Man merging with technology is a touchy subject because while there are pros to having more advance technology, there would have to be a downside somewhere along the way.
As said in the article, “So if computers are getting so much faster, so incredibly fast, there might conceivably come a moment when they are capable of something comparable to human intelligence. Artificial intelligence. All that horsepower could be put in the service of emulating whatever it is our brains are doing when they create consciousness — not just doing arithmetic very quickly or composing piano music but also driving cars, writing books, making ethical decisions, appreciating fancy paintings, making witty observations at cocktail parties.”
Correct! Ding ding ding (oh look at that! I just used Onomonopia!) we have a winner! The quote up above, albeit sarcasm oozes from the text, it says exactly what people fear most in machines catching up to humans, acting human. Like I said earlier, there are the pros like advancement in the medical field and so much more. But with every new technology, whether it’s just an IPhone or a human robot, there will be repercussions.
The parallelism between the article read and Brave New World is uncanny, but there is one connection that the writer failed to connect. The difference being, is that the writer of the article did not question whether or not at the end of it all, will we still be human? That’s exactly what Aldous Huxley is trying to connect with through his character Bernard when he says, “It makes me feel as though…as though I was more me, if you see what I mean. More on my own, not so completely a part of something else. Not just a cell in the social body…” (Huxley, 90).
So, will it be worth is in the end? I don’t know to be honest. I guess we will all have to wait until the year 2045: The Year Man Becomes Immortal. <---- Article link ;)
