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I forgot to mention vocal communication is another way to connect (which is already being used in abundance, but it’s more mechanical than desirable).

But I disagree that human collaboration is necessarily important for human-surpassing intelligent beings. If anything, I am afraid, that people will finally come to appreciate the ideas behind empathy, mercy and nobility when it’s too late. An apex organism doesn’t need you, it has its own ego and objectives. In some way, humans may want to learn to be like cats—cute, amusing and charming. I am only half-joking.

One way to avoid the dilemma of another apex organism is to not let it be in the first place—current AI is in a sweet spot for enabling human capability augmentation. To be honest, a lot of the current set of capabilities are not threatening or worrisome for anyone of any capability.