We have already written that the pornography industry is actively introducing itself into modern engineering. The owners of large companies that make vibrators, rubber women, lubricants expect to go further and make the first artificial woman, which will be almost indistinguishable from the real one. We do not think that you will refuse to buy such a robot, whose design can be adjusted to suit yourself - choose your breast, ass, face size (you can even order a face from a photograph). Sooner or later, such a machine will appear on the market. Do what you want with her - she will not refuse to please you.
However, there is a big problem. What if a sex robot is so indistinguishable from a human that we confuse real girls with robots? For example, you met a beautiful girl in a bar, brought her home, had sex with her, started dating her, met her friends, and then decided to get married - made an offer and got married. Imagine that you will live your whole life with a robot - with a robot that will never feel real affection for you; with a robot that will be simply programmed for feelings. Or imagine the situation that this robot has an owner who will follow your funny life, drinking beer and laughing at your stupidity.
World of ratings
Let's talk about government. It naturally tends to fall into a dictatorship - this is its nature, which, however, undergoes firmware updates in the form of revolutions, coups, democratic elections. If all this is not there, then the government, whether the people want it or not, begins to establish total control over their own citizens. The horror of this situation is that the information age, which continues to evolve, gives the authorities a lot of recommendations on how to control people. Social networks, for example, have developed their own method for assessing a person's personal qualities. This method is called "like", which can be called a tool of social approval. If you like the girl's photo, then you will like her. If you like a friend's post about your life, then you will also like it. There's no shame in thatbut there is a great danger in this, which is already becoming a reality of our time, at least in China.
We are talking about the so-called social credit system, which should be implemented throughout China by 2020. Its goal is to build an ideal socialist society. Its methods are a rating system of citizens. If you pay taxes on time, are engaged in social activities, do not break the laws, then you will receive points. The more points the better. The government will adore you and give you various buns that relate to work, social security, living, selling and buying tickets. But if you have few points, then you will not be able to enjoy the benefits of society: you will be denied the sale of a plane ticket; you will not be hired for a leadership position; you will not be able to rent a hotel room; you will be examined at customs like cattle; your children will not be allowed to attend private schools; you are untouchable.
What is the threat? The fact that under the blow of a machine (the algorithm calculates by a computer) can be anyone, even the most law-abiding citizen. And we are not even talking about the fact that freedom of speech and freedom of private life will remain far in the past - this is a digital dictatorship, a dictatorship of machines.
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Controlling emotions
Back in the middle of the last century, many brain scientists argued that it was possible to control emotions and mood with the help of various kinds of drugs. By the end of the 20th century, we received a stable market for antidepressants, psychedelics, and artificial pathogens. If you take a pill, you will work better.
Take a pill - depression will go away. If you take a pill, you will learn Tao. Chemicals seriously affect the perception of reality, and this was already clear in the last century. In our time, drugs have become even more challenging, besides, it becomes possible to edit DNA, rebuild neural connections in the brain. There is no doubt that someday a completely legal device will appear that will be able to cause a feeling of bliss, happiness - and all without harm to health.
On the other hand, imagine a society that is an absolute obedience to the authorities or some kind of corporation or financial structure. Imagine a society in which all scientific developments in the field of emotions are applied in the field of advertising, propaganda, control. You will like people, but you will not be able to understand why you like them so much. They will do terrible things, and you will give them a standing ovation. You will hate others, but you will also not be able to explain why you hate others - you will yearn for their extermination. In the end, you will buy all kinds of junk, but you have no idea why you are doing it. So, wait. Isn't this already happening? Heck.
Plastic food
Quantum mechanics, which has been so popular among the scientific community in recent years, has made us understand that everything in this world is extremely relative. If an ordinary person sees a cola bottle in a bottle of cola, and a pot of flowers in a pot of flowers, then the physicist sees only a cluster of atoms, which can be interchangeable. Everything consists of atoms, various kinds of particles, everything in this world is not what it seems. Therefore, it is easy to imagine that someday (perhaps very soon) scientists will find a way to transform one object into another.
For example, you have a pen in front of you, and, as luck would have it, you lack one sushi stick to eat the food you ordered before. You put your pen in a special machine, set the parameters and get your sushi stick - a real miracle, right? Just imagine that your food is something processed by a similar machine, for example, a plastic bag. For corporations that will use this business commercially, this is a gold mine. For you, this is a complete lack of normal food.