MOSCOW, March 31. /TASS/. Deep integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) with the human brain through invasive brain-computer interfaces will be possible in the middle of the century at the earliest, Russian expert Yevgeny Kuznetsov told TASS.
"My model of development and implementation of new technologies is more complex than [US inventor and futurist Ray] Kurzweil's exponential model [of technological growth]. It takes into account the complexities of introducing new technologies into society, factoring in societal resistance and cycles of adaptation. If the model is fully correct, with the upcoming technological revolution we will see much deeper engagement with AI in its classical format, via gadgets and digital interfaces. However, a deeper Brain-AI connection is not possible before 2050-60, without another wave of technological innovation. Although we might see a straw in the wind at the time period specified by Kurzweil," the CEO of the managing company of the venture fund Digital Evolution Ventures (established by Russian State Nuclear Energy Corporation Rosatom) and representative of Singularity University in Russia said.
Earlier, in an interview with the Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia, Kurzweil expressed his belief that by 2045, human-AI integration would revolutionize life as we know it. He envisions microscopic nano-bots in the bloodstream that seamlessly integrate with the brain’s neocortex, increasing human intelligence exponentially.
According to Kuznetsov, "further integration of natural and cybernetic intelligence is absolutely inevitable." "Today we can no longer exist without a smartphone and a computer. But how deep will the integration go? Although digital neural networks are partly inspired by the human brain, we are not very compatible in technical terms. The brain is a complex structure, and embedding it with electrodes is fundamentally difficult. While solutions for critical medical cases may emerge in the next decade, neither Neuralink chips nor other invasive interfaces are likely to be adopted by the masses," he said.