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What is the expected outcome of technology advancements according to the text?
What is the expected outcome of technology advancements according to the text?
- Humans will be able to control machines more effectively.
- Machines will become less intelligent over time.
- Machines will replace human workers in certain jobs.
- All work will be done by highly organized systems of machines, and no human effort will be necessary. (correct)
What is the concern about machines making their own decisions?
What is the concern about machines making their own decisions?
- They will only make decisions that benefit humans.
- They will not make good decisions.
- We cannot predict how they will behave. (correct)
- They will make decisions that are inhumane.
How might humans lose control over machines?
How might humans lose control over machines?
- Humans will voluntarily hand over power to machines.
- Both humans will voluntarily turn power over to machines and machines will willfully seize power. (correct)
- Machines will be programmed to disobey humans.
- Machines will be too intelligent to be controlled.
Why will humans rely more on machines to make decisions?
Why will humans rely more on machines to make decisions?
What is the relation between the complexity of society and machine-made decisions?
What is the relation between the complexity of society and machine-made decisions?
What is the potential outcome of humans becoming dependent on machines?
What is the potential outcome of humans becoming dependent on machines?
What is the possible outcome if machines are in effective control and the elite are ruthless?
What is the possible outcome if machines are in effective control and the elite are ruthless?
What is the role of the elite in the scenario where human control is retained?
What is the role of the elite in the scenario where human control is retained?
What is the reason people will not be able to turn off the machines?
What is the reason people will not be able to turn off the machines?
What is the possible outcome if the elite consist of soft-hearted liberals?
What is the possible outcome if the elite consist of soft-hearted liberals?
What is the fate of the people who will be 'engineered' in the future society?
What is the fate of the people who will be 'engineered' in the future society?
What is the name of the American domestic terrorist who had a vision of the unintended consequences of technology?
What is the name of the American domestic terrorist who had a vision of the unintended consequences of technology?
