told to do. I feel like this is what people fear; that technology will progress so much that humans will no longer thing for themselves.

Personally I am not a very big fan of the idea of “Singularity” because I don’t know what would happen if or when technology can out-smart those who created it. According to Kurzweil “the end of human civilization as we know it is about 35 years away.” The results of this Singularity hypothesis are endless. Some people believe this could be greatly beneficial and that human may in-fact merge with artificial intelligence to form some type of cyborg others theorize that this advancement could lead to the annihilation of the human race and theories are formed everywhere in between.

I feel like technology is a very good thing, but I am very weary on how far technology should be developed. I think there is a very significant difference between have technology for beneficial reasons (like in the medical field) and to somewhat preposterous ideas (like Kurzweil believe he can bring back his father). To be honest, I think the idea of Singularity is very possible, I just don’t know how I feel about that much technological progression.