Tech moguls declare era of artificial intelligence

Augmenting brains: Artificial intelligence and machine learning will create computers so sophisticated that humans will need to implant 'neural laces' in their brains to keep up, says Tesla Motors and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk (pic).

RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CALIFORNIA: Artificial intelligence and machine learning will create computers so sophisticated that humans will need to implant "neural laces" in their brains to keep up, Tesla Motors and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk told a crowd of tech leaders this week.

While Musk's description of an injectable human-computer link may sound like science fiction, top tech executives repeatedly said that artificial intelligence (AI) was on the verge of changing everyday life, during discussion at a conference by online publication Recode this week.