Why The Future Doesn't Need Us

Why The Future Doesn't Need Us

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1、3WhytheFutureDoesn’tNeedUsBillJoyFromthemomentIbecameinvolvedinthecreationofnewtechnolo-gies,theirethicaldimensionshaveconcernedme,butitwasonlyintheautumnof1998thatIbecameanxiouslyawareofhowgreatarethedangersfacingusinthe21stcentury.Icandatetheonsetofmyuneasetot

2、hedayImetRayKurzweil,thedeservedlyfamousinventorofthefirstreadingmachinefortheblindandmanyotheramazingthings.RayandIwerebothspeakersatGeorgeGilder’sTelecosmconfer-ence,andIencounteredhimbychanceinthebarofthehotelafterbothoursessionswereover.IwassittingwithJohnSe

3、arle,aBerkeleyphilosopherwhostudiesconsciousness.Whileweweretalking,Rayap-proachedandaconversationbegan,thesubjectofwhichhauntsmetothisday.IhadmissedRay’stalkandthesubsequentpanelthatRayandJohnhadbeenon,andtheynowpickedrightupwherethey’dleftoff,withRaysayingthat

4、therateofimprovementoftechnologywasgoingtoac-celerateandthatweweregoingtobecomerobotsorfusewithrobotsorsomethinglikethat,andJohncounteringthatthiscouldn’thappen,becausetherobotscouldn’tbeconscious.WhileIhadheardsuchtalkbefore,Ihadalwaysfeltsentientrobotswereinth

5、erealmofsciencefiction.Butnow,fromsomeoneIrespected,Iwashearingastrongargumentthattheywereanear-termpossibility.Iwastakenaback,especiallygivenRay’sprovenabilitytoimagineandcre-atethefuture.Ialreadyknewthatnewtechnologieslikegeneticengineer-ingandnanotechnologywe

6、regivingusthepowertoremaketheworld,butarealisticandimminentscenarioforintelligentrobotssurprisedme.BillJoyisco-founder,chiefscientist,andcorporateexecutiveofficerofSunMicrosystems.ThisarticleisreprintedwithpermissionfromWired8.04,April2000.Copyright1993–2000TheC

7、ondéNastPublicationsInc.Copyright1994–2000WiredDigital,Inc.48BILLJOYIt’seasytogetjadedaboutsuchbreakthroughs.Wehearinthenewsalmosteverydayofsomekindoftechnologicalorscientificadvance.Yetthiswasnoordinaryprediction.Inthehotelbar,Raygavemeapartialpreprintofhisthen

8、-forthcomingbookTheAgeofSpiritualMachines,whichoutlinedautopiaheforesaw—oneinwhichhumansgainednearimmortalitybybecomingonewithrobotictechnology.Onreadingit,mysenseofu

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