Intro:
Ray Kurzweil’s
book The Singularity is Near talks about what can happen if the human
mind and technology merge into one. The mind and technology are both very
powerful things. Kurweilz believes a lot can get done with the merging of the
two. People believe a lot can get done with the merging of the two. The mind
alone is already very powerful. Within the last few decades’ technology has
evolved tremendously. People and many things have changed greatly with just a
thought. Humans merging with machines can cause issues.
Details:
Humans have made
it far enough with out the need to merge the brain and technology. If
technology and the human brain merge, humans become just like robots. This can
cause many issues. Humans depend a lot on technology now days, there are some
pros but there is just as many cons. If it makes the brain faster and more
useful then a lot of people are going to lose their jobs, teachers are not
going to be able to teach, people will become very lazy which can cause health
issues and if a lot of people do not have jobs the economy is not going to
survive. With technology merging with the human brain it can cause problems
with the government. "Kurzweil is developing concrete policy based on those
predictions."
With technology and the brain merging it is going to
make humans brain perform like never before. The brain is very powerful already
so merging it with technology can be dangerous. I still wonder on how they will
merge the brain and technology. I just think it’s real risky to merge the two.
It helps people with information but that is the same reason why we go to
school if that kind of knowledge gets into the wrong hands it can be very
dangerous for everybody. Merging the brain with techonology will give humans
access to use many part of their brain.
Many advances may come with the merging of the two.
Many differences include tools, languages, and performance. "Kurzweil feels
with sufficient genetic technology it should be possible to maintain the body
indefinitely, reversing aging while curing cancer, disease
and other
illnesses."
Conclusion:
The progression of
technology is happening very rapidly. Life is changing every second of the day
and so is technology. I feel like if mind and machine merging into one will be
good for the people if it used in the right way. I honestly feel like that it
is not going to be as easy as it sounds. The merging of the mind and machine
will be great for people looking to cure illnesses. Singularity will be great
if it’s in the right hands.
Reflection:
New Knowledge: Ray Kurzweil
is working on a way merging the two. I did not know singularity was possible. There
is a lot going on and humans do not know it,
Prior Knowledge: I knew that
eventually technology was going to be come so great that there was going to be
robots.
Clarity: how will the
merging of the two work? How will they install it?
Overall Thoughts: I think
its cool but it may be dangerous
Conclusion: Technology is so
great that we are going to become the robots. This is going to be very helpful
with illnesses. It is going to be great if used correctly.
