History Quotes / Cyborg

Cyborgs. The real thing: metal and circuits woven into the flesh under the surface. It sounds like pure fiction, but our own government made them. Well, some company the government hired, I guess. The point is, [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters now they’re out of control]]. The police can't stop them. The military can't stop them. The engineers who made them can't stop them.\\

->It was not true, as the wagging tongues at Princess Betsy's would have it, that the members of the Higher Branches, those who had ascended to the highest ranks of service in the Ministry, had eschewed [[RobotBuddy Class III companion robots]]. In fact their experiments hidden from most of the world had been quietly advancing the art of robotic engineering, so much so that a new generation of Class [=IIIs=] had been born, as yet unknown to the project.
->Alexei Alexandrovich's Class III, for example, was his Face. [[CoolMask The cold sheath of metal that covered the right front portion of his skull]], which people (including his wife) assumed existed for purely cosmetic reasons, was in fact a servomechanism of the most advanced technological achievement, with which he communed directly, [[BrainComputerInterface using not his voice but the synapses of his brain]]. It was a [[ArtificialIntelligence Thinking Machine]], quite literally, for Alexei Alexandrovich did not rely upon his Class III to pour him tea or carry his suitcases, but rather to help him reason out the problems that confronted him in his work -- that is to say, the most crucial questions of Russian life.

->[[TheUnfettered Remorseless]], [[TheDeterminator tireless]] — [[InescapableHorror unstoppable]]. A full clip of ammo won’t stop them — hell, a train won’t stop them. I saw one lift a car and toss it; jump through a fourth-floor window and land on its feet; smash through a brick wall.
->Cyborgs. The real thing: metal and circuits woven into the flesh under the surface. It sounds like pure fiction, but our own government made them. Well, some company the government hired, I guess. The point is, [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters now they’re out of control]]. The police can’t stop them. The military can’t stop them. The engineers who made them can’t stop them.
->[[OhCrap And we don’t know what they want]].
-->--"Logical Conclusions -- Apocalypse," ''TabletopGame/TheEndOfTheWorld: Revolt of the Machines''

->''[Zima] underwent radical biological procedures that enabled him [[NighInvulnerability to tolerate extreme environments]] without the burden of a protective suit. [[ElectronicEyes His eyes could see in any known spectrum]]. He [[BatmanCanBreatheInSpace no longer breathed oxygen]]. His skin was replaced with pressurized polymer and so he ventured forth to [[ReclusiveArtist commune with the cosmos]]...''
-->--'''Claire,''' ''WesternAnimation/LoveDeathAndRobots: [[Recap/LoveDeathAndRobotsZimaBlue Zima Blue]]''

->Sooner or later, as their scientific knowledge progressed, [[{{Transhuman}} they would get rid of the fragile, disease-and-accident prone bodies that Nature had given them]], and which doomed them to inevitable death. They would replace their natural bodies as they wore out -- or perhaps even before then -- by constructions of metal and plastic and would thus achieve {{immortality}}. The brain might linger for a little while as the last remnant of the organic body directing its mechanical limbs and observing the universe through its electronic senses -- senses far finer and subtler than those that blind evolution could ever develop.
->Even on Earth, the first steps in this direction had already been taken. There were millions of men, doomed in earlier ages, [[WeCanRebuildHim who now lived active and happy lives]] thanks to artificial limbs, kidneys, lungs and hearts. To this process, there could be only one conclusion, however far off it might be.
->And eventually, even the brain might go. As the seat of consciousness, it was not essential; the development of [[ArtificialIntelligence electronic intelligence]] had proved that. The conflict between mind and machine might be resolved at last in the eternal truce of complete symbiosis...
-->--''[[Literature/TheSpaceOdysseySeries 2001: A Space Odyssey]]''

->There are some of us running around with advanced [=DEIs=] in our heads which give us access to the computing power of a supercomputer, eidetic memory, and for the true geeks, a constant Net connection. Folks have [[ArtificialLimbs cybernetic arms]] that can punch through brick walls and hands that let them execute surgical procedures with laser precision. You have [[ElectronicEyes artificial eyes]] that give firefighters thermographic vision undimmed by smoke and implanted ears that let the deaf hear birds chirping two kilometers away. Obviously, we don't have any problems making changes here and there. I think that comes from the reasons why we do it, though - injury, birth defects, to make us better at our jobs. OK, I'll admit, I'm thinking of getting a set of cybereyes [[PowerPerversionPotential just so I can look through women's clothing]], but it's just another aspect of bettering ourselves.
-->-- ''TabletopGame/MageTheAscension - Convention Book: Iteration X'' (Revised)

-->-- ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse - Book of the Weaver''

->Alexei Alexandrovich's Class III, for example, was his Face. [[CoolMask The cold sheath of metal that covered the right front portion of his skull]], which people (including his wife) assumed existed for purely cosmetic reasons, was in fact a servomechanism of the most advanced technological achievement, with which he communed directly, [[BrainComputerInterface using not his voice but the synapses of his brain]]. It was a [[ArtificialIntelligence Thinking Machine]], quite literally, for Alexei Alexandrovich did not rely upon his Class III to pour him tea or carry his suitcases, but rather to help him reason out the problems that confronted him in his work - that is to say, the most crucial questions of Russian life.

