Poll: Would you be a cyborg?

[darfjono]

make the world into "ghost in the shell"

i will gladly upgrade

 

[ORLOFT]

As long as it doesn't stop me from having and enjoying sex... BRING ON THE CYBERNETIC IMPLANTS!

 

[hem dazon 90]

yup

 

[DoomyMcDoom]

YES.

Also there's a cool looking book that talks about cyborgs and where technology is going in that area and what we can expect to see in a realistic timeline. Towards the end of the book, he makes the case that with things like hearing aids, contact lenses and some other devices, we are, in essence, already cyborgs.

yeah like pacemakers... anyone with a pacemaker is already a cyborg by definition.
I would go with internal limb enhancement and maybe like... artificial gills so i could get my oxygen without visibly breathing/breathe under water/breathe comfortably in smokey areas and such(cuz the gills would only be intaking oxygen nothing else eh.)
also a blood filter would be sweet so i would be unpoisonable and such

 

[Pumpkin_Eater]

As long as it doesn't stop me from having and enjoying sex... BRING ON THE CYBERNETIC IMPLANTS!

I'm sure they'll make enhancements for that. I can't wait for the world to be cyber punk.

 

[Cheesus333]

I want just a robotic left arm. And cyborg big toes... but that's probably because it hurts when I put pressure on them...

 

[Iron Mal]

I would have parts of my anatomy replaced with machines although I would only 'enhance' my brain, I wouldn't replace it fully.

 

[Xanadeas]

Only if there's no chance of any sort of mind control of some sort... Oh and it can be implanted with a needle instead of horridly expensive surgery that may leave me scarred for life. Or dead. Maybe nanites instead of actual robotics. Of course I fear that nanites may go rogue and consume the entire world converting all matter into more fuel and nanites.

 

[vacuumbrand]

I would replace my finger with a swiss army knife if it was cut off, but I wouldn't mess about implanting wires and stuff because thats bound to end badly.

So you'd be like Altair from Assassin's Creed?

Dunno maybe, I was kind of thinking of more putting stuff like cutlery and bottle openers in the finger rather than a massive knife. Although a knife finger would be cool.

Ah, so you'd be Inspector Gadget. I see...

 

[Brennen]

as long as my arms and legs weren't controlled by Vista, I'd be fine with it
"The device driver for your left leg is incompatible with your version of windows, would you like to send an error report?"

 

[McMo0^]

Oh yeah, Provided i don't have to wait around every now and again for an update to install, then the mandatory reboot

 

[Commander Jack Rankin]

I'll take the cybernetic limbs please. I thought neural implants would be cool, until I realized whoever installs them could also add a killswitch, too. One false move and my melon could go up Scanners style. No thank you.

 

[IrrelevantTangent]

For fans of Ghost in the Shells, the human brain is kept intact in a shell, or cyborg encasing if you prefer, so yeah, like the developer of HAL-5 said, it's easier to use a human brain instead of an AI, hence Cyborg is possible.

eww, please don't bring up ghost in the shell. Thats what we DONT want to happen!

I beg to differ. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laughing_Man_(Ghost_in_the_Shell)] Although embracing cyberization so radically is a bad thing, integration of the Wired into human social systems can improve social and economic conditions [http://www.amazon.ca/Citizen-Cyborg-Democratic-Societies-Redesigned/dp/0813341981]. As Stand Alone Complex showed,technology does not override or erase human failings - merely these failings adapt to and integrate into the new technological framework. So long as there are heroes like the Laughing Man and others who choose to preserve individual rights (i.e. the moral hacker) then outright restraints on human technological integration need not be imposed.

back to the original poster's query - I'd be happy to modify both my mind and body, assuming such transhumanism can be done safely and without derogation from my quality of life. Cyberbrains? Sure, providing I don't drop 10 IQ points. Power-limbs? Fine and dandy, so long as I don't have to fret about hurting my grandma everytime I hug her. I'll probably keep the meat-body around for now, but as aging continues (my family DOES have a history of age-related health problems) I'm sure augmentation wouldn't be too objectionable to me.

I like you. You'll be my new best friend for a while before my Terminator programming overwhelms my sentimentality and I'll have to poison you in your sleep. Think of the paradigm shifts we will bring about!!!

Srsly now, I think being partly machine is a good thing. We've already become so proficient in our use of technology, the only next thing is to embrace it. It'll enhance our longevity to the point where death will be only be a genetic defect, like the appendix. And it will be glorious.

 

[God_of_badgers]

full mind backup. so I can be reloaded in the event of death.
"Tsk I died again, how it happen this time? I WAS DOING WHAT WITH A MONKEY??"

 

[ElephantGuts]

Yes. I would do anything possible to my body, make me stronger and bigger. As for my brain I'm a bit more conservative. I don't want anything that effects my thinking or values or the other things that make me me, but I would like improvements like more information or better memory or communication and such.

 

[PixieFox]

I would love to have improved memory; could you imagine all the knowledge you would know for sure your head could handle if we had that capacity? I could learn so much!

 

[PedroSteckecilo]

I would say no but if I could I would have my lungs replaced, no more asthma for me!

 

[Avida]

I'd pather have small parts replaced than whole limbs, my legs could go though. I'd be skeptical at first, but i'd likely end up as human as a microwave eventually.

 

[Xeros]

I'd take robotic leg replacements, and I'd replace my right arm for punching, but I'd leave my left arm human, 'cause that's my writing arm. Everything else is staying as-is.