Humachines: Merging Humans and Machines

Jennifer Lahl of the Center for Bioethics and Culture posted this on the pluses and possible minuses of...

Scientists have been working to design robots/machines that are so 'smart' they are actually able to build other machines. This idea of the self replicating machines is not new and with the advances in technologies like nanotechnology, robotics and artificial intelligence, U.S. researchers have created the first self-replicating robot. Robotics technology has huge implications for the human future. Can you imagine a robot, so small, and so smart that has been built and programmed to go into the human body to repair or replace damaged organs or cells? But what about the difference of putting a machine into your body to repair something, vs. putting a machine into your body to give you super (or non) human abilities. Much for us to be thinking about moving forward.

And think we must.

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