AI will be a 'billions of times' smarter than humans

Artificial intelligence could evolve to be'billions of times smarter' than humans. That's according to Ipswich-based'futurist' Ian Pearson who claims that people will need to merge with machines in order to survive. 'The fact is that AI can go further than humans, it could be billions of times smarter than humans at this point,' Pearson said. 'So we really do need to make sure that we have some means of keeping up.' Artificial intelligence could evolve to be'billions of times smarter' than humans. That's according to Ipswich-based'futurist' Ian Pearson who claims that people will need to merge with machines in order to survive Pearson, who works at Futurizon, made the comments during a panel hosted by CNBC at the World Government Summit in Dubai.