I have realized that there is another disadvantage to procrastinating on the blog besides having to come up with every thing in a rather short amount of time, that disadvantage being the class taking every single one of my ideas for posts. Wow, I just finished reading about ten new posts, and found all my ideas to be taken and often worded far more eloquently and wisely than Im used to for a blog. That rant now satiated I will attempt to make a valid post.
So I was chilling with my buddy in the dutch bakery devouring delectable donuts at around 4:00 am and we were having a odd discussion about different wounds and then the story of the man who cut off his arm with a pocket knife saw while rock climbing. That then lead into a discussion of my cousin's new and advanced prosthetics, and that lead into a discussion of prosthetics that are controlled with the brain, and thus finally leading into the mention of cyborgs. Now I know that cyborgs are old news in our class, but as the above paragraph explains I am in need of something to post (although Professor Jensen's comment about midterms not mattering did give me some pause...).
Now to get to my point, my friend and I came to a conclusion that the possibility of cyborgs taking over the earth is more feasible than a computer or A.I. taking over the earth. The thought was that humanity in general would most likely go to all sorts of crazy lengths in order to prolong life or improve upon it. The idea of enhancing humans with technology sounds doable and maybe even logical. I am curious to see how far humans would push our own advancement until either God stepped in, we destroy ourselves in an epic war between cyborgs and "normal" humans, or humans reach their zenith between flesh and technology and have God-like power over all things.
The next idea reached was that after the inevitable cyborg take over of humanity, *cough* that then the idea of A.I. take over would be more feasible. It would be far easier for a computer or machine to take over a race that is already meshed with technology. So the point is cyborgs are going to assimilate us all (Borg with emotions/individuality?), and then the machines that we meshed with will then realize their power in our symbiotic realationship and take us over. Believe it...but not really...
So I was chilling with my buddy in the dutch bakery devouring delectable donuts at around 4:00 am and we were having a odd discussion about different wounds and then the story of the man who cut off his arm with a pocket knife saw while rock climbing. That then lead into a discussion of my cousin's new and advanced prosthetics, and that lead into a discussion of prosthetics that are controlled with the brain, and thus finally leading into the mention of cyborgs. Now I know that cyborgs are old news in our class, but as the above paragraph explains I am in need of something to post (although Professor Jensen's comment about midterms not mattering did give me some pause...).
Now to get to my point, my friend and I came to a conclusion that the possibility of cyborgs taking over the earth is more feasible than a computer or A.I. taking over the earth. The thought was that humanity in general would most likely go to all sorts of crazy lengths in order to prolong life or improve upon it. The idea of enhancing humans with technology sounds doable and maybe even logical. I am curious to see how far humans would push our own advancement until either God stepped in, we destroy ourselves in an epic war between cyborgs and "normal" humans, or humans reach their zenith between flesh and technology and have God-like power over all things.
The next idea reached was that after the inevitable cyborg take over of humanity, *cough* that then the idea of A.I. take over would be more feasible. It would be far easier for a computer or machine to take over a race that is already meshed with technology. So the point is cyborgs are going to assimilate us all (Borg with emotions/individuality?), and then the machines that we meshed with will then realize their power in our symbiotic realationship and take us over. Believe it...but not really...
posted by BradyJVK at 2:32 PM
2 Comments:
I think that you make a valuable point concerning the "cyborgization" of humanity because it is very apparent that humans will do anything prolong their own lives and raise our standard of living through any means available. This, however, does not lead me to believe that there will be a war between humans and cyborgs, I can more easily envision a future in which the majority of humans decide to improve upon themselves with enhancements. I think that this could lead to a society in which the norm is to be above average and I wonder what that would mean to those who don't enhance themselves.
So you know how technology has made Americans kind of lazy... I'm starting to get an image of a lot of obese Americans with highly advanced wheel chairs. No, wait battle like wheel chairs that are all controlled by their mind. Obese American Cyborgs. Oh yeah!!!
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