A major flaw in world's technology

Since the dawn of time man has relied on the technology it has created, and the technology itself has reversely relied on its human creators to become greater in its own use. The mere thought of a human singularity is flawed in the largest aspect of its being – the human flaw. This notion is only a mere dream of a man lost in his own creation, and is merely an unthinkable concept.

The idea that technology can create itself is somewhat valid, but in measuring this we must take into account the human factor. In this article, it states that “He knew about Moore's law, of course, which states that the number of transistors you can put on a microchip doubles about every two years” (2). This measurement is only true because of the fact, however, that human creators use this rapidly growing amount of microchips to develop faster ones. So in fact, though this rapid expansion of technology only occurs because of the man-made desire to create more technology. IF, in fact, technology were able to surpass humans themselves, it wouldn’t be due to a technological advancement within its core – it would be due to the human lust for new creations.

Take, for example, the always increasing developments within weaponry research – a form of technology. The form of weapons, throughout the past 300-400 years, have increased just as rapidly as computers have over the past 50 years. Weapons have evolved from swords, to bow and arrows, to small cannons, to rifles, to pistols, to missiles, and eventually to nuclear weapons. This rapid expansion is amazing – all due to the fact that humans desired to control these weapons in a massive fashion. Even guns have rapidly expanded in the past 40 years extremely rapidly, going from the simple inner mechanisms of the M-14 during the 1970s, to the current standard issue rifle of the U.S. army – the M-4 Carbine.

This concept of “technology creating technology” is vastly inaccurate, and completely invalid. Yes, I understand how fast technology is transforming, but there will never be a time in which technology can alone surpass the human mind. This article in itself is completely biased by the most-likely believer in this concept, as shown by the statement “If you can swallow that idea, and Kurzweil and a lot of other very smart people can”(1), which is a direct insult to anyone who doesn’t believe in this idea. I believe that time will never catch up to humans, it will always be trying to catch up.