Homo Cyberneticus

In fact we’re already going down that path, argues Pearson. We’ve made artificial limbs, eyes and ears that interface directly with our nervous systems. We’ve built computers that can detect our thoughts without any connection between brain and machine. It won’t be long before a computer and a human brain can share consciousness, he says. This new species too will have a name – Homo Cyberneticus. A union of silicon on which computing power is based, and of carbon, from which organic life forms are built.