Thoughts when I observed a manual labor the other day.
Is this activity worth human effort? Shouldn't a machine be doing this?
This leads me to a deeper question, what makes a human human? A Luddite might endorse such occupations on ground of providing employment. If freed, from such labor, would the person opt for something more engaging his faculties? Shouldn't a society aim to be more capital intensive thereby eliminating such labor intensive for humans?
Will machines evolve to take on more "human" tasks? When they do, what will their rights be? Will we treat them as labor again?
What makes a human, human? I think its our capacity to think. And thoughts are the atomic unit of humanity.
Is this activity worth human effort? Shouldn't a machine be doing this?
This leads me to a deeper question, what makes a human human? A Luddite might endorse such occupations on ground of providing employment. If freed, from such labor, would the person opt for something more engaging his faculties? Shouldn't a society aim to be more capital intensive thereby eliminating such labor intensive for humans?
Will machines evolve to take on more "human" tasks? When they do, what will their rights be? Will we treat them as labor again?
What makes a human, human? I think its our capacity to think. And thoughts are the atomic unit of humanity.
