A renowned futurist says we should merge with AI to protect humanity

Artificial intelligence (AI) is already besting human intelligence in a number ways. Google and DeepMind's AlphaGo Zero is arguably the greatest Go player in the world, and it learned the game by teaching itself. DeepMind researchers claim they never even reached the limit of the AI's potential, meaning it could be capable of even more impressive tasks. AlphaGoZero is just one of many AIs under development across the globe, and as the industry continues to grow, these systems are going to get smarter and smarter. According to futurist Ian Pearson, humanity's only option if it wants to maintain pace is to merge with AI.