When Technology

and Humanity Cross

Josephine Duterte - Collado, LPT
Cagayan State University
Sanchez Mira Campus
When technology and humanity cross… Will it
be a convergence or a clash between man and
machine.
Television sets

Mobile phones

Computers

Humanity
Television - used mainly as a platform for
advertisement and information dissemination.

Recreational activities

Good stress reliever

Good platform for propagandas and advocacies

Good way to bond with one’s family members

Mobile phones - used primarily for
communication.

Texting and calling.

Surf the internet

Taking pictures

Portable and convenient

Computers and laptops - used to surf the Internet
and communicate.

Wide keyboard

Widescreen and separate keyboards

Availability of a mouse or a touchpad

Ethical Dilemma Faced by these
technological advancements
1. Most parents would argue that these devices
make their children lazy and unhealthy.

Love to watch television

Love to surf the internet or play games

(laptops, computers or mobile phones)
Ethical Dilemma Faced by these
technological advancements
Effect:

Unaware of the time

Alienation

Different kinds of sickness

Ethical Dilemma Faced by these
technological advancements
2. Moral dillema

Allows them to see, read, or hear things

which are not suitable for their young age.
Ethical Dilemma Faced by these
technological advancements
The children are not yet capable of rationally
deciding for themselves what is good and what
is bad.

Even if creators of these technologies went out of

their way to inform children of the pros and cons
of these technological contributions, it would
still be useless because children have no
capacity to understand yet.
 Robotics and Humanity
Robots

Service robots - specific

jobs tasks.
 Robotics and Humanity
Robots

Service robots

Germany

DESIRE

Clear up the kitchen table

Fill the dishwasher

Clear up this room

 Roles played by robotics
They primarily used to ease the workload of mankind.

They were invented to make life more efficient and less

stressful.

They perform complicated activities which human being

are incapable of doing.

They perform the simplest tasks at home.

There are robots which are made for pleasure.

There are robots which were made to serve as toys.

Ethical Dilemma/s faced by
Robotics
Safety

Who should be held accountable if someone’s

safety is compromised by a robot?

It is important to know who should be blamed

and who should be held responsible if such
things happens.
Ethical Dilemma/s faced by
Robotics
Emotional component

What if robots become sentient?

Should they be granted robot right?

Should they have their own set of rights to be

upheld, respected, and protected by humans?
Moral and Ethical Issues in
Advanced Technology
Advancement in technology does not elicit ethical
or moral issues, but it is these of technological
inventions that raise the issue.

Ethical dilemmas arise when there are competing

goods and competing evils.
Moral and Ethical Issues in
Advanced Technology

Genetic engineering

Biotechnology

Vitro fertilization
Moral and Ethical Issues in
Advanced Technology

Moral concern

Uses of technology have the capability of

making many innocent people to suffer.

Example: nuclear technology - this raises

health problems
Moral and Ethical Issues in
Advanced Technology

Use of computers - also raises health issues.

Use of machines

Technological tools

Knowledge (robots and computers)

Moral and Ethical Issues in
Advanced Technology

Quest for strong AI (Artificial Intelligence)

People now control the planet, not because

we’re the strongest, fastest, or biggest, but
because we’re the smartest.
Moral and Ethical Issues in
Advanced Technology

Genetic engineering

Super-humans that will outcompete with

regular humans.
Remember:

The biggest risk to our future is not that

technology will take over but that we become too
much like technology.

Let’s balance the EQ with the IQ..

We should think of technology not as what we

seek but rather how we seek - it is a tool we
should embrace, not one we should become