Ran across this article on FNC.com and it got me thinking and surfing around the web until I came to the Wikipedia entry for "Cyborg". I've always been a huge fan of the Terminator movies and Fox's recent TV series, so I usually have an eye out for stories like the one on FNC. In case you didn't know, cyborg is a short form of CYBernetic ORGanism.
I'm usually not a tin-foil-hat kook who believes in crazy things, but there is something about artificial intellegence and its potential good/bad effects on humanity that just grabs me (enter Terminator). But after reading the Wikipedia entry, I realized that cyborgs are already living among us. In fact, my sister-in-law is part machine since she uses an insulin pump to deliver the hormone to her bloodstream to help regulate her blood glucose levels. A genuine Cyborg, my SIL. Cool. Cool until she tries to conquer humanity and rule the world with other cybernetic organisms. Gotta to keep an eye on her.
Isn't anyone else out there concerned with the infusion of medicine and technology/robotics? At what point does this progressive fusion stop? I've thought about this before, but there will be a point in time where artificial limbs will outperform (athletically and militarily, at least) their natural counterparts. Will they be allowed to compete in the Olympics? Special Olympics? Cyborg Olympics? I'm just sayin'...
Stuff like this just plain freaks me out. It's quite possibly irrational. But who can deny that at some point in time, technology may advance to approach human intellect? Not saying soon, but at some point. And all the building blocks seem like they're coming along faster and faster.
Ok, back to the Sarah Connor Chronicles...
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