I found it very interesting that Asimov pretty much made Multivac and its decedents represent God. I think he was trying to show that that is the path we are going down with technology, even though he did write this awhile ago. We are never satisfied when it comes to technology, we always want something faster and more powerful. This combined with the tech industries rapid advancement of technology is brining us down a path were we wont be satisfied with our computers until they are pretty much Gods. We’ve discussed before that if we don’t program robots with Asimov’s laws in mind that they could take over the world yet we still keep pushing forward with technology with no hast. This represents human mentality at the moment, we want the best no matter what the consequences are. In my personal opinion, I would say we are getting close to the point with robots and artificial intelligence that we may want to hold up for a second and think about the implications of making artificial intelligence that is smarter than humans has. I don’t have the answer to that question yet but I think we should start discussing it as a society.
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