Many of us have opinions about technology that can be classified along the spectrum of being a “optimist” or a “pessimist” meaning the categorizations that reflect our general attitude about our technological past, present, and future. In fact, I am more on the side of the pessimists, though not completely so. As for the long term, while I have concerns about people cutting themselves off from real life though technology, when it comes right down to it, there are signs that people see the importance of saving our planet and its resources. Technology has surely provided us with means for improving our lives. Such as, medical technology has improved the length of our lives, people in wealthy nations often have access to cheap electricity and food, and the Internet allows us to communicate with people all over the world. However, all of this belongs to the fulfillment of technology. As (Kurzweil) argues that through the advances of machines we will begin to have relationships with ‘robots’ and their personalities and use them as e.g. teachers, and lovers. As a result, the distinction between us humans, and computers will have become sufficiently blurred that when the machines claim to be conscious, we will believe them.
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