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What If We Became Cyborgs? - Guest: Neil Harbisson

What If We Became Cyborgs? - Guest: Neil Harbisson

FromWhat If, discussed.


What If We Became Cyborgs? - Guest: Neil Harbisson

FromWhat If, discussed.

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Length:
51 minutes
Released:
Apr 3, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

What has long been explored in science-fiction as well as prophesied as the next step in the evolution of human beings by "Singularity" proponents like Ray Kurzweil is now not only predicted as an eventuality...it's already happening!!! In fact you could argue with things like pacemakers and prosthetics, we have been meeting the technical definition of "cyborg" for years which essentially just means the enhancement of human capabilities but the integration of mechanical elements built into our biology. But We are joined by someone who has taken things a step further - Neil Harbission is the President of the "Cyborg Foundation" which exists to help people become cyborgs...and one of the world's first officially recognized "cyborgs." We talk AS (artificial senses) vs. AI (artificial intelligence) and why he believes he and others like him are "collaborating with God."

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Released:
Apr 3, 2020
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Join hosts Richard Garner and Teddy Wilson of Mighty Trains with some of the world’s top thinkers in science, astronomy, technology, academia and futurism to ponder some of our most popular What If videos. Subscribe to this podcast and please rate & review us. Thanks for being part of the What If community as we embark on an epic exploration of possibilities. “What if?” These two simple words are the spark that has ignited countless theories, discoveries, and inventions. Most of what we know about ourselves and the universe is because someone, somewhere, at some time asked themselves “what if?” The What If Show, produced by Underknown, makes science accessible to everyone by using hypothetical questions as an entry point to explain science. Join us online:Web: https://whatifshow.com/podcastYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/WhatIfScienceShowFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/What.If.scienceInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatif.show