Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:
Cyborgs include people with cardiac pacemakers, contact lenses. Bionic ears and eyes, prosthetics and so on. In other words. A cyborg is partly human and partly machine. The Technological innovations human and partly machine. The Technological innovations in the field of medicine and healthcare augment humans with machines, producing a beta version of the humans with machines. Producing a beta version of the human body. The advent of brain Machine interfaces is certain to blur the boundary between humans and Machines. Scientists are working hard to find a technique for age reversal too. People do not want to die, so mankind is striving to get to the final frontier, which is development of machines and devices that would accord man immortality.
The needs of humans are not limited. As time passes, food habits change, thinking patterns change, and even appearances change. We are about to travel by driverless, fully automated vehicles. Computers and smart phones have become our masters. The more we depend and merge with technological advancements, the more the humanness in us slowly erodes. Intelligence is sought to be infused into machines and robotics are designed in such a way to give man a virtual human companion. The field of artificial intelligence is overtaking the human brain and many fear that it could even harm the human race. Despite certain limitations and potential threats, Many believe that cyborgs will be the next step in the evolution of mankind. The amalgamation of man and machine is sure to add a new dimension to the life of mankind and this will prove to be the biggest evolution in Biology‟ since the emergence of
Life four billion years ago.
Questions:
i) What is expected to happen with the advent of the brain machine interface?
ii) The needs of humans are not limited, How is this statement elaborated in the passage?
iii) How can a machine turn into a virtual companion for humans?
iv) Explain the flipside of the rapid technological advancement?
v) Find out the words, which is the synonyms of „amalgamation‟ in para 2 and the antonym of „natural „
in para 1 ?
Answers
Answer:
Explanation:
What is expected to happen with the advent of the brain machine interface?
The brain-machine interface may slowly narrow the boundary between humans and machines.
The needs of humans are not limited. How is this statement elaborated in the passage?
The needs of humans are unlimited. As time passes our food habits,our dresses and our thinking - all these change. We all want to lead a more comfortable life with the help of machines—vehicles, grinder, cooker, washing machine and the like.
How can a machine turn into a virtual companion for humans?
Intelligence is put into machines and robots become companions for humans.
Explain the flipside of the rapid technological advancement.
The word “flipside” means the other side(usually the harm foi effect) of something. Artificial intelligence (in machine) will slowly harm the human brain. This is the flipside of technological development.
Find out the words, which is the synonyms of „amalgamation‟in para 2 and the antonym of „natural „ in para 1 ?
amalgamation= integration
natural- artificial.