Wait But Why: Neuralink - Elon's new company

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The discussion centers on Elon Musk's company Neuralink and its imperative role in merging human cognition with artificial intelligence to prevent obsolescence. The article from Wait But Why emphasizes the concept of humanity as a collective organism, where individual humans function like neurons within a larger system. The necessity of this integration is underscored by the potential threat posed by advanced AI technologies. Participants express curiosity about the implications of such advancements, including potential challenges from creators of intellectual properties like "Ghost in the Shell."

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This is a long read, but totally worth it. It's about Elon Musk's new company Neuralink and why we need it. The latter is answered quite thoroughly. http://waitbutwhy.com/2017/04/neuralink.html

What amazed me was the perspective of humans as a whole, seen as a single organism, where a single human is a neuron. Separate neurons don't mean anything, it's the collective neurons that count.

tl;dr: We need to merge with computers to not become obsolete by AI.
 
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You were right about it being a long read. At least it will be some time before we will be having to make the decision whether to 'assimilate into Borg'. :woot:
 
TheBlackAdder said:
tl;dr: We need to merge with computers to not become obsolete by AI.
I wonder if the people who created "Ghost in the Shell" will challenge any of Elon's future (attempted) patents.

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