Will technology ever take over humanity?

Answer 1

Technology.may surpass humanity,But, it takes a human to service,these devices.

Answer 2

Where have you been - in some "third" world country where there is not yet telephones and computers, etc! Wait - there may not be a country where there isn't telephones and other technology - - - - - - Anyway, I think that technology has already taken over humanity - after all what would anyone do without some or another electronic device (not even considering the "newest" items)! I feel that there are only a "handful" of people who could survive without the "things" that we use for our convince (i.e. the new technological items). Consider - what did you do before there were mobile phones? You communicated with people via "other" means (older non-mobile phones, you waited to "see" them at a later time, or you drove - using another device that supposedly can't be done without), or not at all! My God, how archaic!

Answer 3

I have to agree with the people who have already said it's too late and technology has already taken over. Not that I am expecting Stepford wives or AI cops to appear tomorrow, but many people have forsaken other humans for the company of computers. Here are a few examples:

1. Students in one freshman composition class (university-level writing) that I taught could not write by hand. Several of my students had forgotten cursive -- or learned to type instead of learning the art of cursive. The most likely excuse for not having a paper is no longer "the dog ate it," but instead "the computer lost it."

2. The latest mass addiction has got to be cell phones. I have been out with friends or family dozens of times when the face-to-face conversation we were having was interrupted by a cell. Instead of letting it go to voice mail, almost everyone will get it. One person actually told me that he likes to talk on the phone better than seeing people. I've held out so far mainly because I do not want to become another rude, insensitive, self-important moron -- and it has happened to too many other kind, caring people. (Especially when they are driving!)

3. One day with the computers down at work means a full eight hours of work lost. Many jobs are no longer possible without computers.

4. I have succumbed to the PDA craze of a few years back. I love my HP IPAQ!! It has my address book, e-mail, bills, financial information, pictures, music, and many other personal things on it. Losing it would be detrimental -- luckily I have a password. For all those people who do not, the information kept on the minute drive could be enough to cost thousands of dollars if it got into the wrong hands.

Wow! I could go on, but that is certainly enough. It is too bad that so many people can be completely comfortable around technology and yet cannot hold a short conversation with another person.

Answer 4

Do you freak out if you leave your cell phone at home? Do you feel absolutely lost when you can't find you VISA and you have to write a check? Did you forget how to address an envelope? Did you forget what an envelope was? When was the last time you walked to the store for a gallon of milk? When you have a question, do you ask your mom, or do you ask Yahoo! Questions?

When will technology take over humanity?

I think it already has.

Answer 5

Some speculate superhuman intelligences may have goals inconsistent with human survival and prosperity. AI researcher Hugo de Garis suggests AIs may simply eliminate the human race, and humans would be powerless to stop them. Other oft-cited dangers include molecular nanotechnology and genetic engineering. These threats are major issues for both Singularity advocates and critics, and were the subject of a Wired Magazine article by Bill Joy, Why the future doesn't need us (2000). Oxford philosopher Nick Bostrom summarizes the potential threats of the Singularity to human survival in his essay Existential Risks (2002).

Many Singularitarians consider nanotechnology to be one of the greatest dangers facing humanity. For this reason, they often believe seed AI should precede nanotechnology. Others, such as the Foresight Institute, advocate efforts to create molecular nanotechnology, claiming nanotechnology can be made safe for pre-Singularity use or can expedite the arrival of a beneficial Singularity.

Advocates of Friendly Artificial Intelligence acknowledge the Singularity is potentially very dangerous and work to make it safer by creating AI that will act benevolently towards humans and eliminate existential risks. This idea is also embodied in Isaac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics, intended to prevent artificially intelligent robots from harming humans, though the crux of Asimov's stories is often how the laws fail.

Some argue advanced technologies are simply too dangerous for humans to morally allow them to be built, and advocate efforts to stop their invention. Theodore Kaczynski, the Unabomber, writes that technology may enable the upper classes of society to "simply decide to exterminate the mass of humanity." Alternatively, if AI is not created, Kaczynski argues that humans "will have been reduced to the status of domestic animals" after sufficient technological progress.

Answer 6

Technology will never take over humanity and we have the ego to thank for that! Humans will always have the need for mastery over our environment and our psychological need for self-actualization and prominence would dis-allow a complete reliance on technology.

Technology will empower humanity to achieve higher intelligence to create and command more technology.

Answer 7

Well you try to go a couple of days with no electricity/technology and you see how well that goes. What your food spoil because you don't use a fridge. What you be bored because you can't watch a tv, listen to a radio or use a computer.

Sure there are other things to do but we've become very very reliant on electronics and the technology companies play to that. It's very possible that we will become very heavily dependant on it and not able to do things for ourselves.

Answer 8

Aren't we making an assumption here, even after millions of years of evolution MAN-1 does not like MAN-2, then why is ROBOT-1 going to like & collaborate with ROBOT-2 to eliminate human race? Localized clashes between man and machine possible to control some resources but I don't see a world war happening, after all we are 6 billion in numbers, that's an advantage in any war with machines.

Answer 9

WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN DONT YOU EVER WATCH THE WORLD AROUND YOU NO LONGER DO OUR KIDS PLAY OUTSIDE LITTLE LEAUGE IS A THING OF THE PAST HAVING A PET IS PART OF HISTORY HECK WE NO LONGER NEED REAL FRIENDS WE NOW CAN JUST BUY THE SIMS GAME AND HAVE A WHOLE WORLD THAT WE MAKE UP OURSELVES WILL TECHNOLOGY EVER TAKE OVER HUMANITY ? THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS RIGHT INFRONT OF YOU IT ALREADY HAS

Answer 10

Technology could take over humanity only if we create an evolving artificial intelligence.

Answer 11

Not by itself

The real danger is the humans behind the technology. It can make bad people powerful.

That is where the danger is.

Computers can't do anything except what we tell them to do.

They can't do anything else and never will be able to.