We are already living as Cyborgs

Grand View Research predicts that by 2025, the global market for microelectronic medical implants will be worth $57.12 billion. The rising prevalence of cardiac disorders, epilepsy, and Parkinson's disease are driving forces behind the current market expansion. These diseases drive sales of microelectronic electronic implants, including defibrillators, pacemakers, and neurostimulators.

According to the World Health Organization, epilepsy is one of the most prevalent neurological disorders, affecting approximately 50 million people worldwide. The likelihood that more individuals will be born with the condition increases as the global population grows. Neurostimulators that prevent convulsions are frequently used to treat this condition.

The development of effective Life Extension Technologies (LETs)—the potential range of techniques, treatments, products, and pharmaceuticals that could slow ageing—would substantially impact individuals, society, the medical community, governments, and legislators (Olshansky et al., 2009).

Implant

Sensory and neurological implants are utilised for illnesses affecting the senses, brain, and nerves. They're used to treat cataracts, glaucoma, keratoconus, and other visual impairments; otosclerosis and other hearing loss concerns; middle ear diseases including otitis media; and neurological ailments like epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, and treatment-resistant depression. An intraocular lens, intrastromal corneal ring segment, cochlear implant, tympanostomy tube, and neurostimulator. [1]

Implantable Medical Devices

Implantable cardiac stimulators are used to treat heart problems. For heart rhythm control, a patient may need an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD), a battery-powered device inserted under the skin, or a pacemaker, a tiny, battery-operated, wireless implantable medical device. A patient may need a Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD), a battery-operated, mechanical pump, to support the heart and circulation. [2]

Cyborg technology is the next step in the evolution of humanity

Many researchers believe that humans have already embarked on the path to a cyborg future; after all, many of us rely on bionic ears and eyes, insulin pump technology, and prosthetics for survival. While it may be true that humans already resemble the human race in some ways compared to ancient humans, we still have a ways to go before the majority of us use mechanical implants to enhance our abilities.

According to Elon Musk, we are already cyborgs due to our use of machine extensions, such as cell phones and computers. Musk asserts that more integration between humans and machines is required, specifically the technological modification of our brains to make them more computer-like. Musk asserts that as AI develops, humans will require digital technologies to supplement their brainpower to avoid becoming irrelevant. Elon Musk's Neuralink Company has also expressed a desire to enhance humanity by fusing Artificial Intelligence with our brains technologically.

"You possess significantly more authority, and capacity than the President of the United States did thirty years ago."

You can instantly communicate with millions of people and the rest of the planet if you possess an Internet connection. I mean, these are magical abilities that did not previously exist. According to Elon Musk, everyone is already a cyborg and a superhuman.

Elon Musks Neuralink, his most recent venture, and its planned brain-machine interface, which may permit humans to race against AI. Elon Musk has hinted that he intends to unveil his neural laces. This device augments and develops alongside the brain and is designed to push human intelligence upstream against artificial intelligence. Elon Musk, who is highly sceptical and frequently terrified of what artificial intelligence could do to our future, a device like the neural lace could assist humans in catching up: A hypothetical digital layer that sits on top of the cortex and collaborates with the brain. Musk's label was created as the first step on a journey toward symbiosis with AI, which he believes is essential for the survival of humanity in the technological era.

Elon Musk considers humans to be information-processing machines that pale compared to computer processing power. In addition, he presents an intriguing viewpoint, namely that our fears regarding the technological changes that the future will bring are mainly unfounded. Miguel Nicolelis agrees with Elon Musk, the founder of Tesla, that if we could directly interface with machines, we could achieve a quantum leap over the current digital infrastructure. However, he predicts that humans will retain ultimate control. Unlike utopians such as futurist Ray Kurzweil, James Lovelock does not envision humans and machines merging in a harmonious union that some refer to as singularity.

James Lovelock began his career with cryopreservation experiments on rodents, including the successful thawing of frozen specimens. His techniques impacted cryonics theories (the cryopreservation of humans). He was the first to detect the widespread presence of CFCs in the atmosphere using his invention of the electron capture detector. While designing scientific instruments for NASA, he formulated the Gaia hypothesis.

Lovelock believes that the human race will become so inferior to Earth's new dominant species that they will view us as plants today. While computer scientist James Marshall doubts that we will ever create a conscious machine (in the vein of Blade Runner's self-aware cyborgs, for example), he is wary of a new push toward robots or algorithms that could independently evolve — designed to breed in the same way that computer viruses spread today, and then to rewrite and evolve their software. In the same way that computer scientist James Marshall is certain that his robotic honeybee is not a real honeybee, he is sceptical that we can replicate a complete human brain in silico and turn it on to see if consciousness emerges.

Today's computers can process data significantly faster than we can; James Lovelock asserts that, given complete autonomy from artificial intelligence, creating cyborgs that are one million times smarter than humans would be simple. Harbisson believes, for the time being, that enhancing the brain through wearable technologies that augment intelligence is extremely valuable, regardless of whether they are wearable or not. Not Kevin Warwick, a cybernetics expert.

This type of technology raises numerous ethical concerns, including whether or not we should augment our brains in this way, what risks may be involved (brain hacking does not sound appealing), and whether or not this will create an insurmountable divide between those who can afford to become cyborgs and those who cannot. After chips, cyborg technology could one day take the form of nanotechnology pills or devices that alter your DNA to protect you from disease. Similarly, cyborg technology is likely to emerge as a means of assisting individuals in avoiding dangers in the workplace and elsewhere.

Leaders in this field, such as Elon Musk, are creating technologies that will not only rebuild the bodies of the ill and disabled but also enhance the bodies of the healthy. Our technology's capacity for enhancing human bodies through electronic means has finally reached the point where it can cure potentially fatal diseases. Manipulating electrical signals within the body is an exciting step toward communication between humans and machines, but implants in the brain could also alter how we perceive reality. According to Israeli historian and author Yuval Noah Harari, humanity will become so technologically integrated in the next two hundred years that we will evolve into cyborgs resembling gods. The future of humanity as a species is now inextricably linked to the technologies we have developed.

Once cyborgs replace humans, the time remaining before our extinction will only accelerate. Eventually, artificial intelligence will surpass human intelligence, bringing with it the risks and transformations associated with such a seismic event.