Sunday, September 25, 2011

Singularity

               
                     I think machines can never replace humans no matter how advance they become, but the article does state some legitimate questions. Kurzweil has predicted that by 2045, machines would have surpassed human intelligence at the pace of advance in technology. He “believes that this moment is not only inevitable but imminent.” It’s quite a bold statement to make and he makes it up with some pretty reasonable explanations.
                     Machines are advancing quick and human minds are slowing down due to the less work they had which are being done by machines. It’s quite plausible that it could be true even though it sounds like something right out of a sci-fi movie. It’s neither a bad thing nor a good thing, because it’s beneficial for humans. If a man needs multiple artificial limbs, at what point did he has cross over to the machine side. In my opinion though, he is still technically human, since his conscience is still there, so therefore he is still human. To be authentically human, you’d have to be born naturally as nature intended and not like a planned out experiment. If a machine is able to past human intelligence, they still lack the sense of nature in them. On chapter 6, in Brave New World, Bernard is being both romantic and believes that there is some pristine state of existence that man can achieve. His character is most likely the only one who is more aware of the world they live in. Machine is taking over humans more and more according to the rate of advance technology, but not in a hostile way of course.
                 Advance machines may surpass humans in brains and strength, but they can never be humanity itself. They won’t be able to die or express emotions the way humans do. The artists, such as Monet and Da Vinci can never be replaced by machines, because they have no desire like humans would.

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