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Cyborgs and Space (1960)

23 points by kiratoune 7y ago

andai 7y ago
This paper appears to be the first use of the term cyborg. They propose that modifying an organism (cybernetically -- cyborg = cybernetic organism) to live in a new environment is more efficient than modifying the environment (space, or other worlds). > Solving the many technological problems involved in manned space flight by adapting man to his environment, rather than vice versa, will not only mark a significant step forward in man's scientific progress, but may well provide a new and larger dimension for man's spirit as well.
rjtobin 7y ago
Small typo in title: "ans" -> "and" The paper itself is linked here: http://web.mit.edu/digitalapollo/Documents/Chapter1/cyborgs.pdf http://web.mit.edu/digitalapollo/Documents/Chapter1/cyborgs....
- dang 7y ago
  We've changed the title from "An interesting old paper (1960) entitled “Cyborgs ans Space”". We've changed the URL from https://satrdv.substack.com/p/oneweb-airbus-esa-virgin-orbit-spacex https://satrdv.substack.com/p/oneweb-airbus-esa-virgin-orbit... to that link. Thanks!
  - kiratoune 7y ago
    :ThumbsUp:
knolax 7y ago
First sentence I see: " You remember the editorial in issue 9 of the newsletter on why adapt space to humans where can adapt humans to space " Am I having a stroke?
dang 7y ago
Discussed recently here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22284926 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22284926 Related: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22447673 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22447673
- kiratoune 7y ago
  Oh didn't see it, thanks. You can delete my post then :-)
Symmetry 7y ago
See also pantropy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantropy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantropy
- kiratoune 7y ago
  A scientific name for that, interesting, thanks :-)
xtiansimon 7y ago
This is one of my favorite N-Grams using Google's NGram Viewer: artificial intelligence,machine learning,cybernetics,complex systems; 1800-2008 Complex systems is quite surprising, and reaches back the furthest of the four. I'm not drawing any conclusions nor expressing any ideological opinions. I simply like the symmetries--cybernetics spikes, and AI spikes similarly and with a greater magnitude. Complex systems and machine learning just move steady upward. https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=artificial+intelligence%2Cmachine+learning%2Ccybernetics%2Ccomplex+systems&year_start=1800&year_end=2008&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Cartificial%20intelligence%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cmachine%20learning%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Ccybernetics%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Ccomplex%20systems%3B%2Cc0 https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=artificial+int...

23 points by kiratoune 7y ago

This paper appears to be the first use of the term cyborg. They propose that modifying an organism (cybernetically -- cyborg = cybernetic organism) to live in a new environment is more efficient than modifying the environment (space, or other worlds). > Solving the many technological problems involved in manned space flight by adapting man to his environment, rather than vice versa, will not only mark a significant step forward in man's scientific progress, but may well provide a new and larger dimension for man's spirit as well.

rjtobin 7y ago

Small typo in title: "ans" -> "and" The paper itself is linked here: http://web.mit.edu/digitalapollo/Documents/Chapter1/cyborgs.pdf http://web.mit.edu/digitalapollo/Documents/Chapter1/cyborgs....

dang 7y ago
We've changed the title from "An interesting old paper (1960) entitled “Cyborgs ans Space”". We've changed the URL from https://satrdv.substack.com/p/oneweb-airbus-esa-virgin-orbit-spacex https://satrdv.substack.com/p/oneweb-airbus-esa-virgin-orbit... to that link. Thanks!
- kiratoune 7y ago
  :ThumbsUp:

knolax 7y ago

First sentence I see: " You remember the editorial in issue 9 of the newsletter on why adapt space to humans where can adapt humans to space " Am I having a stroke?

dang 7y ago

Discussed recently here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22284926 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22284926 Related: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22447673 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22447673

kiratoune 7y ago
Oh didn't see it, thanks. You can delete my post then :-)

Symmetry 7y ago

See also pantropy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantropy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantropy

kiratoune 7y ago
A scientific name for that, interesting, thanks :-)

xtiansimon 7y ago

This is one of my favorite N-Grams using Google's NGram Viewer: artificial intelligence,machine learning,cybernetics,complex systems; 1800-2008 Complex systems is quite surprising, and reaches back the furthest of the four. I'm not drawing any conclusions nor expressing any ideological opinions. I simply like the symmetries--cybernetics spikes, and AI spikes similarly and with a greater magnitude. Complex systems and machine learning just move steady upward. https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=artificial+intelligence%2Cmachine+learning%2Ccybernetics%2Ccomplex+systems&year_start=1800&year_end=2008&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Cartificial%20intelligence%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cmachine%20learning%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Ccybernetics%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Ccomplex%20systems%3B%2Cc0 https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=artificial+int...