Will Technology Be the End of Humans?
Amanda Gardiner
I am an underage student at Lake Washington, who created
this essay for an assignment in English 101. It discusses the
positive and negative connotations of Genetic Engineering, and
how technological advancement could hurt humanity if the
ethical and moral consequences are not considered properly.
In April 2000, technology guru Bill Joy published an article
for Wired Magazine titled Why The Future Doesn’t Need Us,
explaining why the future technological creations that humans
invent will be our downfall as a species. Citing multiple
scientists, articles, and books, Joy explains that when we hit
singularity, the time when artificial intelligence (AI’s) become
conscious, humans will lose their usefulness and robots will
have control of all humanity.
Throughout his article, Joy demonstrates logical argument