"VAG had mounted an ambitious if oddly titled (The Uncanny) show around the theme of "the cyborg". Since this seemed to be "the cyborg" as academics understand "the cyborg", and not just a cyborg, or cyborgs, as you or I might understand cyborg(s) I took it upon myself to lower the tone of the proceedings with the following."
"What has become of this politicized science-fictional trope over twenty years after Haraway's manifesto? Does it still hold any radical potential for redefinition of identity, feminist or not? How do cyborgs now compare to cyborgs as they were first envisioned? In order to examine these questions, we will first take a look at the origin of the cyborg in science fiction. "
"A fairly comrehensive look at defining a cyborg and why we are inevitably meandering towards it. It also describes the various stages of cyborg and likens these stages to the equivalent external technologies."
here is much more going on here than in the well-known love-hate relations of previous ages with their machines. In the computer, human beings confront not only questions about their own changing roles, but what their creations think, whether and what they feel, and whether they deserve rights, compassion, and even love as well as responsibilities.
"This is nice technology, but get real with the dumb comments like, "I'll be sawing my own arms asap!" I'm sure this lady would tell you that she'd give anything to have her sense of touch back, and she's not going to get that."