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While the U.S. Army is currently planning for how human-machine hybrids may impact the proverbial battlefield in 2050, it is also addressing and taking seriously its concerns. Specifically, the army is worried that "humans are biased against deadly cyborg soldiers, just because we've all seen the Terminator franchise and it doesn't work out very well for the humans."

As reported by Gizmodo, the U.S. Army recently released a new report titled "Cyborg Soldiers 2050: Human/Machine Fusion and the Implications for the Future of the DOD," and it dives deep into how human soldiers can be augmented with such things as "cybernetic ears and brains jacked into the internet" and how this may affect our future.

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Vice, who provided the initial report on this story, explained how this is the result of a year-long study to "determine the potential of machines that are physically integrated within the human body to augment and enhance the performance of human beings over the next 30 years.”

The report notes that while much of what this study discusses may not be a reality by 2050, this "kind of futurism often creates new avenues of thinking for military contractors who want to know what kinds of far-out technologies they should be focusing on."

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Some of the technologies discussed include enhancements to the eyes, suits with sensors implanted under the skin to give superhuman control in such areas as strength and speed, hearing augmentations, and the "direct neural enhancement of the human brain."

Yes, humans would be able to jack-in directly to weapons systems, drones, and many other electronics that are found on battlefields around the world.

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The report also tries to make a case to the American public that cyborg warfighting technologies are nothing to be afraid of, especially after the "demonization of cyborgs" in media:

"From Frankenstein to the Terminator, the message is often that technology’s integration that technology’s integration with the human body robs the human spirit of its compassion and leads to violence and grave, unintended consequences. However, fiction can also reflect imaginative applications of emerging technologies as well as real concerns with those technologies. For these reasons, fiction can be a powerful tool for engaging the public in discussions of bioethics. A better-informed public that creates and consumes media related to emerging technologies may thus help DOD and its partners forecast ELSI concerns to mitigate problems early int he development of enhancement-related capabilities."

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The DOD also believes that, while it isn't "intrinsically a DOD mission, defense leadership should understand that if they intend to field these technologies, public and social perceptions will need to be understood and overcome."

How they plan to understand and overcome these public and social perceptions remains to be seen, but here's hoping they don't enlist Skynet to help. However, it may be safe to assume we may see some friendly cyborg heroes saving the day in future blockbusters.

For more on our cyborg and robotic overlords, check out our review of Terminator: Dark Fate and the 8 biggest WTF questions that came from the latest film in the franchise.

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Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN who can't wait and is so excited he just can't hide it. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.