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Computers are a relatively new invention. The
first computers were built fifty years ago and it is only in the last thirty or
so years that their influence has affected our everyday life. Personal
computers were introduced as recently as the early eighties. In this short time
they have made a tremendous impact on our lives. We are now so dependent on
computers that it is hard to imagine what things would be like today without
them. You have only got to go into a bank when their main computer is broken to
appreciate the chaos that would occur if computers were suddenly removed
worldwide.
In the future computers will be used to create
bigger and even more sophisticated computers. The prospects for this are quite
alarming. They will be so complex that no individual could hope to understand
how they work. They will bring a lot of benefits but they will also increase
the potential for unimaginable chaos. They will, for example, be able to fly
planes and they will be able to co ordinate the movements of several planes in
the vicinity of an airport. Providing all the computers are working correctly
nothing can go wrong. If one small program fails-disaster.
There is a certain inevitability that
technology will progress and become increasingly complex. We should, however,
ensure that we are still in a position where we are able to control technology.
It will be all too easy to suddenly discover that technology is controlling us.
By then it might be too late I believe that it is very important to be
suspicious of the benefits that computers will bring and to make sure that we
never become totally dependent on a completely technological world.
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