Singularity

            After the reading the article 2045: The Year Man Becomes Immortal by Lev Grossman, it was hard for me to grasp the concept of technology taking over humanity. In today’s world I believe that technology is growing rapidly and it is all that matters to people, but the concept of technology becoming “not just intelligent but more intelligent than humans” (Grossman 1) is hard for me to believe. The intelligent man Grossman is talking about in this article is Raymond Kurzweil in which he believes that the end of civilization is coming very soon due to computers getting faster and faster every day.  The transformation of our species into something no longer identifiable is what Kurzweil states is singularity.

            The idea that technology will be able to expand our life spans and help with the factors of old age is impractical to me. I agree that over the years technology has affected the way we interact with people, but I don’t believe it will eventually take us over completely. Kurzweil believes that when computers become more intelligent than humans that “humanity — our bodies, our minds, our civilization — will be completely and irreversibly transformed” (Grossman 1). Saying that humanity will be taken over by technology, something that almost every person desires is hard to imagine. Although Bernard in “Brave New World” is being romantic by believing there is some state of existence that man can achieve, he is on to something, because as technology begins to progress we are in danger of losing our essential humanity. The article and Brave New World tie in together in the way that, we must be conscious of the rapid and constant advancement of technology and to not lose sense of what humanity is.

            Even though there are a lot of theories on man merging with technology, the concept of it is still too farfetched for me to consider. The thought of a machine or robot, taking over humanity and being more intelligent than all humans is unreal. I do agree that technology is taking over people and how they act, but I do not believe it will take over all of humanity.