“Merging with AI would be suicide for the human mind. There may come a moment when the brain is so diminished it is destroyed” ----- Almost exactly a month ago, Elon Musk introduced a room of engineers and curious consumers to a sci-fi-sounding invention made by his neurotechnology startup Neuralink: an implantable “brain chip” that will “merge biological intelligence with machine intelligence.” -- 2020 Per Musk’s description, this chip will be installed in a person’s brain by drilling a two-millimeter hole in the skull. “The interface to the chip is wireless, so you have no wires poking out of your head,” he assured. Musk argued that such devices will help humans deal with the so-called AI apocalypse, a scenario in which artificial intelligence outpaces human intelligence and takes control of the planet away from the human species. he truly believes that by merging with the machines humans, will have a chance to compete both physically and mentally with robots. ----- In regards to Elon Musk’s Brain device, I believe merging human brains with machines would be “suicide for the human mind.” For Cyborgs, there may come a moment when the brain is so diminished it is destroyed. The device has perfectly “backed up” your brain and can think and behave just like you. Then, you have your original brain surgically removed and let the “CPU chip” be your “new brain.” At that point, which is the real you—your biological brain or the “CPU chip”? Here is an article that was posted online in response to Elon Musk’s brain device by a Professor Schneider: “Because it’s implausible to think that your consciousness could magically transfer to the jewel upon the destruction of your brain,” Schneider reasoned, “it’s more likely that at the moment you opted to remove your brain, you inadvertently killed yourself.”“This suggests a human merger with AI is ill-conceived—at least, if what is meant by that is the eventual total replacement of the brain with AI components,” she continued. “AI-based enhancements could still be used to supplement neural activity,” Schneider acknowledged. “But if they go as far as replacing normally functioning neural tissue, at some point they may end a person’s life.” And once technology is advanced enough for us to choose how much of the human brain we want to be merged with AI, it will be hard to draw the line on how much is too much. “Would it be at 15% neural replacement? At 75%? Any choice seems arbitrary,” Schneider wrote. ----