Critical Thinking Blog #3: Research Paper Brainstorming

   One of the topics that I'd like to research about is cloning and whether artificial intelligence will take over and be a prominent use in modern day society. I also want to pose the pros and cons of what this type of society would have if this actually comes to be. The reason this interests me so much is because the idea of having fully human replicated robots that look very realistic sounds like a great idea, but then wouldn't that make the human race more lazy. What would people do in their spare time now that these AI's have taken over and will be doing every mundane task that we usually did. Will we just learn to be pleased and served as kings and queens like back in the old ages. Also what if these replicated "humans" turn out to have a mind of their own and instead of listening to instructions and commands that they're supposed to follow they decide to revolt and have an uprising like in the movie I Robot starring Will Smith or another great example the Terminator Trilogy. It's a scary thought knowing that if we create something so amazing do we treat them as just things or like any other normal human beings that have emotions and feelings. Also the cloning idea can also have these consequences. What if abuse the science and decide to mass produce large quantities of these people. Would it be immoral to use them to our own will. Can this really benefit the societal world or would it have dire consequences that we might not be acknowledging at the moment. More research will allow me to decide, but I will level with people who advocate the usage of AI's. Life would be much more easier and more leisure time will be at hand to do other stuff that we didn't have time before, but the risk variables are too high right now to be able to do something like this worldwide.

   The other topic that I would like to cover is whether humans are naturally good or bad. Meaning whether we have a selfish part of us that with only allow us to strive for ourselves at the expensive of other if possible or if we a cooperating species that has high views on altruism. The reason I want to research this is because it's the core of all philosophy. How does one decide what's right and wrong and what is the true nature of humans. It's kind of an interesting and sensitive concept to argue even since it was brought up during Aristotle's time in ancient Greece. I feel that maybe humans are more realistic and have an inner instinct to fend for themselves even if it means using their own family and blood to get what they want, but the idea that we'd like to see ourselves as clean nice people who will help another in need is a nice thought. It's more of a goal to do something like that because my own opinion is that we have more tendencies towards being bad then being good because the benefit that comes to us is more pleasurable and instantly gratifies our wishes as opposed to helping another person who probably won't return the favor like you did. It's a game, a gambling game, that I feel can turn out any way and it's very unpredictable.