This is some “Terminal man” shit right here.
I’ve been ready to completely swap my body for a fully cybernetic shell ala Ghost in the Shell since, well, Ghost in the Shell.
So did I. But after the new Deus Ex games and looking at the real tech scene evolve recently, I’m feeling more and more that just maybe Togusa had the right idea staying natural.
Say what you will about his lack of robot body; but if had been using a normal automatic instead of an old school revolver, he could have put two trackers on the suspect.
Hearing colour might be cool but I’d really like to upgrade my memory storage, and rocket punch.
hearing colour might be cool
You could just do LSD to get temporary synesthesia for that. 🤷🏻♂️
Wait… They did a remake of cyborg? Is Van Damme in it?
Reading the article, it looks a lot more like The Terminal Man.
Neil Harbisson is the world’s first officially recognised human cyborg
fucking bullshit. stephen hawking couldn’t function or communicate without his chair & computer. you’re gonna say that doesn’t count? then i don’t trust your judgement
I think the term cyborg is reserved for actual replacement parts or implants. Because if you count Hawking using his chair, you’d have to conclude that whatever caveman that first used a tool is the real first cyborg.
why not though? i support cyborg caveman theory
yep, same here except i think power-source makes a slight difference to the degree of cyborginess. maybe we need a scale. maybe something like:
- caveman with tools, self-powered
- ancient person using naturalistic propulsion methods (wind, animals) for vehicles (ships, chariots) etc
- engine (steam, electric, gas) powered entities (vehicles, factories, aircraft)
- direct nervous system integration for thought-based control
- shared consciousness
I think generally, assistive devices like Hawking’s wheelchair/speech synth wouldn’t qualify one for the title of “cyborg”, since they’re replacing lost/damaged functionality, and didn’t grant him any abilities not already available to the average person. Whereas Harbisson’s modification is giving him additional abilities that he didn’t previously have and are outside of the typical human experience.
Replacing lost functionality is also acceptable for a cyborg, but Hawkings simply didn’t replace any organic part of himself, he used external devices. Someone with cochlear implants or a total artificial heart totally should count as a cyborg though - they have integrated mechanical body parts (well, both are partly external I guess…)
But it doesn’t really make sense that just because this version of a hearing implant doesn’t give you better than normal hearing, having an identical device that did would be the difference between being a cyborg or not.
I call my hernia mesh one level of dermal plating
hernia mesh brother! that’s a great idea, I’m stealing it! my man
I know somebody who has implated hearing aids. If they’re not a cyborg, I don’t know who is.
100%
Those are a part of the image of Hawkings but not a part of his body.
It’s just living up to their part of the deal: if I’m going to get the dystopia part, I damn well better also get the cyberpunk part.
My choom.
I prefer the chummer variety of future cyberpunk-y dystopia.
It has dragons!
The dragons are oligarchs.
SLOT OFF FRAGFACE
“upgraded”, sure sure.
