Technology is not inevitable - by Max Langenkamp

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friends don't let friends get absorbed by totalizing ideologies

When talking to certain technologist friends about brain-computer interfaces and artificial general intelligence, I’m struck by how often I hear that such idea-complexes1 are referred to as ‘inevitable’. In this example, my friend (who I’ll use to represent the various people2 who’ve held this stance) basically says: ‘if it is physically possible, and there is economic incentive, it’ll happen’. Let’s put aside the initial question about the ambiguity of what counts as BCI/AGI. I’m going to argue that claims about technological inevitability are wrong and monopolistic. When I say ‘BCI is…

Technology is not inevitable - by Max Langenkamp

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