When Technology and Humanity Cross

Cards (19)

  • “The idea that new technologies can liberate us from the human condition is a fantasy. In reality, the 21st-century will be all too human.” -David Mattin
  • Humanity - A virtue associated with basic ethics of altruism derived from human condition (wikipedia).
    • According to Confucius, humanity is a” love of people”, if you want to make a stand, help others make a stand.
  • Humanity
    • From the Latin word “humanitas” which means “human nature, kindness.”
    • the human race, which includes everybody on earth.
  • ”Soft war” is a concept used to explain rights and duties that are urgent even to terrorists during armed struggle.
  • Humanity - It’s also a word for the qualities that make us human, such as that ability to love and have compassion, be creative and not be a robot or alien.
    • Robots are utilized for their knowledge, exactness and interminable vitality to perform assignments consistently and profitably, which when performed by people tends to create flaws.
    • AI robots have already started an enormous job in improving waste administration and finding distinctive approaches to handle the waste issue endured by most developing nations like India.
  • Human Robot Interaction
    • For instance, AI robots have already started an enormous job in improving waste administration and finding distinctive approaches to handle the waste issue endured by most developing nations like India.
    • The possibility of robots may bring to most minds the possibility of androids like T-800 in the movie “Terminator”.
    • This implies the world would be prepared for more smart intelligence to be utilized in day-to-day applications (Singh).
    • According to University of California researchers, we spend 12 hours in front of TV and computers at home. 
    • Multitasking participants had more difficulty filtering out irrelevant information than those focusing on one task at a time.
    • Teens are emotionally more vulnerable to the effects of rampant texting and online sharing. 
    • According to a 2010 Nielsin survey, we send and receive text messages 3,339 times a month (Deodhar).
  • Extinction
    • An estimated 99% of all species that ever existed on earth are already extinct (Raup, 1991). There are different ways in which human species could become extinct: 
    • Primarily, by transforming or evolving into one or more species or by merely dying out without any replacement or continuation. 
  • Recurrent Collapse
    • This means that the human condition will reach a kind of statis, either instantly or after undergoing one or more cycles of collapse regeneration.
    • It also requires a carefully calibrated homeostatic mechanism that possesses the level of civilization restricted within a relatively narrow interval.
    • Human civilization may endure catastrophes that prevent it from moving beyond a certain level of advancement.
  • Plateau
    • Human civilization may reach a level of technological advancement beyond which no further advancement is feasible. 
    • Predictions that life span can be greatly increased have depended in part on the apparent decelerations and plateaus.
  • Post humanity
    • People have developed significantly different cognitive abilities, population sizes, body types, sensory or emotional experiences or life expectancies. 
    • Post humanity has established itself as a label for a form of human existence radically transformed by the most advanced medical techniques and by the use of biotechnology and nanotechnology for human enhancement.
  • “It has become appallingly obvious that technology has exceeded our humanity.”  - Albert Einstein