2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44
We all know that one of human inventions will one day cause the end of civilization. The games played by Homo sapiens are too dangerous. But they are becoming more and more real, and now we can name technologies that will bring the apocalypse closer.
Nanotechnology in the manufacture of weapons
Nanotechnology itself is a rather controversial thing. And the use of these developments in the creation of weapons and ammunition is even more like games with death. Nanotechnology is often presented as a new way of looking at the world, using and developing it in a completely different way. But for some reason, most scientists prefer to remain silent about the dangerous ability of nanomaterials to self-replicate and develop. In addition, high-tech weapons can always fall into the wrong hands and be used like a biomass lawn mower.
Conscious computers
The development of artificial intelligence is becoming rampant. Machines have already learned to recognize, understand, interpret information. Of course, scientists have not yet been able to fully recreate human consciousness, but active work in this direction is being carried out.
The very idea of copying a human brain in a machine seems blasphemous to many. Perhaps this is true: we have an amazing tool that has no equal, and with our own hands we give it to another device, in fact, obeying the computer.
Artificial intelligence
The logical development of the previous idea is the creation of a full-fledged artificial intelligence that can not only work like a human brain, but also independently develop, learn and evolve. This is even worse than the previous point. Especially when you consider the fact that AI development is one of the most promising areas for investment and many businessmen are happy to give money to encourage this research.
Time travel
Of course, now we practically do not consider this possibility, because researchers have not yet been able to recreate at least approximate conditions for time travel. But scientists are not going to stop and are looking for ways to conquer space and time. If it works out, then the least that threatens us is a constant confusion of events.
Retina scanner
The problem is not even in the gadget itself, but in how it can interpret information received from a person. In the Netherlands, they are actively developing a device that recognizes human desires by reading information from the retina. And in Pizza Hut they offer to create “perfect pizza” for you using such a scanner. You look at the images of ingredients, and the computer determines exactly where your gaze lasted the longest, and prepares the dish according to this data. Somehow, Orwell and the arrests for thinking about a crime immediately come to mind.
Penetration into consciousness
A large group of neuroscientists is working hard to make it possible to transfer data from the brain to the Internet. You thought about something - and it has already been uploaded to the Web, saved in the database and will remain there forever. And scientists are making great strides in this field. And if it is possible to organize the transfer of data in this way, then there is a way to do it in the opposite direction. This means that ways will be found to penetrate the human mind through an Internet connection.
Self-sufficient robots
We already talked about artificial intelligence, but here is a slightly different case. It is clear that if the computer consciousness is created, then our song is sung. This was not enough for the researchers, and they decided to scare us even more. The US military is already testing assault rifles, tanks and other killing machines that can move and shoot on their own, without the help of a pilot.
Pathogenic viruses
The idea is that all these modifications of viruses like Ebola, H1N1 and others do not appear by chance. Perhaps they are created as biological weapons and are occasionally tested here and there. Of course, it sounds like paranoia of the highest degree, but it is very possible to develop a pathogenic virus in the laboratory. And the affected area can be huge.
Virtual prisons
Human life expectancy is increasing and can reach 100-200 years, and therefore researchers are considering the possibility of appropriate changes in the rules of imprisonment. There will not be enough places for everyone, the death penalty is recognized as inhumane, but virtual detention in custody is quite an option. Control over the prisoner will be carried out through his own consciousness. A terrible prospect for the illegally convicted. And not only for them.
Genetically modified plants
The use of GMOs is most often remembered as a way of sterilizing a person, harming his internal organs and provoking disease. And since modified plants grow in the open air, they can transfer their properties to others, ordinary ones. Who knows what such uncontrolled mutations will lead to.
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