TED ZONGULDAK COLLEGE / 11-A
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For the Better or for the Worse
Gülşah Minerva PİRİŞTİNE
Innovations evolve with humanity and reflect a civilization’ s advancement. Since humans are curious and progressive, we are always eager to learn more, see more, and live longer and better.
Innovations, from fire and paper to AI and space exploration, have transformed our lives. Some innovations, now considered standard, were once as precious as diamonds and as brilliant as the stars, such as soap, paper, and cars. Humanity’ s most recent focus seems to be the cosmos, with AI and space colonization.
Elon Musk’ s SpaceX is an example demonstrating this shift, with its humanoid robots and plans for Mars colonization— our ancient dream of reaching the stars. These ideas sound very futuristic and positive but are risky, with the potential danger of creating the“ Terminator.” We might think that AI is the natural outcome of computerization, but if we analyze further, it may become disturbing— a perfect mix of cleverness and stupidity, though revolutionary.
It is revolutionary, but risky in changing our civilization’ s path. Since the AI system relies on human-produced inputs, bad actors could manipulate it, endangering civilization. Are we ready for these changes? Personally, I think not. We have to be cautious because AI and space colonization will change the course of history— for better or worse.
On the brighter side, we have been inventing machines that tackle environmental challenges. For example, a few years ago, a group of students created a machine to clean litter from the ocean’ s surface, which worked efficiently. Therefore, we should focus on what we have before us, instead of trying to reach the unreachable.
It has taken humanity 6 million years and countless innovations to create an advanced civilization. We must work cautiously in unknown fields while prioritizing Earth. We shouldn’ t let planet Earth perish after all it has done for us.