These ideas are not quite "emerging", but now is certainly a great time to implement them! Consider this quote: "Man-computer symbiosis is a subclass of man-m

These ideas are not quite "emerging", but now is certainly a great time to implement them! Consider this quote: "Man-computer symbiosis is a subclass of man-machine systems. There are many man-machine systems. At present, however, there are no man-computer symbioses. The purposes of this paper are to present the concept and, hopefully, to foster the development of man-computer symbiosis by analyzing some problems of interaction between men and computing machines, calling attention to applicable principles of man-machine engineering, and pointing out a few questions to which research answers are needed. The hope is that, in not too many years, human brains and computing machines will be coupled together very tightly, and that the resulting partnership will think as no human brain has ever thought and process data in a way not approached by the information-handling machines we know today." Licklider, J.C.R., "Man-Computer Symbiosis", IRE Transactions on Human Factors in Electronics, vol. HFE-1, 4-11, Mar 1960. http://groups.csail.mit.edu/medg/people/psz/Licklider.html http://groups.csail.mit.edu/medg/people/psz/Licklider.html