Overall, although it sounded quite insane, questions that were brought up had been, how willing do you believe people would be in the future when it comes to the idea of replacing limbs of their own with advance technological ones? Do you believe as cyborgs we will be more powerful, or more vulnerable with more necessities and care to our new limbs (such as oiling areas made of mental). To some extent, is it against human morals and could some people find it hindering to us as a human race and possible beliefs? Would you be interested in becoming a cyborg, if not why so?
Tuesday, July 7, 2020
From Humans to Cyborgs
Whilst reading one of the intriguing assigned Room for Debate, “Is Artificial Intelligence Taking Over Our Lives” caught me off guard as I found one debater taking a turn on the discussion. The overall idea of the debate had been whether Artificial Intelligence is improving us or the opposite, and while many claimed that it had been beneficial or quite negatively impacting on us, Neil Harbisson brings of the idea that if we fear Artificial Intelligence and the idea that it may one day decide to overrule us, we should be flexible to the solutions that may come for dealing with this, one in which is becoming part of technology ourselves. Although this idea is a very “If you can’t beat them, join them” ordeal I found it intriguing as I did impulsive when he discussed how as humans we decide how we want to become as a species and are able to “in effect, redesign ourselves”. He mentioned how the addition of artificial intelligence to our human bodies can extend our views on reality and be able to gain more knowledge we hadn’t once been able to do before but at the same rate as our technological counterparts. When I did further contemplation to his idea of becoming a cyborg, I found it amusing imagining how much more we would be capable of when considering how technology does bring a different perspective in reality. My amusement would only grow as I found out how the author, Harbisson himself, was color blind and due to this, has had an attenae implemented in his skull which allowed him to view colors “beyond the visual spectrum.”
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Improving your body and becoming a cyborg can have a lot of pros and cons. People could do more physically without a high risk of breaking something that would if it were just flesh and bone. My main problem with A.I and cybernetic body parts is the possibility of them being hacked. These limbs are electronically hooked to your brain. If someone hacked your cybernetics they could cause a lot of harm even death. In terms of the benefits of becoming a cyborg, I wouldn't be opposed to enhancing parts of my body that could be damaged.
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ReplyDeleteCybernetic implants do open more possibilities beyond the spectrum of what would be considered biologically possible. If practiced appropriately, procedures implementing artificial organs, limbs, etc. could be essential to saving lives. A.I. could enable us to solve problems we normally couldn't.If we question the ethics However, what I concern myself with is the extent people will take this for their advantage, to abuse the system. From the way I look at this idea, it's somewhat similar to the designer babies controversy. This may lead people to abuse the system and edit their bodies to which it gives them the physical edge than most people (say new, stronger legs to beat everyone in a race). And about applying artificial intelligence into our brains, I believe we shouldn't. First of all, we are human beings, not computers, we don't need upgrades unless it's 100% needed. Second, at this point it would go against even beyond our own morals, to that extent we'd be playing god.Humans throughout millions of years have proven to evolve and adapt at exceptional levels through are intelligence. Adding more to that already great intelligence is dangerous. Smart people are capable of doing stupid things. One good example of this is how our world is turning out right now due to global warming. This is because people begin to industrialize to improve the manufacturing business through fossil fuels, deforestation, etc. It gets to a point where people need to take a deep breath and stop.
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