We are already connected to machines (via keyboards and monitors). The question is how a higher bandwidth interface will help in mitigating risks from huge, opaque neural networks.
I think the idea is something along the lines of:
Build high-bandwidth interface between the human brain and a computer
figure out how to simulate a single cortical column
Give human beings a million extra cortical columns to make us really smart
This isn’t something you could do with a keyboard and monitor.
But, as stated, I’m not super-optimistic this will result in a sane, super-intelligent human being. I merely think that it is physically possible to do this before/around the same time as the Singularity.
I think the idea is something along the lines of:
Build high-bandwidth interface between the human brain and a computer
figure out how to simulate a single cortical column
Give human beings a million extra cortical columns to make us really smart
This isn’t something you could do with a keyboard and monitor.
But, as stated, I’m not super-optimistic this will result in a sane, super-intelligent human being. I merely think that it is physically possible to do this before/around the same time as the Singularity.