Should Technology Think?

Does technology have a mind of its own? After watching the video with Norman McLaren, I feel that this is obviously portrayed with the microphone moving around, trying not to let McLaren talk into it. So does the microphone have a mind? Can it really turn itself off, or move away if I were to try to speak into it? Of course it could not, technology cannot make choices. We control the power, we can turn it off, we can choose when to use it, and when not too. If I am using a projector in my classroom, the projector will not turn off because it doesn't feel like doing its job. This pushes into a topic that is receiving much talk: artificial intelligence or AI. Is this something that the world wants? For technology be able to freely think, and act of those thoughts? While many people think this could be a good thing, I don't think they have thought of the ramifications. How mad would people be if the microphone actually turned away from them when they were speaking, or a computer shut off and took a "personal day"?