Advancements in Technology

Artificial intelligence. We don't have the technology yet...
Only time will tell if we ever will.  

When it comes to advancements in technology how far is too far? Where do we draw the line? Don't get me wrong technology is a wonderful thing but there becomes a point in time when it becomes detrimental rather than its initial purpose of being beneficial. We are seeing that right now from up close and afar. Jobs that once provided Ontario families with a steady reliable source of income are being disassembled and sailed across the world so that corporate owners can have an even bigger pay check.Technology is also a big factor behind the increasing rate of obesity in children and adults. Yes having HD graphics on a 50 inch plasma tv playing a video game based on your favourite sport is cool fun. However you are not outside burning calories buy moving a joystick or shaking a controller up and down. Which is making us lazier and less motivated as a society. In Neuromacer technology is more advanced than this planet will know for centuries. Example include: artificial intelligences, recording brain patterns of dead people, living in space and prosthetics. I won't get into artificial intelligences and the recording of brain patterns. It seems as though everyone has is.  Wage has eyes with sea green nikon transplants, Ratz has his prosthesis arm, Molly has mirrors set into her head protecting her eyes and retractable blades for fingers. Case joins the club with the addition of his new pancreas that. A pancreas that makes the effects of drugs minuscule. In all these cases excluding Cases the prosthetic procedures were unnecessary other than for personal gain (being strong, picture taking eyes, being better equipped for battle etc.). William Gibson is putting on paper a world that technology has advanced to a point were artificial intelligences or AI for short have advanced to the point where the police have to monitor them to insure that they do not surpass a certain level of intelligence and ultimately out smart the humans like we've seen in countless movies. To sum everything up technology is great however we need to monitor its progression and make decisions that are best for us as humans.

We use prosthetics as a 'cure' for the needy.
Will there come a time when everyone uses them
to better the quality of our lives?