Sunday, April 17, 2011

I have always been a fan of the terminator franchise.  A robot with human features is very appealing to me because at the end of the day, aren't we all souls trapped in a body.  Technically we are energy, so this body we have is kind of a vehicle.  Therefore if a robot has a shell, then it is similar to us.  Obvioulsy the difference would be that the robot has a  computer chip and we have a soul, but it is interesting that the body isn't what defines us.  What defines us is our soul.  If a robot were hunting me and trying to kill me, then I probably wouldn't think it is so cool, However, if such technology was available, then we could send these soldiers to fight our wars.  We could spapre the lives of so many human soldiers.  The problem is: what if the programmer of the robot makes a mistake.  We are a cocky society, we think we can fix everything by pressing the "Backspace" key.  Sure it is not the end of the world when the newest Iphone doesn't work, but what if they made a soldier that still had a few kinks.  You couldn't just tell the robot to sit down so we can fix his computer chip.  Even if the technology to make an android soldier was avaiblabe today, I think we as a society need more time to mature and not make so many mistakes regarding technology.  The fact that there are so many recalls with cars, and phones, and even baby cribs shows us that we like to push the newest technoligy was recklessly as possible.  We will not be ready for this type of technology until we re-evalute our priorities as a society

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