A common understanding of cyborgs is that they are humans with mechanical elements built into them to extend their limitations, much like Robocop. But Amber Case describes us all as cyborgs, every time we do any sort of interaction through technology. That is because even though this technology may not be physically built into us, we still exceed the limitations we once had by connecting with people worldwide through a few clicks. On the other hand, because this technology is not built into us, not a complete part of us, we become split into 2 counterparts, an online persona, and an analog persona. this is only natural, we feel different types of intimacy when living each persona. Our online persona gives us ambient intimacy, where we can connect to anyone we want even if for a short period of time, while our analog selves crave a closeness and familiarity. Only problem is, people stopped taking the time to to mentally reflect and are obsessed with gathering as much attention as possible, turning into an addiction. technology is connecting us all, but are these connections as meaningful as they should be?

Augmented reality bursts through our lives in a way that we have never ever dreamed. Though the internet has long commanded dating and masturbating, it’s only been as a kind of middleman. Now, the prospect of falling in love with your machine is a serious discussion, as finding your dream partner might be as easy as putting on an Oculus Rift. The Oculus rift is the world’s most advanced VR headset, its been widely used for gaming, and entertainment purposes like pornography giving a closer, more real experience. This is a completely different approach than that of sex dolls to fulfill sexual desires, only its completely virtual, discarding the senses that make physical intimacy what it is. Man’s relationship with a humanoid machine has become a wildly discussed subject, but in this case there’s nothing materialistic to connect with. What kind of relationship would that be?

This documentary showcases Yuki the “Robot professor”, a robot equipped with artificial intelligence and an assistant to professor Jurgen Handke in the university of Germany. Yuki is known to be approachable, very knowledgeable, and can “sense” how well students are doing academically and the kind of help they need. Despite all of that, professor Handke insists that Yuki is only an assistant and cannot replace him. This may be because Yuki is still inferior to him, but would professor Handke, or even us, acknowledge a robot as a teacher?

Ill link the video down below for anyone Interested!

I’m sure you’ve all heard of the Simpson’s predictions. The animated sitcom has depicted major events that would later occur in real life, such as 9/11 and the coronavirus pandemic. Although they may be slightly exaggerated, the predictions were accurate enough to result in a storm of conspiracy theories around the series.

Well I’ve come across a funny and quite unique prediction on the show “Family guy” and Im sure this is the only place where i can actually share it.

Code 8 is a Sci-fi movie that takes place in an alternate future in Lincoln city where a minority of people are born with powers, much like the movie “X-Men”. Though the movie focuses on one main character with a sick mother who is forced into crime to find enough money to cure her, I want to focus on the minority as a whole. 4% of the population are born with a multitude of different powers from telepathy to healing to super strength. At the start those with such powers were praised and valued in society because they were practically the builders of Lincoln city (they used their powers to build the city). However, the introduction of machines has led to their replacement but this time it wasn’t a matter of efficiency and cost, normal humans simply didn’t want those with powers to become part of their society anymore. Not only have they been actively replaced but they’ve also been banned from using their powers as people fear they might exploit their powers to take control. To make matters worse, people with powers are used to create a highly addictive drug called “psyke” and it is created from tapping into their spinal fluid. Ironically this movie takes a similar approach as the movie “X-men” in which society deems those with powers as evil and unwanted. It’s weird because we would think those with extra abilities would become unique and special, rendering normal humans as less capable. Yet, those two movies do the opposite of that, portraying them as a “lesser” human. it brings up the question will the human norm ever become outdated?

Honestly I think its simply fear of change, it seems like we become less human as we stray further away from the human norm, its like a spectrum the more you add (superpowers for example) the less human u become, the more you remove (amputate an arm and have a bionic arm) the less human you are as well.

I’ve linked the trailer for anyone interested in seeing the movie.

Altered Carbon is a show that takes place many years into the future where death can no longer exist between certain societies. I’m saying certain societies because only the rich (known as the “meths” in the show) can afford to continuously avoid death. See in the future, everyone has a “stack” which is located at the very top of their spinal cord.

Inside the stack is a human mind, in other words your consciousness. To make it easier just look at the stack as an SD card that holds all your memories. Now let’s get to the juicy part of it, your stack can be placed into any “sleeve” (a sleeve is a human body) and in turn you would be alive and well except you’re in a completely different body, pretty simple. However, if your stack gets destroyed, let’s say for example someone shoots u right in the neck which in turn damages your stack, now that’s real death there’s no coming back from that. However, the filthy rich can afford to upload their consciousness to the cloud (satellites that hold their consciousness), so even after someone shoots their stack, they can simply reupload their consciousness via the cloud and re-sleeve into another body. I found this show interesting because human bodies are seen as machines, quite literally actually. companies try their hardest to biometrically produce the best possible human being so the rich can buy them to re-sleeve into them. It’s ironic how in that portrayed future the human is defined as a stack, a piece of machinery, instead of a live organism. While on the other hand, the human body becomes a suit, disposable and classed based on the preference of the stack. The definition of what’s human and non-human switch completely. I’ve linked the trailer down below for anyone interested in seeing the show.

As we all know, we’re living in an age full of innovation where people are breaking boundaries with technology. In this short 10 minute video, we can see how we’re revolutionizing rehabilitation for people with disabilities through the use of implanted technology which allows them to communicate with bionic parts using their own thoughts. The video documents the first ever Bio Olympics named the “Cybathlon”, people with disabilities compete against each other using different bionic parts. Once we perfect the technology behind allowing us to communicate with computers (bionic part), people with disabilities will slowly become superhumans, its mind blowing.