Discussion Questions: How does the advancing technology make you feel about our government?
Do you believe that politics will be overcome by a bunch of algorithms?
Thursday, July 31, 2014
"Data" Could Quite Possible Overtake Politics
This topic caught my eye right when i saw it. It talks about how modern day technology has advanced easily into our everyday lives. Even new computers have been built for the police that scans licence plates and within seconds can tell if that car has been stolen. As these advancements grow to new parts of our lives, do we know what we are truly getting ourselves into? There have recently been algorithms made that could quite possibly get rid of the need for politics. If everyday things can be solved with algorithms why cant government be easier and more efficent too? This "algorithmic regulation" would be able to adapt to certain circumstances. One of the founding fathers of cybernetics described this algorithm as having "ultrastability".
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The advancing technology makes me nervous for the future of our government. In my opinion, the worst possible outcome would be if the government was run solely by technology. Our country relies on people to lead us. People that feel emotions like sadness or joy, just like them. In order to successfully run this country, there needs to be an aspect of human nature in the government. This way the citizens of the U.S. will know that their country is being run by people just like them. This helps ease worries about decisions that have to be made for our country. Technology and algorithms can't feel emotions, so it would make it hard for them to run the country the way our people want it to be. I hope for the future of this country that politics will never be overcome by algorithms. Algorithms might calculate the most successful decision available, however a human might make a different decision based off of how many lives will be lost or the way it will affect our country as a whole. Humans have the experience in this world that technology and algorithms don't. Algorithms and technology will never compare when it comes down to a heart-felt human decision.
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