Stephen Hawking is wrong. Humans won't compete with AI – we will merge with it [wth?]

“We are beginning to live in just such a world. From prosthetic limbs to heart pacemakers to miniature brain chips, many people already stay functional by their collaboration with AI. Like Hawking they are cyborgs too. Soon enough, we will see "helper" AI in the form of personal assistants, memory aids, intelligent knowledge banks and translators supplementing human intelligence in the workplace and at home. Arguably this is already happening as more and more people depend on their smartphones or their diary apps. The immediate future of AI looks more like this: each of us carrying with us a cloud of machine intelligence which adapts to and amplifies our intentions.”

Stephen Hawking is wrong. Humans won't compete with AI – we will merge with it
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/10/20/stephen-hawking-is-wrong-humans-wont-compete-with-ai--we-will-me/
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