Evaluation:
Published: 20.07.2003.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'Is Technology Good or Bad?', 1.
Extract

The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men, but that men will begin to think like computers. This quote, relayed by Sydney G. Harris, has many meanings to it. The basic meaning that Harris is trying to convey is that one should "open up his/her minds" and realize what is really occurring, not what is being covered up. These days, the tendency is generally for one to think about how one day, computers might be able to think like humans, and the problems that that might generate, but people don't realize the real problem, which is if humans start thinking like computers, that would be by far more devastating than the preceding.…

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