“AI has opened up a vast design space, offering new materials and modes of operation, as well as novel ways to explore the space at a rate much faster than biological evolution,” writes Susan Schneider. “Mind design is a form of intelligent design, but by humans, not God.”

Elon Musk has made his move into humans, calling Neuralink’s new implant “Telepathy.”

The Smartacus Sharing Circle is taking shape. We’ll mark its launch on Ayudha Puja, a Hindu festival in which we celebrate our tools and machines and mark new beginnings.

I started my career a half-century ago on a manual typewriter. Today I hand assignments to AI assistants. What a sci-fi world we are living in.