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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.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by bob_super on Wednesday February 15 2017, @06:52PM
> to risk being replaced by a robot or artificial intelligence, we need to become machines.
Or we could let the machines be machines, and stop being selfish long enough to realize that we could all enjoy lazy lives served by the machines...
If ants or bees got all their shelter and food automatically, would they start fighting the way selfish humans always want more than each other?
We're terminally dumb, but incredibly resilient.
(Score: 3, Funny) by krishnoid on Wednesday February 15 2017, @07:09PM
Without having to constantly forage for food or safety, they'd probably have more biological resources to better cephalize. They could then use their new thought powers to spend on philosophy, eventually beecoming more human-like ant subsequently discontented enough to start fighting again. Eh, I'll count that as progress.