Open AccessIs Technology at the Service of Humankind?
Author(s) -
Francisco Cristóvão Lourenço de Melo
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of aerospace technology and management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.265
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 2175-9146
pISSN - 1984-9648
DOI - 10.5028/jatm.v12.1121
Subject(s) - race (biology) , service (business) , interpersonal communication , computer science , computer security , artificial intelligence , engineering , internet privacy , psychology , business , sociology , social psychology , marketing , gender studies
The answer is not a trivial one.While technology has allowed the human race to live longer, it has given us weapons of mass destruction. It is a fact that technology has improved communications but, on the other hand, it has increased the distance regarding interpersonal relationships. Although nowadays it is quite easy to find evidence to solve previous unsolved problems, we live in the society so soaked by fake news that in some cases, only an artificial inteligence (AI) can detect it.