With the theme of "algorithm", the author Chen Qiufan imagines that under the mutual promotion of computer technology and biotechnology, artificial intelligence, evolutionary algorithm and artificial reproduction technology are rapidly evolving, and some black technologies may appear in the near future and their potential impact on the world.
In particular, it discusses the huge impact that black technology may bring to social rules and concepts in the near future, the violent subversion of social customs and ethics, and the love-hate entanglement of human nature in strong conflicts.
After listening to the interpretation, my feelings are as follows:
The development of science and technology has been accelerating, promoting the evolution of life forms, and making human self-cognition more and more difficult.
At this stage, we have begun to face up to many problems brought about by scientific and technological progress, such as:
Big data killing, take-away trapped by platform algorithm, thousands of people brought by algorithm recommendation and information cocoon room built with it …
What will happen when these advances change from quantitative to qualitative?
It's really hard to imagine
However, this collection of science fiction shows us a possibility of the future, and its exploration of scientific and technological progress and the conflict between rules and concepts deserves our deep consideration at present.
The logic of the algorithm comes from human logic analysis. It is to disassemble and understand the rules of our world by means of big data and cloud computing, and then reshape new rules.
Such a new rule will inevitably subvert the old rules and old ideas. How should we face them?
In fact, new technologies will always reshape rules and customs, as in previous industrial revolutions.
In the face of the conflict between new technology and old ethics, we should not stick to the old ethics, but keep an open mind to meet changes and explore more feasible lifestyles.
Since the rules and customs of the old society will always be reshaped by the changes of new technologies, we should not stick to the old rules, but should think about how to adapt and learn, and actively meet the changes.
In addition, as mentioned in What is Technology, the progress of technology has its own logic and direction. With the upgrading of intelligent technology, the algorithm is becoming more and more "alienated".
The most extreme possibility, similar to the future performance of Lei Hobo system in the third season of westworld, fails to see the possibility of the upward development of human society, thus forcibly correcting the realistic deviation to ensure that the social operation conforms to the system analysis.
In this way, the algorithm obliterates the creativity of human beings and simply and rudely abstracts the operation of the whole world into a series of schemes.
However, is this really the case?
In the process of technological sturm und drang, can we be alert to the potential deviation of new technologies?
In other words, can we give full play to the potential of human nature on the basis of free will, make science and technology better, and choose to create a better future?
Mm-hmm, that's a problem.