August 6th Assignment
1. Would you support the development of a "bionic" person? I am not certain what is meant with this question... I could take it two ways. Bionic person could mean a robot, Artificial Intelligence, in which case I am absolutely against this technology. I feel like we seem to be unable to grasp the lesson that there are always negative, unintended consequences to our newly adopted technologies and the potential negative consequences of AI seem to outweigh any positives. For example: I can see the potential outcome being AI that becomes more intelligent than humans and take us over, subjugating us en masse. On the other hand, if I take this question to mean a human who has more than one bionic limb, I am not necessarily opposed to this reality. I still feel skeptical to the technology and feel that it is a waste of our human ingenuity and earthly resources to dive down this technological rabbit hole. Then again, who am I to deny someone accessibility? 2. Would your vie