"Hello, Class," said Professor Smith. "Welcome to Cybernetic Ethics 101.

The teacher proceeded with a one-hour lecture covering a timeline of the development and future of cybernetics.

A student raised their hand, "Professor, what happened to the androids?"

"Hmm." Professor Smith paced back and forth. "This class is about human augmentation, but there is a course I teach on 'The Rise and Fall of AI,' and, to put it briefly, humans are what happened."

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"Humans?" the student raised their antennas behind their ears, looking perplexed.

"Yes, humans," the teacher nodded. "Around 275 years ago, there was a major fear of humans losing their role and value in society, so our One Earth government passed a long verbose law, but to put it simply, AI and intelligent automation may assist humans but never replace them. So began our cybernetic journey and augmented evolution."

"You mean back in those primitive days when people had AI assistants and robotic servants?"

"Correct, and …” Professor Smith pointed to their head, “now it's all up in here."