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The article doesn't really justify the thrust of the headline, there's no support of the 'fear all new technology'. Sci-fi shows certain things as technology ru
by nicholassmith 12y ago
The article doesn't really justify the thrust of the headline, there's no support of the 'fear all new technology'. Sci-fi shows certain things as technology run rampant sure (Transcendence comes to mind), but it often shows the effects of a societal problem. Using the Hunger Games, which they mention, there's plenty of far flung technology but the dystopia boils down to a wealthy elite exploiting a lower class that they've subjugated through a bloody war.
Do people really fear new technology? The last real story of fear I can really remember was the LHC and the concerns about black holes, and that was a tiny minority that were given far more media exposure than they deserved. Maybe the Glasshole thing, and fear of decreasing privacy, but that's also a fairly tiny percentage. Most people seem pretty happy when a new technology comes along that improves their life.
- platypii 12y agoFear of AI is widespread: http://www.thinkartificial.org/web/the-fear-of-intelligent-machines-survey-results/ http://www.thinkartificial.org/web/the-fear-of-intelligent-m...
- nicholassmith 12y agoThat's a tricky one, but for people that were afraid of AI itself as a technology the numbers are lower than the people who aren't. The numbers for people afraid of how humanity will use the technology are overwhelming, is that specifically because of the technology or is due to our mistrust of our fellow humans? The technology plays a component of course, possibly a large one, but it's hard to quantify whether it's the technology itself that induces fear.