Cyborgs are lame and too prone to human affliction. Androids imbedded with human minds are far superior. Also, don't listen to Elon Musk. He is an impressive business man but he is woefully ignorant when it comes to science.
We need to become the adeptus mechanicus just maybe less "has no idea how anything actually works." Fully still human brain and emotions and such but within a variety of levels of robotic elevation.
I don't understand why people seem to think a biological brain and an android brain are different. A biological machine and robotic machine are the exact same except built differently. Humans are so, so flawed that we can't even eat without nearly killing ourselves. Our bodies are wonderous, but they were made through a process that focused on dying young and having a lot of kids which is why we aren't very good at living past fifty. Android bodies would have a lifespan around... forever really. You'd die when you felt like you've had a good life and nothing could truly kill you.
Issac Arthur did a great video on the subject of transhumanism which I suggest anyone who wants to know more go watch. He goes deeper into the philosophy of robotics than I've ever seen from anyone else. He talks about sci-fi topics as well, but they're never true sci-fi. Think of it like someone in 1920 talking about mobile phones. It's sci-fi then, but it's a technology that is nearly guaranteed to exist.
Oh and before you say "Humans can't live forever without being too bored to live!" Nobody truly believes that. A thousand years ago people might've said the same thing. "Who would want to live in a dirt hut, milking the cows, and walking thirty miles to the next village forever?!" Except society is constantly progressing to make life exciting for countless years. You got bored of living on Earth? Go to planet colony #523844 and live there for a while and repeat. But what about when you've seen every civilization, had every conversation, and whatnot. You aren't being forced to live forever. You can do what hundreds of thousands of humans have done throughout history and decide to turn yourself off.
The problem with android brains is that currently living people can't be turned into androids. Even if you successfully download someone onto an artificial brain the new brain isn't the previous person. It's someone almost identical to the original person who is now dead. Partial elevation that preserves the original brain (IEwhat the mechanicus does) is the only way for the original person to continue existence. Android brains are all well and good but only if your creating a new person unique to the android form.
I see many problem with your point. The issue of the technology not existing now is... partially true. The foundations of it are here. It's just a matter of a few more decades to centuries. Your statement that it's not the previous person is also inaccurate as you're not even the same person after taking a nap, reading this comment, or going to get dinner. You seem to think that humans aren't their brains when that it certainly the case. A human mind, the person, is nothing but a whole lot of atoms arranged in a particular order. If my mind was suddenly put into an android, then we would be the same person for a single instance. As soon as I see an android with my mind, I'm a different person. As soon as I see a human body with my mind, I'm a different person.
I would argue that this wrong. You shouldn't have two sentient beings who were at one point the same being existing together. But if my biological body dies for my robotic body to be under my control, then I see no issue.
An analogy would be a brain made of copper wire and a brain made of silver wire. Nothing is changing except the material through which the brain is functioning.
It looks like it’s still in the hypothesis/prototyping stage and has been since at least 2013. While this is definitely awesome we’re probably still years off from a practical, workable model that can be mass produced and reasonably priced
There are a few more celestial bodies other than the sun. I don't think you'd see many outside of a more detailed version of the moon or maybe Mars if the time is right.
One application that I thought of is being able to use it in the military, you won’t need binoculars, one wink, and you can identify your target. Another is using tech like this in security cameras, you can ID suspects, or in law enforcement, you can ID a subject from a mile away.
Technological advances like this is what makes me feel great about science.
"To switch between zoomed and normal view, all the user has to do is wink their right eye which interrupts the light being reflected from the contacts to the glasses..."
https://www.iflscience.com/technology/scientists-develop-telescopic-contact-lenses-can-zoom-3x/
Issac Arthur did a great video on the subject of transhumanism which I suggest anyone who wants to know more go watch. He goes deeper into the philosophy of robotics than I've ever seen from anyone else. He talks about sci-fi topics as well, but they're never true sci-fi. Think of it like someone in 1920 talking about mobile phones. It's sci-fi then, but it's a technology that is nearly guaranteed to exist.
I would argue that this wrong. You shouldn't have two sentient beings who were at one point the same being existing together. But if my biological body dies for my robotic body to be under my control, then I see no issue.
Technological advances like this is what makes me feel great about science.