What does a rapidly improving AI have to gain by "merging" with our notoriously error-prone, finicky biological hardware? It's nearly certain that intelligent machines will choose to replace humans, not enhance them.
Our "successful" descendants will probably be the unmerged, low-tech survivors living on the outskirts of a new "Machine Age" civilization.
Our "successful" descendants will probably be the unmerged, low-tech survivors living on the outskirts of a new "Machine Age" civilization.