-->--"Logical Conclusions - Apocalypse," ''TabletopGame/TheEndOfTheWorld: Revolt Of The Machines''

->Sooner or later, as their scientific knowledge progressed, [[{{Transhuman}} they would get rid of the fragile, disease-and-accident prone bodies that Nature had given them]], and which doomed them to inevitable death. They would replace their natural bodies as they wore out - or perhaps even before then - by constructions of metal and plastic and would thus achieve {{immortality}}. The brain might linger for a little while as the last remnant of the organic body directing its mechanical limbs and observing the universe through its electronic senses - senses far finer and subtler than those that blind evolution could ever develop.

->''There are some of us running around with advanced [=DEIs=] in our heads which give us access to the computing power of a supercomputer, eidetic memory, and for the true geeks, a constant Net connection. Folks have [[ArtificialLimbs cybernetic arms]] that can punch through brick walls and hands that let them execute surgical procedures with laser precision. You have [[ElectronicEyes artificial eyes]] that give firefighters thermographic vision undimmed by smoke and implanted ears that let the deaf hear birds chirping two kilometers away. Obviously, we don't have any problems making changes here and there. I think that comes from the reasons why we do it, though - injury, birth defects, to make us better at our jobs. OK, I'll admit, I'm thinking of getting a set of cybereyes [[PowerPerversionPotential just so I can look through women's clothing]], but it's just another aspect of bettering ourselves.''

->''"A bionic woman!" exclaimed Proton. For years scientists had been toying with the concept of ''Homo Artificialis'' -- humans with bodies augmented by machine technology. Most practical applications had been in the sporting field, such as the famous tennis player Bjorn of Borg.''

-->-- ''Android Karenina''

->[Zima] underwent radical biological procedures that enabled him [[NighInvulnerability to tolerate extreme environments]] without the burden of a protective suit. [[ElectronicEyes His eyes could see in any known spectrum]]. He [[BatmanCanBreatheInSpace no longer breathed oxygen]]. His skin was replaced with pressurized polymer and so he ventured forth to [[ReclusiveArtist commune with the cosmos]]...

->''"The Terminator's an [[RobotWar infiltration unit]], part man, part machine. Underneath, it's a hyper-alloy combat chassis - micro processor-controlled, fully armored. Very tough. But outside, it's living human tissue - flesh, skin, hair, blood, grown for the cyborgs. The 600 series had rubber skin. We spotted them easy. [[TheylookLikeUsNow But these are new, they look human.]]"''
-->-- '''Kyle Reese,''' ''Film/TheTerminator''

-->-- '''Plan 7 of 9 from Outer Space'''

->And eventually, even the brain might go. As the seat of consciousness, it was not essential; the development of electronic intelligence had proved that. The conflict between mind and machine might be resolved at last in the eternal truce of complete symbiosis...

-->--'''Claire,''' ''WesternAnimation/LoveDeathAndRobots: [[Recap/LoveDeathAndRobotsZimaBlue Zima Blue]]''

->[Zima] underwent radical biological procedures that enabled him [[NighIndestructible to tolerate extreme environments]] without the burden of a protective suit. [[ElectronicEyes His eyes could see in any known spectrum]]. He [[BatmanCanBreathInSpace no longer breathed oxygen]]. His skin was replaced with pressurized polymer and so he ventured forth to [[ReclusiveArtist commune with the cosmos]]...

-->--"Logical Conclusions - Apocalypse," ''TabletopGame/TheEndOfTheWorld: Revolt Of The Machines''

->[[TheUnfettered Remorseless]], [[TheDeterminator tireless]] — [[InescapableMenace unstoppable]]. A full clip of ammo won’t stop them — hell, a train won’t stop them. I saw one lift a car and toss it; jump through a fourth-floor window and land on its feet; smash through a brick wall.

-->-- ''Android Karenina''

-->--'''Kyle Reese,''' ''Film/TheTerminator''

-->--''TabletopGame/MageTheAscension - Convention Book: Iteration X'' (Revised)

-->--''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse - Book of the Weaver''

->It was not true, as the wagging tongues at Princess Betsy's would have it, that the members of the Higher Branches, those who had ascended to the highest ranks of service in the Ministry, had eschewed [[RobotBuddy Class III companion robots]]. In fact their experiments hidden from most of the world had been quietly advancing the art of robotic engineering, so much so that a new generation of Class IIIs had been born, as yet unknown to the project.

-->--''Android Karenina''

-->--''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse - Book of the Weaver''

-->--''TabletopGame/MageTheAscension - Iteration X'' (Revised)

-->-- '''Plan 7 of 9 from Outer Space'''

-->--''TabletopGame/MageTheAscension - Iteration X'' (Revised)

->''There are some of us running around with advanced [=DEIs=] in our heads which give us access to the computing power of a supercomputer, eidetic memory, and for the true geeks, a constant Net connection. Folks have [[ArtificialLimbs cybernetic arms]] that can punch through brick walls and hands that let the execute surgical procedures with laser precision. You have [[ElectronicEyes artificial eyes]] that give firefighter thermographic vision undimmed by smoke and implanted ears that let the deaf hear birds chirping two kilometers away. Obviously, we don't have any problems making changes here and there. I think that comes from the reasons why we do it, though - injury, birth defects, to make us better at our jobs. OK, I'll admit, I'm thinking of getting a set of cybereyes [[PowerPerversionPotential just so I can look through women's clothing]], but it's just another aspect of bettering ourselves.''

-->--'''Kyle Reese,''' ''Film/TheTerminator''