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Comment by walshemj | Hacker News Reader

As a cyborg (I have a replacement cornea) I have only one working eye

What happens when proper implants become viable for people like me?

As a cyborg (semi-mechanical computer-controlled heart) I don't like where "guilt by association" usually takes these "Stop The Identifiably Different People" memes.

Yes, the consternation has an understandable factor. It's technology whose time has come, so society must get used to it and work out suitable applicable ethics & protocols. Wasn't long ago when nobody was broadband-networked 24/7 with instant video connection and chatting with friends everywhere all the time, and the looming prospects of it happening garnered lots of "I'd never do that and would hate anyone who did", leading to some ugly incidents. A movement for responsible & considerate integration of 24/7 augmented reality into society? yes. "Stop The Cyborgs"? let's stay away from burning-at-the-stake terms, please.

The site has a "cyborg typology" (http://stopthecyborgs.org/2013/03/03/cyborgs-a-typology/) and seems to be completely supportive of "type-1" cyborgs like yourself. It's the other ones they have issues with, particularly type-4. I wish they would call the site "Stop the Borg" or "Stop the Hivemind" or something to make the distinction clearer.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2030420/Meet-...

We're well on our way. And I wouldn't expect the paranoia to not sully this advance as well.

I assume that proper implants would be ones that improve or provide vision. You should have the full benefit of such medical advances, of course! But should a medical device be designed for covert surveillance?

If a medical device will have the ability to record(to help those with dementia for example), will you discriminate against cyborgs?

Yes. If someone finds it appropriate to record what I am doing in a technical, easily-reproduced manner, I will stay away from that person.

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