When I first started reading the article from Kevin Warwick, “Plan to be One with his Computer” I really thought it was a hoax. The idea of becoming like a super human/computer seemed way too science fiction for me, and felt like I was reading a premise from an 1980's Arnold Schwarzenegger movie. I read on and as he detailed his plan to start a new experiment with the second implant, and eventually inviting his willing, but apprehensive wife Irena along with him on his quest to become the first cyborg, it began to hit me that this was actually for real. He detailed very concisely all of the possibilities that this kind of technology could do for medicinal purposes, and this was perhaps the most beneficial in pursuing a venture of this magnitude. The thought of curing cancer is one that we all can relate to, and everyone knows someone close to them that has been affected by this, and certainly anyone would be willing to try anything in order to find a cure.
The only issue I have with all of these possibilities, is the issue of people all becoming robotic cyborgs who only communicate with others telepathically therefore making the act of speaking obsolete. I fear that we as humans would be no more, and simply would be drones walking around with no actual human emotion. All of the emotions that we would feel are artificial, and that is something that I do not want to experience personally. Although I read that Warwick has developed a robot with an actual living brain, and that it performs more human than computer, it is all still too much to take in. This futuristic look at the way we could possibly be living side by side as human cyborg's sounds exciting especially after taking in a realistic science fiction movie, but when it comes down to it, I am not ready to put in an implant so I silently communicate with others in the room without making a sound.
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