While reading "Humans Should Challenge Technology by Becoming a Cyborg" by Neil Harbisson I was reminded of the human modification process described in Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. Harbisson believes that A.I. is going to outsmart humans unless humans can keep up. The way he suggests doing this is to alter our own bodies and increase our ability to function and do tasks at a more advanced rate. He finds this as an ethical way of keeping up as he has altered his own body and can now see "color beyond the visual spectrum."
This reminded me of Brave New World because they also altered humans but for a different reason.
In the novel they didn't so much alter but conditioned people to strive in certain situations. Similarly Harbisson wants humans to change and be able to strive in the new world of A.I. Is that a good thing? I'm not sure, but it would definitely be different to see more people with robot parts where they aren't necessarily needed.
-Jenée Turner
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ReplyDeleteModifying the human body seems like an interference to me. I know the power and knowledge of AI keeps growing stronger and smarter but I feel that if we start altering the body now, when would we stop? Humans are always trying to find the next best thing and always trying to improve that I think it would blow out of proportion. The future brings scary realities and scenarios that I think AI should stop improving exponentially. If not then we have no choice but to alter ourselves to keep up.
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