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Future of AI will be like the Borg in Star Trek, experts predict

Different artificial intelligence units will one day be able to team up and share information with each other – just like the Borg in Star Trek, according to leading computer experts.

The Borg are cybernetic organisms in the sci-fi TV show which operate through a linked hive-mind known as “The Collective”.

from the universities of , and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have said humanity is set to see the emergence of “Collective AI”, where many different units – each capable of continuously learning and gaining new skills – form a network to share information.

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