Technology was created to make the lives of everyone easier and it has. To this day its nearly impossible to go a single day without encountering it on a normal day. Since its found a way to become a part of our daily lives are there limits as to how much more progress can be made involving technology? According to the article, 2045: The Year Man Becomes Immortal
“the end of human civilization as we know it is about 35 years away” when artificial intelligence becomes much more intelligent than humans.
For those people who believe “progress is lovely” like the classically conditioned characters in Brave New World then there is nothing to fear about this upcoming event. But for others who disagree with the direction this progress is heading then this is a very bad problem for human kind. “To see creativity…is to watch a line blur that cannot be unblurred, the line between organic intelligence and artificial intelligence.” The fact that humans aren’t perfect is what makes them authentic since the flaws are what make them interesting. If someone were to take away the flaws by merging them with technology then the very thing that makes them human would be destroyed.
It is because of this that I believe Bernard is being reasonable when he questions the way he has been conditioned to live in a world where the people are “created” instead of being “born.” The only difference between these people and robots is that they look human even if they never feel it. Just like the people in the novel, robots are created to serve a variety of purposes. If they were allowed to have feelings im sure they would object. Even though technology can still improve in the future I dont think it would have a positive effect on humanity. If it continues to advance it will eventually end up being the most important thing in a person’s life and may one day end up replacing that same person. Once that happens it wont be long before we end up working for them. 
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