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posted by on Wednesday February 15 2017, @05:50PM   Printer-friendly
from the ummm-what? dept.

Elon says it, so it must be true:

Humans must become cyborgs and develop a direct high-bandwidth connection with machines or risk irrelevance and obsolescence, says Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk.

Musk's latest cheery thoughts were imparted at the World Government Summit in the UAE. "Over time I think we will probably see a closer merger of biological intelligence and digital intelligence," Musk said, according to CNBC.

The main thrust of Musk's argument seems to hinge on the limited bandwidth and processing power of a single human being. Computers can ingest, transfer, and process gigabytes of data per second, every second, forever. Meatbags, however, are severely limited by an input/output rate—talking, typing, listening—that's best measured in bits per second. Thus, to risk being replaced by a robot or artificial intelligence, we need to become machines.


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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by ben_white on Wednesday February 15 2017, @06:01PM

    by ben_white (5531) on Wednesday February 15 2017, @06:01PM (#467494)

    The ownership class will continue to be just fine being meatbags without needing to be ugraded

    I disagree, the ownership class will be the only ones who can afford upgrades that improve quality of life. The rest of us will be upgraded to serve or live in squalor.
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 15 2017, @06:42PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 15 2017, @06:42PM (#467515)

    Time to stop posting and join the ownership class.

    • (Score: 3, Insightful) by ikanreed on Wednesday February 15 2017, @07:01PM

      by ikanreed (3164) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday February 15 2017, @07:01PM (#467532) Journal

      Oh, sure, social mobility is at an all-time low, but yeah, it's definitely their internet posting that's the problem, not a modern capital trap that reinforces economic classes dramatically compared to previous generations.

      Yep.

  • (Score: 2) by krishnoid on Wednesday February 15 2017, @07:00PM

    by krishnoid (1156) on Wednesday February 15 2017, @07:00PM (#467530)

    I think the ownership class would be more benevolent than that. They wouldn't let people live in squalor when the rest of them could be upgraded to service ... us. [wikia.com]

  • (Score: 2) by q.kontinuum on Wednesday February 15 2017, @10:04PM

    by q.kontinuum (532) on Wednesday February 15 2017, @10:04PM (#467619) Journal

    But who does the programming of those digital helpers? And are these programmers dependant and loyal enough not to take advantage of their position? We might use this opportunity to shake up social structures a bit :-)

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