I think he's hit the nail on the head about symbiosis with AI. If we can start to augment our own intelligence then we can, like he said, "go along for the ride".
I feel like we've read a lot of the same Sci-Fi books... here are some of my favorites that involve augmented intelligence and the possible AI struggles in the future:
True names, the Peace War books, as well as the short story "Bookworm, Run!" by Vernor Vinge.
Old man's war by John Scalzi.
The Heechee Saga by Frederick Pohl.
The Fall Revolution series by Ken MacLeod.
The Virga series by Karl Schroeder.
Musk is playing an active role in the Sci-Non-Fi that we'll all be a part of if we live long enough...
After just reading that recent article about working conditions at Tesla and the struggles there to produce at high enough quality levels, it is surprising that he is working on this as well.
One can't help but to take it seriously considering his other achievements, but I hope he doesn't stretch himself too thin.
> After just reading that recent article about working conditions at Tesla and the struggles there to produce at high enough quality levels, it is surprising that he is working on this as well.
You are reading to much into random news articles. Detailed breakdown of the Tesla (done for other car companies) actually show that the were incredible innovative and have the highest quality of software, electronics, batteries, electrical engine and so on. All aspect that are way more important then that the panel caps or the plastic covers on your car are perfect.
I don't think he is involved with Neuralink at the same level as Tesla and SpaceX. Those are his primary projects, everything else is a small part.
In the 90s they did something similar, wiring up some poor soul who did not have any other options with a bunch of wires to make him walk by wiring impulses from the brain to the legs eventually to abandon him with all the wires still plugged up into him when the funding was cancelled. Please don't be that guy. This is very far fetched and totally science fiction and much like most of Musk's other schemes, or maybe like Elizbeth Holmes schemes, does not really match up with reality of what's possible.
Didn't they already prove they can send images, feeling etc.. through the net from Chimp to Chimp. And more recently done this with humans? I 100% agree about not leaving these people in an unstable and uncomfortable state as that's inhumane, but I don't think we should be saying this isn't possible or reality.
Yes Chimp 2 verbally described what Chimp 1 saw in great detail so it was completely proven and could not have been a fluke as much of science these days tends to be so they can justify more funding.
The article seems to imply that it’s not very far along, they only said it was tried on rats and collected data at 10x the bandwidth of existing methods. Then said they announced to hire.
Tech like this is bound to happen at some point in the next... 20, 100, 200 years? Someone’s gotta be first in line as it happens.
I feel like we've read a lot of the same Sci-Fi books... here are some of my favorites that involve augmented intelligence and the possible AI struggles in the future:
True names, the Peace War books, as well as the short story "Bookworm, Run!" by Vernor Vinge.
Old man's war by John Scalzi.
The Heechee Saga by Frederick Pohl.
The Fall Revolution series by Ken MacLeod.
The Virga series by Karl Schroeder.
Musk is playing an active role in the Sci-Non-Fi that we'll all be a part of if we live long enough...