Take a look at the video link below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mmz5qYbKsvM
This video provides several examples on how technology affects the world we live in and how technological advances change the way we, as humans, live our lives. In this video, it says, "We are currently preparing students for jobs that don't yet exist... using technologies that haven't been invented... in order to solve problems we don't even know are problems yet." (0:45-0:56) How does that make you feel when you first read that? Are you scared? Proud? Maybe a little intimidated? Human technology is becoming so advanced that it can be intimidating but it is only growing faster and faster.
With all this in mind, how do you feel about what technology is doing to humans and to the world in which we live?
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Personally, I do find that disturbing, just because this level of machinery can make human beings obsolete. Machines, for the most part, are efficient, they don't require benefits or vacations, and thus they are less of a hassle for employers.It seems like we are fast becoming a world in which efficiency is prized more so than humanity. I think what happens when we try to solve problems that we don't know the origin of is that we make the problems more and more complex and go further away from solving the problem. I think we're creating conditions that make lives more convenient, and because of that, a large part of humanity, those who cannot operate the machines, are disposable and won't be needed. It's almost like we are creating these beings to replace us
ReplyDeleteAfter watching this video I was very surprised at the numbers the video was talking about. I would like to see the sources that the video was based off before I would down right believe it, but if these numbers are true I think ultimately it's going to all come crashing down on our heads. Our technology is going exponentially, it says, and that supposedly what we are learning now will be obsolete in our third year here at tech. I agree with Bethaney that we are creating technology so fast that eventually the lesser privileged population will not be able to keep up and will become disposable. How long before it spirals out of control and machines begin building machines? If in forty years there will be computers that are smarter than the human race how long before it determines it doesn't need humans to survive? How long can we make smarter and smarter machines till they are so smart it will be considered slavery because they work for the human race? Call me paranoid but I believe that if the technology continues to exponentially grow the human race will doom itself before it realizes maybe creating a machine smarter than the human race was a bad idea.
ReplyDeleteI immediately feel the same way Bethaney and Charles do. The concerns this brings up are very powerful any way you look at it. We might, as a people, 'technologize' ourselves to death. Like the video stated, we are in exponential times. The gaps that take years to jump now can be jumped in months in the future, and maybe even less after that. One thing that I immediately think of is how far can we go? If we progress quicker than we used to progress, will we ever reach a point where we can't achieve anything new? Unless we happen to discover new things that rewrite our current laws of physics, eventually we will hit a wall and not be able to do anything more. And then what will we do?
ReplyDeleteBut, we may be overreacting. I can imagine that in previous times, and even a little bit today, when people examined how far humans were advancing in how little time they got worried as well. For instance, people who have not been as acquainted with computers as our generation can be awestruck and befuddled by things we don't think twice about right now. So, we may be getting ahead of ourselves here, but we are living in exponential times so I may be wasting my breath.