Lesson 9- Why The Future Does not Need Us

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“Why the future doesn’t need us?” Author:

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William Nelson Joy

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Fears of Future Technology

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❖Imagine a future without the human race
❖Robots and machines replace humans
❖Human existence at the mercy of robots and
machines

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William Nelson Joy is also known as

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Bill Joy

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William Nelson Joy is an

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American Computer Scientist

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He co-founded Microsystems in

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William Nelson Joy, 1982

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He served as Chief Scientist until

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William Nelson Joy, 2003

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Famous Essay: “Why the Future Doesn’t
Need Us” date published

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2000

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Famous Essay: “Why the Future Doesn’t
Need Us” (2000) was published in

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Wired Magazine

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Expresses concerns over modern technological developments

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Famous Essay: “Why the Future Doesn’t
Need Us” (2000)

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Bill Nelson Joy’s Perspective
(As a computer scientist and inventor)

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• Urges scientists and society to consider the
unintended consequences of technology
• Warns about potentially fatal outcomes
• Advocates for technology regulation
• Raises multiple reasons why regulation is
necessary

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• Joy’s worries focus on the transforming
technologies of the _____ century
• GNR

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21st

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powerful enough to create new classes of accidents, threats, and abuses

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Emerging Technologies

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over-reliance on technologies and its
products (e.g., antibiotics, Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane or
DDT)

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Unintended Effects

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are more dangerous than 20th-century technologies (i.e., nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons or NBC)

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Inherent Dangers of GNR

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Less expensive to build and require more common raw materials

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Inherent Dangers of GNR

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What Makes GNR Dangerous?

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• Self-Replication
• Overdependence on Machines
• Possibility of Autonomous Decision-Making

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Self-Replication

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Potentially Disastrous
Risk of Knowledge Misuse
Knowledge-Enabled Mass Destruction (KMD)

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Could lead to uncontrollable self-replication (e.g., nanobots)

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Potentially Disastrous

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➢GNR technology requires only knowledge to create
➢Strong fear of information falling into terrorist hands

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Risk of Knowledge Misuse

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Possibility of not just weapons of mass destruction but also

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Knowledge-Enabled Mass Destruction (KMD)

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Overdependence on Machines

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Technological Innovation Trends
Machines Operating Independently

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Rate and direction of innovation may create a world where humans are unnecessary

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Technological Innovation Trends

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Potential for machines to function without human intervention

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Machines Operating Independently

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Possibility of Autonomous Decision-Making

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Relinquishing Responsibility Machines Thinking for Us

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Society may unwittingly give up the responsibility for important decisions

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Relinquishing Responsibility

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Potential for machines to make decisions on our behalf

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Machines Thinking for Us

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Careless or intentional acts (e.g., terrorism) could selectively eradicate a group of people through genetic manipulation

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Creation of a “White Plague”

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Possibility of humans manipulating genes to merge with other species

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Re-engineering with Different Species

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Similar potential to engineer technologies that target and eradicate specific groups

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Nanotechnology Risks

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Bill Joy raises concerns about enabling computers and robots to think and make decisions independently

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Questioning artificial intelligence development

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Potential for robots to self-replicate, posing a threat to human existence

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Self-replication risks

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Possibility of humans evolving into robots to achieve a form of immortality

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Human evolution into robots

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Concerns regarding robotics:

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Questioning artificial intelligence development Self-replication risks Human evolution into robots

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Concerns about Rapid Increase of Computer Power

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Intelligence Exceeding Humans Concerns of Robot Rebellion

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computers may become more intelligent than humans

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Intelligence Exceeding Humans

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potential for rebellion against humans as a result of increased intelligence

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Concerns of Robot Rebellion

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Unabomber Manifesto book author:

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Theodore Kaczynki

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unintended consequences of the design and use of technology are related to

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Murphys’ Law: “Anything that can go wrong will go wrong”

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over-reliance to antibiotics led to

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emerging antibiotic-resistant strains

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His article encourages society to take responsibility for their technology.

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William Nelson Joy/ Bill Joy

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He advocates for preventative measures to decrease the chances of a potential disaster.

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William Nelson Joy/ Bill Joy

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He states that technological dangers continue to grow because people, despite being reasonable and concerned, are more erratic and less aware of consequences.

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William Nelson Joy/ Bill Joy

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“Why the Future Doesn’t Need Us” was critique by

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John Seely Brown & Paul Duguid (2001)

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Critique by John Seely Brown & Paul Duguid (2001)

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“A Response to Bill Joy and the Doom-and-Gloom Technofuturist”

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Joy failed to consider the?

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social factors

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Joy was accused as

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neo-luddite

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is someone who rejects new technologies and exhibit technophobic attitudes

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neo-luddite

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argue that Joy's pessimism is flawed and that the potential for human adaptation and ethical governance of technology exists

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Messerly, 2003

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it is not the technologies themselves that are inherently dangerous, but rather the misuse of these technologies by humans

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Bringsjord, 2008

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His article addresses the uncomfortable possibilities of a careless approach to scientific and technological advancements.

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Bill Joy

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The _____ and ______of all stakeholders are crucial in establishing safeguards against the potential dangers of science and technology.

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roles and responsibilites