Technology is intimidating. Imagine the awe when the cave men accidentally discovered fire by rubbing two stones together. But, over time they learnt to put better usage of fire.
Fast forward many centuries and imagine just before weighing machine was invented. People will argue over how much a piece of something would weigh. A subjective and speculative decision making process was replaced by an objective and accurate weighing machine.
Fast forward more and imagine just before watch/clock was invented. People will argue over the current time of the day by looking either at a shadow cast over by a tree or some other patterns one might have noticed. A subjective and speculative decision making process was replaced by an objective and accurate watch/clock.
There could be many more such examples.
So, whenever I hear that machines will take over our lives and Hollywood blockbusters making money by using people's instinctive fear or insecurity, I feel sad.
1 comment:
Interesting thought... so true!
But there can be another side to it... maybe you are one of them, sent back from the future by the machines to lull our brains into thinking machines cannot take over... maybe that is the big plan. :-) If this is true... then machines **will** take over...right? Possible? :-)
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