Tech moguls declare era of artificial intelligence

Palos Verdes, California

ARTIFICIAL intelligence (AI) and machine learning will create computers so sophisticated and godlike 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 last week.

While Mr Musk's description of an injectable human-computer link may sound like science fiction, top tech executives repeatedly said that AI was on the verge of changing everyday life, during discussion at a conference by online publica…