Survival Research Laboratories

The video from class featuring the Survival Research Laboratories did strike me with horror with the destruction and violence of the technological pieces. If I was to actually witness the place in person I would definitely feel threatened, more so frightened, by the mechanical chaos of the environment. The artistic technicians who created these robotic mechanisms are extremely creative geniuses. I am surprised they would even let their hard work and dedication destroy themselves. These are some of the most dangerous events I have ever seen. I also never considered them to be a work of "art." However, after thinking about it, these machines are very structurally made, and are very innovative. This creativity is in fact a work of art. Even though they look very destructive, it is an art, and art does not have to be aesthetically pleasing to the eye. Art does not have to be limited to pieces that can only fit in museums.

The scenes just seemed so chaotic and out of control. I wondered if the future consisted of many more machines like those in the video. If that ever happened it would be like a huge apocalypse, which would be pretty scary. The video also made me think, what if machines ever start to take over the world and cause destruction. As technology these days seem to move fast, and people become more dependent upon it, we seem to lose all our traditional and manual ways of surviving. Technology could possibly take over our lives, cease our existence in reality, and make us feel incapable of doing things. I was reminded of a movie called "Artificial Intelligence" where intelligent-thinking machines were constructed. In the movie, the human race advances so quickly, it reaches to a point where robots think and serve intelligently. They become so threatening to human society because of the possibility of robots taking over the world. Another movie that is recent called, Wall-E, has also made me think about the technological future of the world. The possibility of robots and technology taking over the world would result in deplorable outcomes that are a disgrace to humanity. Seeing gigantic, obese, super lazy humans in the future with no physical reality except within computer screens show how the increase of technology makes humans deteriorate.