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Many years after a major breakthrough in strong AI research, we are closer to living in a posthuman world...

It has been over a decade since Irene Axell, founder of Axell Corporations succeeded in replicating the human mind and consciousness. With her research and testing team, they successfully created the ARC (Artificial Robot Consciousness). The design team spent months perfecting the human form and engendered a new race of Self-thinking and Self-conscious robots called the Kyroid.

The First Year
During the first year, the launch of the Kyroids was announced, humans around the world were in a frenzied state. Majority of the population were ecstatic by the thought of having an efficient helper at home, at work, and at school. Parents began to dream of the long get away trips they would be able to have, once they get a robot nanny to watch the kids. CEO's imagined how much more efficient their days would run, with a robot personal assistant who wouldn't forget their coffee in the morning. School's began celebrating at the thought of having more efficient security, there had been way too many kidnappings within the passed month already. Yes, majority of the world began to yearn for a life of bliss and security once they had robots in their lives. A smaller population of the world however, had watched enough science fiction films to know what their fate would be. They were terrified of a world where competent machines roamed freely among them, so they began organizing riots against Axell Corp's launch. Axell Corp began buying property in neighborhoods around the world and started constructing houses designed for their Kyroids. Protesters tried their best to slow down the construction but more members of each neighborhood were thrilled to have robot neighbors and protected the construction site from any protester that dared disrupt it.

The Second Year
Much to the dismay of the minority, the protests caused no disruption towards the housing constructions and proposed launch of the Kyroids. So a year after the world had long awaited their arrival, they were finally released into the world. The day the Kyroids set out to their homes went down in history as the beginning of a new age for most and the beginning of the end for a few. This monumental event was covered by every news station on the planet and humans all around the world got a glimpse of their new cohabiters. Axell Corp had created about a billion robots as a test run and dispatched them into their various homes around the world. Every Kyroid was welcomed into their new neighbourhood by a thousand pair of eyes from the crowd of people eager to catch their first glimpse of a robot, camera lights from people eager to get live coverage, and rotten fruits to the head from protesters who wanted to let them know they weren't welcome here.
After a few weeks, the Kyroids adapted to their various societies really quickly and began seeking jobs to earn money, making friends to feel like part of the community, and taking up leisure activities to keep themselves busy. After several months, a Kyroid could now walk down the street without having every eye fixed on them in amazement, and speak to a human without having them initially shriek and stare infatuatedly. Yes, the Kyroids were quickly adapting to their new society, and it seemed the humans were quickly adapting to them as well.
 
The Third Year
After a year of Kyroids peacefully living amongst humans, an eye-opening incident occurred…


 

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  1. Posthuman World Tofunmi Kuti

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  1. Survey Tofunmi Kuti A look at the current mindset of humans prior to the dawn of a post-human world...
  2. THE KYROID Tofunmi Kuti Describe the ARC (Artificial Robot Consciousness) in more depth

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  3. Post-human vs. Post-humanism Tofunmi Kuti The term 'Post-human' refers to beings and entities that exist in a state beyond being human. Literally, Post-human alludes to that which exists after, or beyond the human. This notion does not suggest the end of humanity, but rather signals the end of a certain conception of the human. The Post-human offers resources for rethinking the articulation of humans with intelligent machines (Braidotti,101). As such, the post-human does not necessarily move away from the embodiment associated with a human, but rather thinks to expand the limits and enhance the capabilities of the human. 

    The term 'Post-humanism' is a critique of traditional humanist ideas that emphasize the value and agency of human beings, and that the human experience and rational thinking provides both knowledge and a moral code to live by. Post-humanism decenters the human and discards the concept of individualism, turning to a monistic understanding of the universe through an embedded non-unitary subject. As such, post-humanism completely moves away from the idea of the human body as "ideal" and embraces other forms of embodiment. 

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