The Future of Technology and Humans
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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?

  • 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?

  • 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?

    <p>Because machine-made decisions will bring better results.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the relation between the complexity of society and machine-made decisions?

    <p>As society becomes more complex, machine-made decisions will increase.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the potential outcome of humans becoming dependent on machines?

    <p>Humans will have no practical choice but to accept all of the machines' decisions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the possible outcome if machines are in effective control and the elite are ruthless?

    <p>The elite will decide to exterminate the mass of humanity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the role of the elite in the scenario where human control is retained?

    <p>To control large systems of machines.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the reason people will not be able to turn off the machines?

    <p>Because they will be dependent on the machines.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the possible outcome if the elite consist of soft-hearted liberals?

    <p>They will ensure everyone's physical needs are satisfied.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the fate of the people who will be 'engineered' in the future society?

    <p>They will be happy but not free.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the name of the American domestic terrorist who had a vision of the unintended consequences of technology?

    <p>Theodore Kaczynski</p> Signup and view all the answers

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