Friday 29 February 2008
Interventions
A great insight into what it is to augment ones-self and pay the price for it, is given by the popular manga Ghost In The Shell:
In this movie two officers. One, part machine and the other, an android controlled by parts of a human brain, combat a cyber terrorist known as the "puppet master".
It centers deeply on the mystery of whether an A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) can have a soul.
The video excerpt is the title sequence from the movie. This depicts the construction of an android body, assumed to be the officer mentioned above, into which is implanted with living tissue.
This can be interpreted as my extreme case scenario where people are constructed instead of naturally born into the world.
It also indicates that although they are machines they are "born" as natual people are.
In this movie two officers. One, part machine and the other, an android controlled by parts of a human brain, combat a cyber terrorist known as the "puppet master".
It centers deeply on the mystery of whether an A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) can have a soul.
The video excerpt is the title sequence from the movie. This depicts the construction of an android body, assumed to be the officer mentioned above, into which is implanted with living tissue.
This can be interpreted as my extreme case scenario where people are constructed instead of naturally born into the world.
It also indicates that although they are machines they are "born" as natual people are.
Friday 8 February 2008
Interventions
Ever considered getting an "upgrade"?
What if you could upgrade yourself?
My Intervention is a look into Cybernetic enhancements and their possible impacts on human society, physiology and psychology.
I'm thinking of a possible future where implants and full transplants are a viable commercial product, are mass produced and surgically grafted to the consumer on demand. We join it at the point where a full body transplant from biological to mechanical has just become available.
I'd like to present a short news bulletin possibly within a run of adverts for "the product" documenting this point in history and how the advancements have improved our way of life....
Then....
Everything is not as rosy as it seems.
years later and sparked by a campaign by a militant anti-cyborg group, "The Skins," the general public have developed a "Pinocchio complex" and are striving to return to their former Human flesh and blood state.
What if you could upgrade yourself?
My Intervention is a look into Cybernetic enhancements and their possible impacts on human society, physiology and psychology.
I'm thinking of a possible future where implants and full transplants are a viable commercial product, are mass produced and surgically grafted to the consumer on demand. We join it at the point where a full body transplant from biological to mechanical has just become available.
I'd like to present a short news bulletin possibly within a run of adverts for "the product" documenting this point in history and how the advancements have improved our way of life....
Then....
Everything is not as rosy as it seems.
years later and sparked by a campaign by a militant anti-cyborg group, "The Skins," the general public have developed a "Pinocchio complex" and are striving to return to their former Human flesh and blood state.
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