Dr. Jeanann Boyce Professor of Computer Science and Business Montgomery College, Takoma Park Campus Bioethics and Technology: A Look at the Present and the Future

Part 1: Current Issues in Biotechnology: The Three Faces of AI

Disembodied and Distributed Intelligence: The Web as Neural Network

3. Technogenics – Human/machine interfaces

Yorick cont’d

Alas, More Yorick Hip Joint Pacemakers

BioChips Implantable computer or organic chips that can monitor, control, provide feedback on different body functions, including neural activities

Tissue Engineering (cont’d)

Transgenics and Genetic Manipulation

Disembodied Tissues

Current Developments with Chimeras

Flying Pigs?

Chococeuticals

What Does It Mean to Be Human?

As different forms of Artificial Intelligence* in the technical environment emerge, the courts must determine where these creations fall on the continuum of personhood. * Including transgenic humanoids?

For the future: Expect intense cross-disciplinary debate, discussion, as new intelligent life is created through biotechnology .

For the Future???