Human augmentation aims to improve both cognitive and physical abilities beyond normal human capabilities. It includes enhancements like physical strength and endurance, improved focus and memory, and altering personality traits. While the industry is growing rapidly and could provide benefits, it also raises ethical concerns about redefining human nature and potentially increasing inequality. Regulators will need to ensure any technologies are safe and do not harm individuals or society.

1. HUMAN AUGMENTATION ~
EVOLUTION & IMPACT
Submitted By:
Shalini Tripathy DM16141
Supam Das
Apoorva Singhal DM16111

2. QUOTES ON HUMAN AUGMENTATION
“If you really are stupid, I would call that
a disease. The lower ten percent who
really have difficulty, even in elementary
school, what’s the cause of it? A lot of
people would like to say, “Well, poverty,
things like that.” It probably isn’t. So I’d
like to get rid of that, to help the lower ten
percent”-
JAMES WATSON ON
COGNITIVE ENHACEMENT
MICHAEL J SANDEL
ON EMBRYO GENETIC
CONSTITUTION
The desire to remake nature, including
human nature, to serve our purposes
and satisfy our desires” fails to
exemplify, “and may even destroy … an
appreciation of the gifted character of
human powers and achievements

3. QUOTES ON HUMAN AUGMENTATION
Many of the cognitive
enhancement drugs serve to
increase focus & concentration.
But letting your mind wander is
very often an important part of
creative process.
Men ought not to play God before they
learn to be men, and after they learn to
be men they will not play God
JAMAIS CASCIO ON
COGNITIVE ENHANCEMENT
PAUL RAMSEY ON
ETHICS OF GENETIC
CONTROL

4. WHAT EXACTLY IS HUMAN AUGMENTATION
 The “human augmentation”, also known as “human enhancement”,
basically focuses on creating cognitive and physical improvements in the
human body.
 Human enhancement aims to bring improvements to the human condition to
move beyond a state of mere good health.
 This requires a rethinking into the therapeutic goals of medicine.
 Enhancements are improvements of human traits which include mental and
physical attributes and abilities and behavioural dispositions.
 The various types of enhancements by human traits are as follows
1) Physical Enhancement
2) Cognitive Enhancement
3) Personality Enhancement
4) Cosmetic Enhancement

5. PHYSICAL ENHANCEMENT
 Enhancements of human physical capacities, which are capacities for
physical action and for the maintenance of a good physical condition.
 Imagine when....
 Machines work alongside humans to give them the strength, stamina and
precision of a machine, protect them from accident and injury, compensate for
their disabilities and old age, help them recover from infirmities, teach them to
be more efficient.
 Potential for physical augmentation
Utilization
SafetyQuality
ProductivityReduce
Absenteeism
Increase work
consistency
Reduce
injuries
Reduce
task time

6. COGNITIVE ENHANCEMENT
 Enhancements of human perceptual and cognitive capacities.
 They enhance human abilities for sensory perception, memory, decision
making, thought and imagination.
 Cognitive stimulants enhance either by increasing the amount of neuron
activity or by releasing neuro-modulators.
 The following are the type of cognitive enhancers prevalent today
 Stimulants such as MPH and dextroamphetamine (d-AMP) are widely
reported in the media as promoting concentration and attention.
 Modafinil is a wakefulness promoting agent approved for the treatment of
narcolepsy as well as excessive daytime sleepiness in sleep apnea and shift
work sleep disorder.
 Beta-blockers mainly propranolol are used for enhancing performance
anxiety.

7. PERSONALITY & COSMETIC ENHANCEMENT
 Enhancements of mood, personality traits, and (social) behavioural
tendencies, such as tendencies to tendencies to have positive moods, to
have greater confidence, or to be more sympathetic.
 The CASIE (Computer Assisted Social Interaction Enhancer) by Dues Ex
serves to make most conversations a bit easier, and adds a bit of replay value
to the game thanks to its unique dialogue options.
 Augmentation of anti depressants with bright light therapy in case of
Borderline personality order (BPD) has resulted in significant results.
 Cosmetic enhancements include aesthetic enhancements of the features of
the body.
 Existing cosmetic enhancements include surgery procedures like eyelid,
breast surgery with a focus on visual appeal & beauty.

8. ECONOMICS OF THE INDUSTRY
 The total Human Augmentation Market was valued at $91.8 million in 2013 &
is and is expected to reach up to $1135 million by 2020, at a CAGR of
43.52% between 2014 and 2020.
 The human augmentation market can be classified to be as
1) based on products, is segmented into two types; namely the in-built
augmentation and wearable augmentation types. The wearable augmentation
type has been further segmented into wrist-wear, eye-wear, foot-wear, neck-
wear, body-wear, and others types.
2) based on application which includes medical, defense, industrial, and
others.
3) Based on geography covering North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and
Rest of the World (RoW).
 The major companies involved in the human augmentation market such
as B-Temia Inc. (U.S.), BrainGate Company (U.S.), Ekso Bionics Holdings,
Inc. (U.S.), Google Inc. (U.S.), and Raytheon Company (U.S.), Samsung
Electronics Co. Ltd (South Korea), and Vuzix Corporation (U.S.).

9. IMPACT OF HUMAN AUGMENTATION
 Human enhancement does not only affect ontogenetic identity, it also affects
bodily identity & social identity.
 Contemporary Western societies are nearly all characterized by a market
economy, a consumer culture, and a liberal system of government.
 These features of societies strongly determine the way in which
enhancements are made available and the way in which they will be used.
 This, in turn, will influence the impact they have on identity.
 A liberal attitude towards enhancements would require that they are safe for
the user (so that producers do not cause harm to users) and that they are not
likely to do harm to others when used properly.
 Enhancements will be goods that can be bought and sold. In other words,
they will be commodities Consumers can buy height, intelligence, beauty, and
a pleasant personality, and companies sell such products.

10. CONCLUSION
 Human Enhancement Techniques are likely to engender an introduction of
new inequalities into society and t enable the development of HETs that end
up harming rather than improving the quality of life.
 However whether to have a reason to promote a particular enhancement will
require wisdom, dialogue, good scientific research, good public policy and
academic debate.