For my post, I will be talking about a part of the book within the section entitled, "Making People Obsolete So That Computers Seem More Advanced." There is a part in there that says, "Computers will soon get so big and fast and the net so rich with information that people will be obsolete," I found this passage striking, computers are going to become so smart, so powerful, that they will outshine the very things that created them.
That sounds a little crazy, doesn't it? You create this tool, this machine, and it is going to become better than you, at everything. There will be no more use for yourself. So much more better you that there is no more use for you, the creator.
As striking as it it, I would have to agree with this. It does sound a little far off now, but I believe one day, computers will have the answers to everything. Everything could be answered by these computers, every problem could be solved by them. But what is the point to being alive in a life where you do nothing for yourself, you depend of a metal thing for all your answers. As much as I wanted a robot when I was younger, the thought of some thing acting like a human that is not a human, scares me. Humans are amazing creatures, and can accomplish anything they want, but just because they can make this machine, doesn't mean they should.
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