Elon Musk: Humans must merge with machines or become irrelevant in AI age 9 years ago
Well I am sitting in India and have been watching a lady sitting outside a temple making a beautiful flower garland. That is all she does the whole day. I don't think she needs the hive mind or AI in any way whatsoever.
So lets not get carried away with Elon Musk's Ivory tower hubris. You want reality don't pay attention to ego-maniacal salesmen pay attention to people like Andrew Ng. He doesn't just have the tech cred but lives in close contact with the needs of ordinary people who aren't thinking about Mars or Teslas. And doing so quite happily I might add.