The Pros And Cons Of Biomedical Engineering

Nearly 200 years ago, Mary Shelley published Frankenstein leaving people around the world with several questions regarding the consequences of extreme scientific pursuits. Since then, the world has advanced exponentially in the fields of technology and medicine, expanding both human potential and ability, as well as the gradual creation of mechanisms with artificial intelligence. However in recent decades several issues have arose regarding the safety in creating more intelligent A.Is, and the ethics of biomedical engineering. Despite this, when considering the fact that now more than ever people around the world are getting the opportunity to overcome their disabilities, and improve their health and performance, it is crucial that we pursue

Twenty years from now cell-sized “nanobots” could navigate through our bloodstream keeping us healthy from the inside and provide a solution to healthcare affordability. As for neural applications, not only could our memory, pattern-recognition capabilities, and general intelligence be enhanced, but through small microchip implants, models of which we already have for twenty regions of the brain, humans with destroyed brain tissue could easily receive a full recovery. A common concern regarding the increase of technological apparatuses is that resources for such products could deplete, but thanks to our rapid acceleration towards renewable energy sources such as solar power, we are getting closer to being able to program energy and matter essentially keeping products at a low cost and protecting the environment. In Dick Pelletier’s article The Singularity Promises Great Benefits, but can we Brave the Risks, Pelletier provides insights into a future in which machines are integrated into our anatomy, sending humans into a new way of life, “Other forward thinkers predict that in the coming

While the presence of more machines in the workforce could be beneficial such as by assuming menial and unskilled labor positions, many warn that this could lead to several jobs such as blue-collar work positions to be taken over by computers. With this dilemma, societal structures would change dividing societies into different groups such as, people who posses the knowledge about computers, and those who do not, “ For those with full access to the technology, life could be significantly prolonged through stem cell-growth, organ replacements, pharmaceutically slowed aging, and genetic engineering that removes health threats. Human capability could be enormously enhanced through genetic alteration, implants, nanotech devices, human machine interfaces, artificial body parts, and direct connections to smart robots and networks of computers accessing all human knowledge...Others will not be. For the first time, the rich might actually be more intelligent.”(Richard Clarke 71-72). In Steven Spielberg’s A.I, Professeur Allen Hobby and the top scientists of the world presented many questions that we may have to answer at some point. If a machine could possess human emotions and feelings, would that make