The Dark Future That Tech Might Lead Us To (Part I)

in #technology7 years ago

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If you have been following my blog for a while now, you will already know that I simply love to keep up and talk about the latest happenings in the world of technology. It has been my passion since childhood.

I love how technological advancements can bring about positive change in people’s lives and how over the last few centuries the whole world has slowly started to feel more like the same city or country even, owing to our ability to get access to people and things within seconds these days.

But technology is also a double edged sword and history stands testament to that fact. Technological advancements in the wrong hands can do horrible things as you all know. And even the ones that are seemingly not harmful, are slowly shaping our civilization in a certain way.

Some of them are good but some others can lead us to a really dark future if not checked properly. We all are aware of what a dystopian world looks like thanks to the numerous movies on this topic. So, let’s take a look at some of these technologies that can plunge us into a dark world.

1. A Human Rating System

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We are all habituated to rate everything, right? This has been really helpful as we can easily find out whether a restaurant is good enough to take your friends out for a dinner or whether an app or a game is good enough to download.

What about when the same rating system is introduced for us humans? Such a rating system, though totally not viable in today’s world, could stand as your social score and how “good” of a person you are.

This was visualized perfectly in one of Black Mirror’s episodes where they showed how such a system encourages people to be fake and only ratings-oriented and the life you can live would depend not on you but on your ratings which is based on the mercy of other raters.

I thought this system would never come to be in the real world. But a few months ago, I read some articles which stated that China was planning to introduce a “social credit system” to determine what kind of citizen you are. This would mean that every single activity of yours would be monitored and your whole life would be reduced to a number!

2. Augmented Reality On A Biological Level

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Augmented reality is such a cutting edge technology that tech pundits are touting it as the replacement for smartphones. It’s basically a merger of the digital world and the real world but through headsets, and that is fine for today.

But as we have seen, technology just keeps evolving things like this and that will happen with augmented reality as well. What happens when instead of headsets, we gain the ability to experience augmented reality within our brains, through implants?

This is another thing that was visualized perfectly in one of the Black Mirror’s episodes where the character is put inside a horror augmented reality game which was constructed using his brain’s deepest, darkest fears, which ultimately led him to die.

I fear that such a technology will render us incapable of distinguishing between what is real and what is not and that scares me, because then we could easily end up being slaves to the controller of such a virtual and augmented reality.

3. Bio-enhancements

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There is no doubt that this one is coming in the very near future. In fact, some bio-enhancements are already in use today and the really cutting edge ones are in their infancy.

What this technology does is basically enhances any or all of our capabilities as humans. For example, it could enhance the five senses so our eye sight or sense of smell becomes really strong (like a superhero). Or it could be used to increase our intelligence to a whole another level. The same could be done with our strength too.

These bio-enhancers would surely be developed for the world’s military because that’s where governments would think this should go first. Somehow war is always the first thing on their minds.

But think of a future where either just the army has these bio-enhancers or everyone has access to these. Such a world would be really chaotic because we are already adept at destroying ourselves and killing one another. Increasing the scope of our abilities would just make us into monsters and that is a really dark, dark future!!

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We might see soldiers like Captain America in the future. Who knows?

I think that is very possible.

Have you seen the serie Black Mirror? It also has a episode about the human rating system. It's a pretty good serie. Makes you thin but also is very dystopian. Not really an excited feeling after watching it haha.

But I am also very curious about what tech will bring us in the future in my opinion its not really bright :O

Do a post about AI. It's a very intresting topic when you dive into it. AI has a long way to go.. but.. what if they evolve to the point that they are smarter than us humans. Where they can evolve them selfes faster than we can create or see. That's when the singularity happens. It has a very dark future if we cant contain it!

Yeah, I have mentioned in the post about Black Mirror and how it has shown perfectly what such a rating system can do.

And yeah, I write regularly about AI, if you would like to check it out :)

You pic caught my eye and made me wonder if anyone has thought of using blockchain for political voting? It could prevent the hacking of democracy.

Yes, that is a very good idea.

