Author: АНТОНОВА ЕКАТЕРИНА ЮРЬЕВНА / ANTONOVA EKATERINA YURIEVNA
The relevance of scientific research.
Evolution is an amazing biological process that can transform even the simplest organism into something meaningful. Humanity has always been interested in who or what we will turn into in a few hundred years? Maybe we will merge with technology or become something supernatural? How much will a person and society be able to change after a while? Many people are thinking about these questions, but no one, even with a strong desire, will be able to give an accurate answer. People think that development has come to an end. We have become the best organisms that do not need evolution, but they are mistaken, the end of biological progress is considered the complete extinction of species, which in turn means that we are still waiting for quite a few changes in the human structure.[1]
From the side of science, we are capable of much and even more. And currently there is an active development of technologies that will soon shift the concept of a person and turn it into a different kind. Scientific discoveries in the field of mechanics significantly affect us and it is possible that in hundreds of years we will turn into cyborgs Into so-called people containing machine components. This option of the future is considered quite logical and promising. But with many disadvantages.
But the question remains the same, what kind of society awaits us in the future? What social groups will our society be divided into?
The purpose and objectives of the study. The aim of the research is to develop the concept of a future society divided into social groups formed under the influence of technology.
This goal determines the need to solve the following scientific tasks:
- summarize the accumulated information about technologies: neurocomputer interface, chips;
- consider the latest developments created under the leadership of Elon Musk;
- to propose the concept of the society of the future, which arose under the influence of technology.
Methodology of scientific research. During the research, general scientific methods were widely used: observation; logical, historical; systemic, structural-functional and comparative types of analysis.
The scientific novelty of the work consists in the fact that as a result of the research, the concept of the society of the future was formed, as well as social groups formed under the influence of technology were identified.
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN MODERN TIMES
Science has long begun to develop technologies that will lead the future to the likeness of cyberpunk. Consider the neurocomputer interface, which is the connection of the human brain with an external device. It allows you to exchange information in two directions, from the brain to the device and vice versa. It seemed that this was still a long way off, but in the mid-90s such a device was invented and tested on humans. It has long been known that the human brain produces electrical signals that, in theory, can be directed to a mechanical device. A lot of scientific groups and companies around the world are working to fix what is working in our wrong way. The first who tried to do this were American scientists who introduced a chip to a paralyzed woman, thanks to which she was able to control a robotic arm.[2]
It was far from perfect and had many disadvantages, but at the same time it was not a little important part of the development of technology. The main idea is that a person can control a robot without any effort. It's just a hand, but what could be next? If we continue to develop the idea of this chip, then after a while it could help control hormones and make the brain itself work more efficiently.[3]
NEUROINTERFACE AND ELON MUSK
In 2016, Elon Musk registered the company NEURALINK, whose goal was to create neurointerfaces for the treatment of serious brain diseases, and in the long term, human improvement. After 3 years, they managed to develop a chip that, unlike the British progenitor, was much smaller and more convenient. No surgeon would have been able to insert it into the brain, which is why they developed a special robot for which such an operation is no more difficult than laser vision correction. He drills a hole in the skull and connects electrodes to the brain. According to Ilon, the operation is considered painless and does not require anesthesia. The first tests were very successful on rats and monkeys. Also, in this interface, which looks like a coin from the outside, they were able to put more than a thousand contacts that allow you to get much more information from the brain.[4]
Relatively recently, studies have been conducted on pigs. Several individuals successfully underwent implantation 2 months before the presentation of NEURALINK. Thanks to computer technology, scientists were able to predict how and where each joint of the pig will move with minimal errors. Of course, man is extremely complicated and what could happen on animals is most likely not to happen on humans. In order to fully complete the development of this idea, it is necessary to decipher all the information that our brain uses, which is considered the main problem.[5]
From the side of science, this is a fantastic invention that definitely deserves attention, it can bring a lot of benefits in the future, especially medicine, but from the side of people, everything is not so clear. The prospect of cyberpunk in real life is frightening, tracking our thoughts and emotions is not viewed by everyone on the positive side.[6]
THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY: MAIN SOCIAL GROUPS
Based on the technologies presented above, we present the human brain, which, with a button behind the ear, turns on a kind of computer with a database. Each person will have their own, with a certain amount of information that can be further increased through career growth or special improvements. Access will be open to personal memories, to our knowledge and subconscious. In addition to the information in the brain itself, there will be certain carriers, which are a small chip. By connecting it to the brain, a person will be able to get data, regardless of his access level. The neurointerface will grow into biochips and grant its owner immortality. It will be a mobile storage of the soul, with the help of which it will be possible to completely transfer the mind from one body to another, that is, a person will be able to transfer his consciousness into a chip, and later embed it into any body he likes. Along with the database itself, special lenses will be included, showing the screen with the same memories, but with an accurate projection of the picture. We will be able to view any day, month or year of our life. By passing this, it will be possible to replace biological eyes with mechanical ones that will work on the same principle. A person can learn to improve his abilities by interfering a little in the structure of his body and organs. He will be able to implement cyber implants that allow him to improve the aesthetic appearance of a person.
The very appearance of a cybernetic person will not change as much as one might initially think. Only a few distinctive features will be added in the form of digital scars that will be located on the face, due to the fact that a computer system built into the brain itself will appear. In addition to the scars, there will be many modifications. Starting from robotic eyes and ending with a complete replacement of the human body.
The sociology of the cyberman will be globally different from the current one. Man will become a completely different species, and this will lead society to differentiation.
The human need for modifications and the superiority of some over others will entail a radical change in society, divided into four main groups. Mejors (from Spanish Mejor- the best), comuns (from Spanish Común-ordinary, common), peors (from Spanish El peor-the worst) and umans (from Spanish humano-man).
The Mekhors are the most influential and powerful stratum of society. They will be considered the strongest in the urban world, living in the center, occupying high positions and positions. Their number will be about 1% of the population and will be inviolable, the number of mekhor members will not be able to increase or decrease. In the future, there will be no state authorities, in their place will come the "residence", which has the greatest impact on the rest of the classes. One such place will manage several megacities, forming a state. Such countries will be scattered around the world and have a limited number of inhabitants. The technical abilities of the higher ones will be based on databases to which they will have a special level of access, called a point. It is amazing because it has unlimited resources and reliable protection. No one will be able to block their access or log in to their system. The level is so high that full control of a lower class person is possible. In turn, the lower stratum will not be able to take power over the mechors. It will be almost impossible to inject a virus into their brains or subdue them. Unlike others, they have several stages of protection and are considered completely closed to the introduction of alien software. Thanks to biochips, people will be subject to immortality, for which they will have to pay an expensive price, which is why inequality will begin to develop at a high pace in the world.
A serious disadvantage of introducing technology into a person will be that any representative of the residence will be able to launch a virus into the human brain or completely disable it. Positioning themselves as virtues, the mekhors will begin to abuse their position and drive people to "madness". The more technologies there are in the subject, the easier it will be to do it. Each cybernetic organism will have an individual code that appears even at the very creation. Having learned it, any class with a sufficient level of access has a chance to disable another. All such data is stored in a specialized storage, on analog chips, to which only mechors have access. The code can also be stored, but in a more secure place.