In the near future, society will come face to face with a controversial decision. Humanity will have to decide if an artificially intelligent being is given the natural rights of man. Society will have to hone in on what it really means to be human.
Today’s technology and robotics are advancing at an exponential rate. Computer scientists, programmers, and engineers are collaborating to create intelligent beings that are able to make important decisions on their own. What was once thought to be science fiction is now actually happening in the real world. Due to this advancement in technology, many point out that artificial intelligence and all of its advancements will one day be capable of outsmarting mankind and eventually take over the world. This assumption or idea has been a major plot point in science fiction films. For example, the movie, Blade Runner, directed by Ridley Scott
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In the book, Race Against the Machine, written by, Erik Brynjolfsson, he states that, “Economist David Ricardo, who initially thought that advancement in technology would benefit all, developed an abstract model that showed the possibility of technological unemployment.” (Erik Brynjolfsson). Business owners and economists need to be more aware of the effects technology can have on the economy.
Likewise, the Bladerunner movies show how replicant and robotic technology can negatively impact a society. In the movie, replicants are mainly used for slave labor purposes. They are forced to do jobs that were once done by humans. It can be inferred that Los Angeles’ decayed state in the movie is largely due to the fact that the city is in an economic recession. The reason it might be in a recession is because the replicants took over a large portions of jobs and thus America’s unemployment rate increased. Bladerunner, released back in 1982, foreshadowed what America might look like in the