{"id":10668,"date":"2017-02-19T19:59:19","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T03:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pocketwisdominsights.com\/pwicolab\/?p=10668"},"modified":"2019-02-18T20:58:12","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T04:58:12","slug":"musk-humans-merge-machines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pocketwisdominsights.com\/pwicolab\/community\/pwi-co-lab-staff\/musk-humans-merge-machines\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk: Humans Must Merge with Machines or Become Irrelevant in AI Age"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Opening Insights<\/h2>\n\r\n\t<style>\r\n.rTable {    \r\ndisplay: table;    \r\nwidth: 100%; \r\n} \r\n\r\n.rTableRow {    \r\ndisplay: table-row; \r\n} \r\n\r\n.rTableHead {    \r\ndisplay: table-header-group;  \r\nwidth: 50%;\r\nbackground-color: #ddd;  \r\nfont-weight: bold; \r\ntext-align: center; \r\n} \r\n\r\n.rTableCell, .rTableHead {    \r\ndisplay: table-cell;    \r\npadding: 3px 10px;  \r\nfont-size: 12px; \r\n\twidth: 50%;\r\nborder: 1px solid #FFFFFF; \r\n} \r\n\r\n.rTableFoot {    \r\ndisplay: table-footer-group; \r\nwidth: 100%; \r\nfont-weight: bold; \r\ntext-align: center;  \r\nbackground-color: #ddd; \r\n} \r\n\r\n.rTableBody.Bold {    \r\ndisplay: table-cell; \r\nfont-weight: bold; \r\ntext-align: center;  \r\n}\r\n\t\t\r\n.rTableBody.Italic {    \r\ndisplay: table-row-group; \r\nfont-style: italic;\r\n}\r\n\r\n<\/style>\r\n\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Pocket Wisdom Insights (PWI) invites you to explore the following <strong>Co-Lab Blog<\/strong>.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> This blog features parts of an influential and insightful video featured outside of the <strong>PWI\u00a0Co-Lab<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em> by <\/em><a href=\"\/\/www.cnbc.com\/arjun-kharpal\/\" rel=\"author\">Arjun Kharpal<\/a> | <span class=\"twitter-url\"><a href=\"\/\/twitter.com\/ArjunKharpal\">@ArjunKharpal<\/a><\/span> <em>on <time class=\"datestamp\" datetime=\"2017-02-13T08:21:57-0500\">13 February 2017<\/time>, published by <a href=\"\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2017\/02\/13\/elon-musk-humans-merge-machines-cyborg-artificial-intelligence-robots.html\">CNBC.com<\/a>.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> We have republished this content in respect of the author\u2019s vision, message and research.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>\u00a0Informational Insights<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.cnbc.com\/p\/gZWlPC\/cnbc_global?playertype=synd&#038;byGuid=3000592777&#038;size=530_298\" width=\"530\" height=\"298\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" bgcolor=\"#131313\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/video\/3000592777?__source=cnbcembedplayer\">Elon Musk says humans must merge with machines or become irrelevant in AI age<\/a> from <a href=\"\/\/www.cnbc.com\/?__source=cnbcembedplayer\">CNBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Billionaire <a href=\"\/\/www.cnbc.com\/elon-musk\/\" target=\"_self\">Elon Musk<\/a> is known for his futuristic ideas and his latest suggestion might just save us from being irrelevant as artificial intelligence (AI) grows more prominent.<\/p>\n<p>The <a class=\"inline_quotes\" href=\"\/\/data.cnbc.com\/quotes\/TSLA\" target=\"_self\" data-inline-quote-symbol=\"TSLA\" data-gdsid=\"74213\">Tesla<\/a> and SpaceX CEO said on Monday that humans need to merge with machines to become a sort of cyborg.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Over time I think we will probably see a closer merger of biological intelligence and digital intelligence,&#8221; Musk told an audience at the World Government Summit in Dubai, where he also launched Tesla in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s mostly about the bandwidth, the speed of the connection between your brain and the digital version of yourself, particularly output.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Musk explained what he meant by saying that computers can communicate at &#8220;a trillion bits per second&#8221;, while humans, whose main communication method is typing with their fingers via a mobile device, can do about 10 bits per second.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"tab-stops: 2.5in;\">Possibilities for Consideration<\/h2>\n<p>In an age when AI threatens to become widespread, humans would be useless, so there&#8217;s a need to merge with machines, according to Musk.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2017\/02\/13\/elon-musk-humans-merge-machines-cyborg-artificial-intelligence-robots.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click to Read More&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<!--\n\n\n<div class=\"rTable\">\n\n\n<div class=\"rTableRow\">\n\n\n<div class=\"rTableCell\">\n\n&nbsp;Source:\u00a0\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2017\/02\/13\/elon-musk-humans-merge-machines-cyborg-artificial-intelligence-robots.html\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/pocketwisdominsights.com\/pwicolab\/wp-content\/uploads\/lookinglass_wide-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-10441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pocketwisdominsights.com\/pwicolab\/wp-content\/uploads\/lookinglass_wide-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pocketwisdominsights.com\/pwicolab\/wp-content\/uploads\/lookinglass_wide.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center; 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