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I wonder in what sense the term 'human' is being used here; more specifically, what function the term is imagined to be used for. If it's merely being used scientifically, to denote the member of a particular species, I have no particular opinion, though I would suspect that once you have no organic components you would cease to be human in that sense. But if by human you mean a member of particular community, particularly a community of citizens with rights, I don't think you would cease to be a member of that community merely by a replacement of organic with non-organic material, even if that replacement was total.
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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