Former Astronaut Dan Barry: How to Meet an Alien (AI)

"We have enough human brains, I have no interest in replicating the human brain." For some individuals, an artificial brain represents a chance to fully understand one's own nature. For others, the artificial mind represents self-improvement, an opportunity to make their human brain faster, smarter, less forgetful, geared towards long-term thinking. Longevity-minded individuals find the allure of artificial intelligence to be linked to the promise of a brain that can transcend the fragile mortality found in the biological models. Optimists pitch artificial intelligence to the world as our ultimate servant, the benevolent, rational being that only wants to help.