Man vs. Machine

As we move forward in an era of continuous industrial and technological innovations, one has to sit back and think about two things:

The first thing to ponder is how dependent we are, as humans, on machines. What would YOU do without your cell phone? Ironically, my Dad works for AT&T and has still yet to get a cell phone. But if you sit back and think about how much we rely on all of the several mindless contraptions and 'doo-dads' we use in our everday life, such as a cell phone, an alarm clock, your coffee maker, and even your car, it makes you wonder if we could ever live without them?

Secondly, in an age of terrorism, aids, starvation, and even hurricanes (as of late), there are not many people out there worried about the rammifications of taking innovation too far. Personally I have never lost a wink of sleep over the issue, and I'm sure you haven't either. But what if it happened? What if one day, once artificial intelligence is invented, the machines actually take over? As far as we know, the odds of any of that happening are pretty slim. But quick tip...if you ever wake up to Arnold Schwarzenegger pointing a sawed-off shotgun to your head asking to speak to John Conner, tell him that he is hiding somewhere far away and has changed his name to Osama bin Laden.

Many of you have probably seen the old MTV show "Celebrity Deathmatch." But for those of you who boycott MTV, the show was basically a parody of several celebrities and how they use their effects on the mass media to defeat their opponents. People as famous as Carmen Electra and Pamela Anderson have duked it out in this clever, clay-animated series. My question is this: If you put man in the blue corner and machine in the red, who would win?

Man
(+) Invented machine. How can you possibly be less intelligent than that which you create? Therefore, if man is more intelligent than machine, in theory he should prevail.

(-) Fragile bodies. Other than smarts, man's body is made of 60% water and is not probable to defeat the prototypical machine, or robot, in hand to hand combat, unless heavily armed.

Machine
(+) If I were to make a machine, it would probably be comparable to James Cameron's depiction of the Terminator. Big, animatronic masses of medal, with red eyes and no emotions whatsoever. It would follow orders when given and would stop at nothing to carry them out.

(-) They are a product of man. What's to say that man won't just reach in and switch the power button to 'off?'

Obviously in the movies, man most usually always win. Three movies that cross my mind when I think of the inevitable battle between man and machine are I Robot, The Terminator Trilogy, and The Matrix Trilogy. All three of these movies provide an enjoyable entertainment experience. Also, they provide a smart representation of the predicted power of the future machine. Let's be honest...in a steel-caged match, machines would kick our fother-mucking asses. First round, first hit, it's a knockout. End of story.

That's man: down for the count; making Machine the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. Good fight, good night.