Computer Ethics assignment

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Cyborg:

1.          General--human and technology fusion (Harraway)

2.          Specific--human and machine synthesis

  cyborgs2.ppt

Human nature?

 

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Emphasizing human physical nature

•       sensory experience

•       life course

•       body structure

•       physiology

Or, emphasizing other states of human being:

· awareness

· intelligence

· curiosity

· empathy

· development/progress

· morality

· spirituality

Enhancement

 

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External Interface

 

Εxternal

· canes

·  optical technology (eyeglasses, telescope)

· transportation technology

· communication technology

· computers

Interface

http://wearcam.org/ieeecomputer/r2025.htm

  http://youtube.com/watch?v=NIG47YgndP8&mode=related&search

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yff20TlHv34

 http://www.ted.com/talks/neil_harbisson_i_listen_to_color

Internal

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Huxley, Brave New World, foresaw the internal use of technology to change the  physical state.

Multiple fronts:

plastic surgery

mood altering drugs

reproductive technologies

doping and growth hormone

xenotransplantation

genetic engineering

All of the above are within biological domain and the constraints of all biological constructions. 

The following are different:

mechanical devices (pacemakers, artificial heart)

neurological implants    

http://www.ted.com/talks/amber_case_we_are_all_cyborgs_now

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· Attached Files

·  Transhumanity Presentation 2,09.pptx  (538.711 KB)