Without technology where would we be?

Sunday, 11 November 2012

We are all walking computers

Would you want to live life without a mobile?
I didn't think so. Neither would I, or any other after having such a fascinating device. So does that mean our desire for these machines should make us into them? Or are we already there? 
Humans and digital technology is forever becoming one.

Digital technology today has created easier user interfaces allowing us to be quick, straight and immediate with our devices, it could almost be seen as a lazy life.
So where did it all begin?
Well...Ivon Sutherland created the 'Sketchpad' and pretty soon we'd got Apple Mac in 1984, THEN everyone became number one fans of the smartphone which now even includes voice recognition (siri ).
But... Of course we just wanted to go that step further.
We want more. Augmented reality grew and look what we've got, glasses as computers. Could it get crazier?
There are other forms are interface, such as our I.D cards, bank cards, Oyster travel cards are all new inventions which provide easy lives for us all.



The relationship between machine and man is becoming more intimate within the body. There are found medical devices called 'pacemakers' that are in placed inside bodies to regulate heart rate, pacemakers in the brain and digital cameras for sight. This shows that technology and humanity are combined into one. Having us this close with machine could contribute to the future of cyborgs. We'd have our phones not just in our pockets or under the pillow but in our bodies. A walking computer, it could be interesting but having all that knowledge similar to the internet, surely could get irritating eventually. 
Maybe we will just have to wait and see.

The nature of life is placed into three main categories;- 

Life. Materialism. Informationalism.
Life is not controlled by anything other than yourself.
Materialism argues life to be having the same scientific elements as inanimate objects.
Informationalism is similar to materialism however, it suggests that the body exchanges molecules with the outside world, but the body has the ability to grow and repair itself.

So basically, we are computers or one day will be. The ever closeness or our relationships with technology is forming a reborn human with technology powers - Cyborgs?

I for one, know my life would not be the same without my phone or internet which is concerning as technology has become one of the most important parts of our lives. But would I want to have it inside me? Or even a piece of body exchanged for machinery, it depends if we have a choice - this could be our future. 

What about forever? Would you want to live forever?

Living for the next 100 years could be fascinating we could see the changes, see if the predictions for the future were right. However, mind uploading could be considered as a lonely place. Imagine all your loved ones dying around you when you stay young, forever. You would never get to experience old age, some would say this is a good thing but if you have half the life experience why not go for the whole? Having a computer in your mind cannot be that great. Every thought you'd have would be spread over servers, there would be no privacy. Although the idea of staying young forever is appealing when you are young and life is at your feet with opportunity, but personally I would  prefer to grow old naturally and see how life plans out.

'The brain is a Turing machine' "We therefore implicitly presuppose that brain behavior is computable"
- Randal A. Koene.

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