Singularity is the emergence of more than human intelligence devices through the use of technology. As technology has continued to increase, highly technological devices have been made. The people who lived in the past cannot understand the technology that is used presently. It is therefore predicted that technology will be so complex in future such that the people living now will not be able to understand it. The reason behind this is that the intelligence of human beings has been observed to improve as generation changes (Ray, 40). Therefore it is possible that greater level of technology will be invented in the future. This technology will be such that it appears to be more intelligent than human beings and this is what is called singularity.
Technology has invented various items that are able to carry out tasks within a short period of time, with greater accuracy and more efficiently. It can be predicted that technology is likely to invent more ideas than there are currently. This shows that technology will appear to be more intelligent as compared to human beings.
The controversy surrounding singularity is the risk surrounding the existence of human beings. Human intelligence has developed very slowly for many years. On the other hand, technology has developed within a very short period of time. It is possible that the technology that is created by human beings will replace the role of human beings in the world. In addition, there is a possibility that human beings will not be able to control the problems that arise from the technology that they have created (Ray, 43). There is a possibility that supernatural intelligent devices will compete for the resources available with human beings. This is likely to lead to extinct of human beings.
It is believed that putting a ban on singularity technology cannot solve the problem. Instead, the technology could continue to be made underground. Therefore the problems associated with the technology would still face the human beings. The solution to the issue is to control the technology in such a way that the technology produced is not dangerous to the human beings. By this, the negative impacts of singularity will be reduced to a great extent.
Work cited.
Ray Kurzweil Reinventing Humanity: The Future of Machine-Human Intelligence The Futurist; ABI/INFORM Global. 2006 print.
