The Future Behind Us

The time of the humanoid robot is here. Japan seems bent on producing robots that are dexterous and smart, then outdoing themselves and making them even better. This is an age where I look to the future with uncertainty and fear. Oh yes, I am just that paranoid chick that feels that the Terminator story is not just blow 'em up entertainment (and a real good excuse to show Arnold naked when we first glance him in the series - hellllOOOO). It is a true example of a science fiction story which foretells the bleaker side of rapidly advancing technology. Consider this: we are creating "artificial" intelligent beings at a pace that is totally unregulated and for what purpose? To finally deem ourselves gods? To show off to ourselves how smart we really are? We are potentially creating a race that could easliy wipe out our own and take over the earth. Some would argue that we deserve it. Others would argue that perhaps, sometime in the distant mists of the past, WE were "artificial" intelligence that were created by some forgotten race and we took over the earth. To that end, there are many myths around the globe that state just that premise. When we look so lovingly in the glowing eyes of our creations are we gazing into our own demise? I say yes!! Because as human beings, we cannot stop at just making fun little toys that can do calculations and cartwheels, all the while happy to bring drinks or slippers to us on the couch. We HAVE to take it to the ultimate level, ever working to prove how wonderful and omnipotent we are, forever trying to liken ourselves to God. Giving them our likeness, giving them super intelligence with (gasp!!) the capability to LEARN. We shall make them autonomous, with personalities. With personalities come social tags - good, or bad. Now, as we are struggling with trying to perfect ourselves, he were are making a world where we co-exist with beings that are the physical embodiment of our unrealised self-perfection. We are a race of beings that will NEVER be happy with ourselves, so we must artificially create something that is exactly what we want to be, thereby satisfying that urge within us to create perfection. Then the really crazy part, the whole Catch-22 is that the robots, made in our own likeness will be so perfect that they will realise our own imperfection and seek to eradicate us. Of course!! What perfect being would want imperfection in its mere presence? We are slowly committing suicide, by missionary robot... Sounds kind of like the right-wing Christian movement. Either one scares the shit out of me really...