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This document summarizes a student's reading of an article about the future of technology and artificial intelligence. In 3 key points: 1) The student initially thought concerns over advanced technology were minor but learned the issues are serious and more oversight is needed. 2) They realized genetics, nanotechnology and robotics could enable individual-level weapons more powerful than guns or bombs. 3) The student was surprised to learn some envision merging with machines for immortality but thinks this would undermine the beauty and meaning of life. They have questions about oversight plans and whether technology can always serve human values and decisions.

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This document summarizes a student's reading of an article about the future of technology and artificial intelligence. In 3 key points: 1) The student initially thought concerns over advanced technology were minor but learned the issues are serious and more oversight is needed. 2) They realized genetics, nanotechnology and robotics could enable individual-level weapons more powerful than guns or bombs. 3) The student was surprised to learn some envision merging with machines for immortality but thinks this would undermine the beauty and meaning of life. They have questions about oversight plans and whether technology can always serve human values and decisions.

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Metacognitive Reading Report # _3_

Name: CHING, Patrick Antonio O. Date Submitted: March 13, 2020

Course/Section: GED104/E01

WHY THE FUTURE DOESN’T NEED US

1. Difficult Concepts (What concepts did you find difficult to understand?)

a) William Nelson Joy

b) Erect Series of Shields

c) Von Neumann probes

2. Insights (What new insights or learnings did you gain in discussion/activity?)


a. Before reading the article, I thought that this was only a light matter, and that it is
nothing to be concerned about. However, after reading the article, I realized and
learned that this is a serious matter and people must be more concerned and must give
it more attention. People must be informed and must understand the possible outcomes
of further improving our technology, and scientists and other contributors who are
designing artificial intelligence must also consider these possible results where there is
a possibility that technology will take over.
b. Before reading the article, I thought guns, bombs, and other weapons of this nature is
already the worse destructive devices that can be created, weapons of mass
destruction, although required a long period of time to create, was already an
enormous threat. However, after reading the article, I realized and learned that there is
a bigger threat, which is Knowledge-enabled mass destruction, which can be created
during our time today and going further in the future. Genetics, nanotechnology, and
robotics are more powerful than people think. These devices will no longer require big
facilities and raw materials, if an individual knows how to operate these, it can already
be more dangerous that guns and bombs.

c. Before reading the article, I thought the purpose of improving technology is to make
our lives easier and help improve the world. But after reading the article, I realized and
learned that people are trying to merge with machines in the future, to have
immortality and make humans superior. I find this absurd, as the importance and
beauty of life will be gone, and what makes us human will be changed as well. They
say life is beautiful because there is an end to it, merging with machines and being half
robot destroys the idea of life, and makes life meaningless.
3. Questions (What questions would you want answers for? Or vague areas you want more
explanations about?)
a. More information about the Baruch Plan, which was submitted to the United
Nations in 1946?
b. Is it true that the only realistic alternative is relinquishment? To limit the
development? Is it not an option to just continue to develop our technology, and at
the same time develop counter devices for these, in case something bad happens?
Is it impossible to do that?
c. Shouldn’t we create or improve technology, and still have total control over it?
Why is it necessary that technology must have a mind of its own and decide for
us? when we can have technology help us decide and, in that way, the ultimate
decision will still be made by humans and not machines?

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