According to Elon Musk, the "next step" and long-term goal for human–AI symbiosis is to achieve a species-level merger of human brains with artificial intelligence via his company Neuralink's implantable brain-computer interface devices.
In 1895, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky proposed to build a space elevator that could reach from Earth into space; it never got off the ground, but in 1957 another Russian – Yuri Artsutanov – came up with a more plausible idea. It wasn’t built either, but now he has a chance to judge a team of Israeli students who are tackling the concept […]