Robotic or cyborg Surrogacy.

...and you believe this can't happen anyway?

*When* (not if) we have tech that allows augmenting the brain, we will *also* have tech that allows tapping into one. Maybe all that will be needed is a ("tinfoil"-)hat, maybe something more invasive (a mind-probe)... but be "assured" the contents of your brain would be only a single scan away.

At least having implants & programming will allow oneself to build defenses. (Mind encryption anyone?)

Good point.

If you ask me, if it was something like the movie (Surrogate) then my answer would have to be no.
Robotic/Cybernetic bodies like that should be left to the handicap in my opinion.
Now if it was something like the anime (Ghost in the Shell) I would have to say yes.
My reasons for that is the Robotic/Cybernetic bodies they use in that story can feel (pain,pleasure etc.) plus I hate my flaws (not like strength, speed, etc.) but like my hereditary diseases or organic failures, I can not eat what I like because they would upset my stomach to no bounds I also hate pills and do not want my life controlled by medicine (which they say would help my stomach but I do not want to rely on pills).
My situation is so bad that my family made a joke (and yet it is a truthful joke) that when a doctor ask us what we have our reply is, "Everything but STDs because we are to lazy for that" (and no we are not lazy but that is what made the joke funny).

I agree. I'd love to see what we would be capable of without our flesh vessels. Although now an image of Cybermen from Doctor Who come to mind.

As previously mentioned being robotic means less disease. This means we can focus on advancing technologies and science rather than focusing on trying to keep the population alive.

I really wouldn't mind.

It is pretty logical to assume that most people wouldn't want to live as an android/cyborg entity because of they're too used to their current, fleshy self, but I think that, once inside that mechanical body, an individual would have different opinions and views on things, since certain aspects, feelings and instincts of the flesh, derived from being an organic creature, would be lost. (unless we're talking about a cybernetic entity that would be capable of perfectly simulating all the traits of organic beings, while, at the same time, retaining all the benefits of being an android... like the perfect organic/synthethic hybrid)

Now, I wouldn't think twice about becoming such a hybrid (given that I am not deprived of my conscience and free will), if it were possible, with our current level of technology.

To think oneself as human or uniquely man is to be flawed and brittle. Is our hate of our frailty in nature make us crave new tech or ideas of oneself to be shame of being mortal? If we all became a thing without nature made products not from accident or disease, but because of boredom or to be on the cutting edge of tech, then aren't we just lemmings on the edge of technology's cliff?

I like tech. I like building better computers then what i had a year ago... will i made the computer on the cutting edge of technology for fuck sake.. why. just i can build a dual or hell tri cpu mobo of use 16 or 32 gbs of ram .. but why went i have no use for it. i can see better if i get a cyberize eyes balls and hell a processor in my brain.. would i.. maybe if i was blind i would. Hell i going to have to cut off my foot in the future.. would i get a robotic leg if i have too.. sure, but why when you don't. you can get plastic surgery to increase my penis size from 6 to a 10 incher... should you?

Programing the human brain.. is your thought or is it the silicon thinking for you. Are you your own ghost or is the ghost.. made by Steve Jobs? Also itits would be a bad ass device for women... i can listen to music while paizuri.

This sounds like it's ripe for a short story to be written! Cyborg Surrogacy.... hmmm.

Not sure what I even think of that! What if you were human, and had an artificially reconstructed uterus? Would that count too?

Then it would be ok since your just replacing a organ for necessarily, because of loss of that organ. Placing body part just because you want to without a need is just plan wrong.

To be honest if I were to transplant my brain into robot, I'd probably want it to be more of a living weapon. Think the dreadnaughts from warhammer 40k. But I would most likely go for cybernetic augmentation. Maybe keep a few parts human, but majority would replaced.

Heh. You should watch Repo! (the musical one... not sure how the other one fared).

I have watch the opera and the one with jude law. make a necrodrug and shoot in her ... watch the opera for more.

So with all the brain implants and whatnot it would probably be possible to just back yourself up like files on a computer. Like say if you were to get knock into a coma or something like that they'd just roll you back to a few days before it happened. Then again what if you died and they just download that info into a cyber brain (GITS reference ^^) Does that mean your still alive since your mind is still there?

I wouldn't mind that, although. . . there are so many more hazards introduced as a robot then the hazards that are removed from being human. . . I don't think I'll even live the to see the day they invent that though