Great idea! Everyone has access to computers now even if you have to use one at a library. But wait thanks to Obumer's admin everyone now has free phones. I'm a newbie to steemit so I don't understand the workings and like you Wizardave the picture caught my eye but shouldn't this idea be posted as a post topic instead of lost in a long thread to be seen by more?

These are scary things which may happen in near future. Good job by disclosing them. I don't think the social ratings will prevail as most of us is not going to accept it. This is my opinion only.

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The second point is very interesting

It sure is!! I see the human race slowly heading in that direction.

I think the most critical issue is Bio-enhancements for human lives.

But think of a future where either just the army has these bio-enhancers or everyone has access to these.

Yeah, in the wrong hands or with easy access, it will wreak havoc upon the human race.

Well if humans would actually get rated on true basis, i think it would be good for us to find good people.

The 2nd and 3rd point does scare me by the way !! Though having superpowers sounds cool !! But yeah not the bad guys should have superpowers!!

Technology is good or bad depending on how we use it I guess.

That is quite correct.

The human rating system might sound like an interesting idea and even a good one, in theory, but if applied in real life it could really mess with the very foundations of our society. Just watch that episode of Black Mirror and you will be scared by this too lol

Which episode 🤔🤔

The episode is titled "Nosedive" and is number Season 3 Episode 1

You might be watching too much Black Mirror mate :)

haha That I am lol

Nice article.The first point is really frightening because if humans start getting rated,then everyone will start acting fake to get good ratings and the ones with good ratings will start treating the ones with lower rating like trash.This way a person who has poor rating for whatever reason could also suffer through things like inferiority complex and depression.

That's exactly what is shown in the tv series as well and it's a scary future to think about.

The "Nosedive" episode from Black Mirror sure hit the nail. It stands true and will be how things obviously will be if such a system comes out. Now, who would want to be part of such a fake world:(

Exactly. It perfectly shows the human nature and how such a system would create a greater divide in the human race.

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We already rate each other...this just takes it to another level...of course...the issue becomes if those in power use it for selective purposes...medical health ratings come to mind..."super race" ring any bells?

Then we get into the whole gene splicing and creating "designer" babies....frankly...we are slowly becoming machine like...no doubt evolutionary changes will follow...

Part of me is concerned but I'm at an age where I realize this is the human path...no stopping it...just more ways to either benefit human beings or find ways to wipe out civilization....some will use it for good...others for evil and power...human nature even if we end up as cybots...

Thought provoking article...thanks.

Yeah, I think we already do to an extent but right now, that doesn't have any meaning. The problem starts when such a rating system gets a meaning on the basis of which important things relating to life are decided. The credit system in China should provide enough feedback for the rest of the world to not follow such a system.

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I am also a huge fan of black mirror, excellent series!

I don’t think technology is bad, of course that with new things there will always be new negative consequences, but the positive always outweighs the negative.

Look at the internet for example, it allows for countless crimes, scams and robberies, and yet, it’s positives far outweighs its negatives.

I think the same will happen with every new technology that comes in the future. It will increase our level of life for the most part.

Oh yeah, there is always a bad and good side to technological advancements but the ones that are being developed right now are so cutting edge that the chances for their nefarious use are much higher and that worries me.

People are always worried about technological improvements. But they always tend to bring more positive outcomes than negatives.

What 'technological advancements' I fear the most...

haha me too!!

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I can 100% agree with this ; in fact, some people say that i am crazy, but with the fact that the AI - Sophia, wants to become a mother, and then there are things like incubators for human children, whats stopping them from slapping that on sophia and impragnating her, would that not make her a Virgin Mother ?

How about the images of the Egyptian Sun God RA ?

Has actually been seen in the sky over the past few years, very soon after the Mayan calander ended .

  • PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL OF THIS WAS FOUND AND I DO NOT OWN ANY RIGHTS TO ANY OF THIS INFORMATION *

SO - with that being said ; this is VERY close to what the bible has been saying ... if Sophia ends up with child, then it only stands to reason that mankind has re-created the bible, using technology ; what would our future hold if machine ends up worshiping mankind because of its own extintion ?

WELL - that is no longer a problem !

*Again ; none of this is my own information, all of this was found on youtube/google .

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