1.) Forester shows a vision of the future when technology rules man kind. He shows how "the machine" runs everything and is basically imprisoning the people. It gets rid of all differences and places. People use "the machine" for everything and therefore feel dependent upon "the machine". The conflict raised by Forester is the idea of when computers and technology help us to do most everything in life, will they take over us? Like in the movie I, Robot, robots are used for everyday tasks and are a part of the society. But then a robot goes rogue and acquires a virus causing more to follow. This creates a sort of revolution for the robot community. Basically in both Foresters story and the movie I, Robot, the idea the our technology rules us is the main conflict and idea.
2.) In Foresters story the machine takes over human life and controls everyone. It gets rid of the outside Earth and places people into cells where everything they need is provided by the machine. It is not until Kuno left the confines of the machine and saw the outside world that he sort of created a revolution. In the movie I, Robot, a similar idea takes place. For starters the society in that movie uses robots for just about everything. With one super computer at the center. It is not until one of the robot breaks the law of robots by harming a human. This robot starts to create a revolution in other robots. In both of these, the technology in which the human population was relying on either takes over or tries to take over. Both of these stories display the idea of the possibility of technology taking over our lives and ruling us, if we are not careful.
3.) The idea for both of these stories raises an interesting point. With the increasing dependence on technology and the development of robots and autonomous vehicles, I believe that the future for human kind may not look all that different than in I, Robot. I don't think it will be the same, but I think that we will start to see more robots being implemented in to regular life. Such as in cars. Many people die in car crashes every year, but if we had a computer driving our car just as a computer runs a stop light, we may be able to decrease the amount of injuries. Also in the military there is starting to be a larger focus on robots to be used instead of people to make it safer for our soldiers. In all, I do not believe the future of humans and technology will have a greater influence upon one another. But there is always that question of IF? If technology ever has the ability to make its own decisions, such as artificial intelligence, that is where things start to get dicey, and who knows what could happen.
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