Supernumerary body part considered to have lost much or all of their original function through evolution. These body parts can be classed as additional to the required functioning of the body. In human anatomy the vermiform appendix is sometimes classed as a vestigial remnant. Prosthesis is an artificial extension that replaces a body part, and cybernetics is the study of computer technology in relation to organisms which can include replacement or additional body parts. Body integrity identity disorder (BIID) is a psychiatric disorder in which a person thinks that they have one or more additional limbs than they should, despite having two arms
Kitty AI: Artificial Intelligence for Governance Kitty AI: Artificial Intelligence for Governance Kitty AI: Artificial Intelligence for Governance is a 2016 art project by artist and researcher Pinar Yoldas. It is a 12-minute 3D animation. The work imagines a future where artificial intelligence takes over politics and an AI kitten becomes the first non-human governor in the year 2039. Kitty AI takes the format of a 3D animation where a digital kitten introduces itself as the first AI governor with extensive affective capacities such as being capable of loving millions of people, and delivers a speech about the grounds on which networks of artificial intelligence replace