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A terminal scientist wants to become a cyborg

He wants to become the first total cyborg in history, but he is dying and will have to race against time. Here is the story of Peter Scott-Morgan.

Gianluca Ricciodi Gianluca Riccio
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Robotics researcher Peter Scott-Morgan does not want to be remembered as an Englishman who died of neurodegenerative disease. He wants to become Peter 2.0, the most advanced cyborg ever.

Already today a long list of medical devices help him breathe, nourish and communicate. These technologies are expected to grow in the near future. But, according to Peter Scott-Morgan, becoming a cyborg is not a matter of avoiding death, it is a matter of evolving.

"Yes, I know, it all sounds like science fiction", admits on his blog, "But some of the best brains in the world, in partnership with some of the most powerful hi-tech companies, are ready to make it a reality by the end of this year."

That's more or less the time he has left to live (at least statistically speaking), but Scott-Morgan has no intention of giving up next year or the next.

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His biological body is a badly made robot. He is on the decline due to the same neuro-degenerative disorder diagnosed by physicist Stephen Hawking in 1963, and how he relies on technology for mobility and speech.

Like Hawking, Scott-Morgan's nervous system is slowly losing its ability to govern key functions and voluntary movements, leaving it in an almost total state of paralysis.

The integrations

Earlier this week, the 61-year-old man returned "a little more cyborg" home after nearly a month in intensive care, recovering from a series of life-saving procedures (or, in his view, "improvements"). .

These include a mini ventilation system ("quieter than Darth Vader has," jokes Scott-Morgan on Twitter):

Just home from 24 days in Intensive Care. All medical procedures now complete and a huge success. My mini-ventilator keeping me breathing is a LOT quieter than Darth Vader's. All speech is synthetic but at last sounds like me again. Long research road ahead but in great spirits. pic.twitter.com/JPjwjagDLT

- Dr Peter B Scott-Morgan (@DrScottMorgan) November11st

Other changes with cyborg technology include a feeding tube in the stomach and a colostomy pouch. Scott-Morgan has also removed his vocal cords to reduce the risk of aspirating his saliva and is now communicating with a synthesized voice.

The transhumanist spirit

Each new piece of engineering is seen as an "upgrade" by the titanic scientist, who has a truly indomitable spirit, and a disposition that deserves to end up on wikipedia under "courage".

Peter Scott-Morgan, the cyborg wannabe, in a stock photo

“Now we are only a year or two away from the possibility of doing something revolutionary. All the necessary technology already exists, " says.

This is not entirely true. Of course, technological innovations like one brain-computer interface they are still on the horizon. But Scott-Morgan imagines something more: he sees a future where Peter 2.0 will not be so much a cyborg robot in physical space, but a mind in a digital landscape.

"Peter 2.0 will only be able to do this because it will be much more than a simple biological organism remotely controlling two doppelgangers", he explains.

More cyborg robots, fewer diseases

Together with her husband Francis, Scott-Morgan created a foundation that aims to research the ethical use of AI and robotics to raise anyone who feels limited by illness, age or disability.

The future is already here, in many ways. But to quote science fiction writer William Gibson, "it's not very evenly distributed."

To broaden access to life-saving treatments and technologies for people with neurodegenerative diseases, their “Right to Thrive” campaign asked for support from members of the British Parliament.

Because the story of Peter 2.0 is so much, much more. Maybe he will give us good news himself, and I hope so with all my heart.

But even if the critical technology doesn't arrive in time for Peter, the transhumanist message he will leave us will still be important. And maybe one day we will not find him in the voice "courage", nor in the computer cyborg voice, but in the naked voice wikipedia cyborg.

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