Here are 5 instances where science and technology became a failure or threat to human beings in history: 1. Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - The development and use of nuclear weapons caused immense destruction and loss of human lives in 1945. It demonstrated science and technology can enable weapons of mass destruction. 2. Chernobyl nuclear disaster - The 1986 accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine caused widespread radiation contamination and health issues. It showed risks of nuclear energy technology. 3. Bhopal gas tragedy - The methyl isocyanate gas leak from a Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India in 1984 was one of the world's worst industrial disasters, killing thousands

1. WHY THE FUTURE
DOES NOT NEED US?
The dangers posed by Science and Technology and the insights from William Nelson
Joy’s (2000) article, why the future doesn’t need us? In evaluating contemporary
human experience in the midst of rapid developments in science and technology
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2. Humans and Robots

3. • The development
of artificial intelligence
may make robots act or
decide like humans.
• This possibility
needs reflection
regarding ethical
considerations
concerning robots.
Automation, increasing sophistication of
computers, and robots may be threatening
the usefulness of humans and threatening
human employment

4. A robot
is an actuated mechanism
programmable in two or
more axes with a degree
of autonomy, moving
within its environment, to
perform intended tasks

5. Autonomy
means the ability to
perform intended
tasks based on
current state and
sensing without
human intervention

6. “The ethical dilemma of robots”
by Dylan Evans
• Some countries are drawing ethical codes and
legislation regarding human abuse to robots and vice
versa.
• The development of emotional robotics which
allows robots to recognize human expressions of
emotion and to engage in behavior that humans readily
perceive as emotional also contributes to the ethical
dilemma regarding robots and humans.

7. Some of the ethical questions that
are relevant to this issue include:
1.What does it mean for humans to be replaced by machines?
2.Is the value of a human inversely proportional to that of a machine exhibiting artificial
intelligence?
3.How do we guard against mistakes committed by machines?
4.If a robot injures someone, is the designer to blame, or the user, or the robot itself?
5.If robots can feel pain, should they be granted certain rights?
6.If robots develop emotions, as some experts think they will, should they be allowed to marry
humans?
7.Should robots be allowed to own property?
8.If we see machines as increasingly human-like, will we come to see ourselves as more machine-
like?

8. Humans, Television Sets,
Mobile Phones, and
Computers

9. Humans,
Television Sets,
Mobile Phones,
and Computers
•Almost every household contain television sets, mobile
phones, and computers.
•There are hundreds of millions of mobile phone
subscription, millions of active Facebook accounts, and
several hours of mobile phone and computer interface.
•The Philippines has currently one of the highest digital
populations in the world and is the fastest-growing
application market in Southeast Asia.
•These devices are used as platforms for advertisements,
propaganda, and advocacies for communication, for
information dissemination, as recreational activity and
stress reliever, and as way to bond with family members.

10. Though there are uses, some argue that there are
ethical dilemmas that these advancements bring
forth. These include:
 Parents argue that they make children lazy and unhealthy.
 People become alienated from other people because they are fixated with these
devices. Instead of connecting people, they tend to separate them.
 People who are unable to distinguish from what is right and wrong are exposed to
things which are not suitable for them.
 Also, according to the article “Is Google making us stupid?” by Nicolas Carr, we
become dependent on the Internet that our intelligence is affected.
 We begin to lose our way of concentration and contemplation and we began to lose
interest in reading longish articles or books.
 Instead, we rely on the speed and ease of the Internet.

11. Why the future doesn’t need us?
William Nelson Joy, April 2000
 William Nelson Joy, an American computer scientist and chief scientist of Sun
Microsystems, wrote an article for Wired magazine entitled Why the future
doesn’t need us?
 Joy warned against the rapid rise of new technologies.
 He explained that 21st century technologies - genetics, nanotechnology, and
robotics (GNR) - are becoming very powerful that they can potentially bring
about new classes of accidents, threats, and abuses.
 He further warned that these dangers are even more pressing because they do
not require large facilities or even rare materials
 Knowledge alone will make them potentially harmful to humans

12. William
Nelson Joy
He argued that robotic, genetic engineering, and
nanotechnology pose much greater threats than
technological developments that have come
before
He cited the ability of nanobots to self-replicate,
which could quickly get out of control
He also voiced out about the rapid increase of
computer power
He was also concerned that computers will
eventually become more intelligent than
humans, thus societies into dystopian visions,
such as robot rebellions.

13. Why the future doesn’t need us?
William Nelson Joy, April 2000
•Joy’s article tackles the unpleasant and uncomfortable possibilities that a
senseless approach to scientific and technological advancements may bring.
•It is very unavoidable to think of a future that will no longer need the human race.
•It makes thinking of the roles and obligations of every stakeholder a necessary
component of scientific and technological advancement.
•In this case, it is very necessary that the scientific community, governments, and
businesses engage in a discussion to determine the safeguards of humans against
the potential dangers of science and technology.

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ASSIGNMENT:
On a bond paper, list 5 instances in our history
where Science and technology became a
failure/threat to human beings.