Really fun paper. I especially enjoyed this section:
> Based on the research reviewed here regarding the rate of human cognition, we predict that Musk’s brain will communicate with the computer at about 10 bits/s. Instead of the bundle of Neuralink electrodes, Musk could just use a telephone, whose data rate has been designed to match human language, which in turn is matched to the speed of
perception and cognition
It might be though that even though our processing rate is limited to 10 bits per second, shortening the communication loop between the helper AI and the human might allow the human to switch subjects more productively by getting faster feedback. The human would be in an executive approval role like the lead character in Accelerando with their agents, assuming they trusted their agents to be delegated to.
> Based on the research reviewed here regarding the rate of human cognition, we predict that Musk’s brain will communicate with the computer at about 10 bits/s. Instead of the bundle of Neuralink electrodes, Musk could just use a telephone, whose data rate has been designed to match human language, which in turn is matched to the speed of perception and cognition