The concepts Ray Kurzweil puts forth in the documentary The Transcendent Man are both intriguing and frightening. Kurzweil discusses Technological Singularity, also referred to as the “Accelerating Change Thesis”, and it’s meaning as “…a future period during which the pace of technological change will be so rapid, its impact so deep, that human life will be irreversibly transformed…” Many of Kurzweil’s ideas or predictions regarding the changing of our technological world, stemming from Singularity, are amazing albeit radically unnerving at the same time. The notion human and artificial intelligence will be fully integrated within the next 40 years is almost mind blowing; however major advances in genetics, nanotechnology and AI robotics may
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Kurzweil predicts at the point of Singularity, the use of medical nanobots will be common place and will modernize the way we use medicine to treat illnesses or disease. We will have nanochip red blood cells to monitor our bodily functions and overall health from inside our bodies. Medicines will be delivered directly to specific area of the body in need, certain cells, such as cancer, can be targeted and killed, and nanobots can even be used to absorb harmful toxins from the bloodstream. Nanomachines seem like such miraculous devices; however, nanotechnology, on the whole, raises many concerns as well. Nanobots are just that, microscopic robots, which can be hacked or reprogrammed to attack the systems in the body, including the heart or brain. They can malfunction, become toxic and rejected by our bodies. Also, in the wrong hands, nanobots can be used as a tool for …show more content…
Technology is the way of the future, there is no denying that, in the last 100 years there have been massive improvements on all types of technology, in the last 10 years, technology has exploded in it’s growth, something new is coming out every couple months and the rate of new technology is projected to increase the speed it is
Kurzweil predicts at the point of Singularity, the use of medical nanobots will be common place and will modernize the way we use medicine to treat illnesses or disease. We will have nanochip red blood cells to monitor our bodily functions and overall health from inside our bodies. Medicines will be delivered directly to specific area of the body in need, certain cells, such as cancer, can be targeted and killed, and nanobots can even be used to absorb harmful toxins from the bloodstream. Nanomachines seem like such miraculous devices; however, nanotechnology, on the whole, raises many concerns as well. Nanobots are just that, microscopic robots, which can be hacked or reprogrammed to attack the systems in the body, including the heart or brain. They can malfunction, become toxic and rejected by our bodies. Also, in the wrong hands, nanobots can be used as a tool for …show more content…
Technology is the way of the future, there is no denying that, in the last 100 years there have been massive improvements on all types of technology, in the last 10 years, technology has exploded in it’s growth, something new is coming out every couple months and the rate of new technology is projected to increase the speed it is