Machine As Man
There has always been an understanding that the machine is not a human being. The machine has been a tool of the capitalist age to attempt to create business. and in turn profits for those who control or own the machines. As man advanced from the artisan and agricultural community and society to the industrial age, a new blueprint was established on what life in community and city would be. This led to change in the family unit and the Self, as well as city and community. The separation between man and machine were being affected.
The new technical age is upon us and a question to be asked is whether we have reached a red line. What red line one may ask? Seemingly we have gotten to the point in the present day where we are ruled by the algorithm. Through the internet. social meda, AI and robotics humans have begun a process where in a step-by-step process we are giving up human control on thinking, writing. creating, working and in fact day-by-day living. Humans do not seem to question that this process is already functioning, and in many ways taking away the powers and freedoms of the individual.
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It may be time for humans to wake up and consciously understand where the future will stand. The real red line may be when robots can be programmed not only to think as humans, but in a technical manner be human. What will happen when a robot finally states that it really does not need the human, as the human through its human condition is flawed and unable of technically advanced thinking.
It would be sad to think that human race reached a high point, and was in fact destroyed by the very knowledge and technical advancements it has created. Is this also a study in a very flawed human condition, where we as humans do not take conscious steps to protect our position on the evolutionary table? Maybe as the Neanderthals we are on a path to non-existence.
