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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 15 2017, @10:12PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 15 2017, @10:12PM (#467623)

    Unless, of course, that doesn't happen.

    Little know fact: the prototype versions are already among us. They do things like post diaries defending the rich from being blamed. However, since the programming is still in the rough stages, it is possible to identify them.

  • (Score: 2, Informative) by khallow on Thursday February 16 2017, @12:15AM

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Thursday February 16 2017, @12:15AM (#467666) Journal

    They do things like post diaries defending the rich from being blamed.

    As opposed to bleating about the "ownership class"? I can't help but notice the behavior I complained about in my journal [soylentnews.org] being exhibited once again.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 16 2017, @03:00AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 16 2017, @03:00AM (#467696)

      Look! They even out them selves! Silly Cyborgs!