I think you are assuming that the "cloud brains" will just be number crunchers like today's computers. Human intelligence and computer intelligence are fundamen

I think you are assuming that the "cloud brains" will just be number crunchers like today's computers. Human intelligence and computer intelligence are fundamentally different. Sure, plugging directly into a massive calculator is useful, but does have it limits. However, this article is more about running simulated copies of our neural patterns. The human brain is limited to only a handful of simultaneous ideas. Imagine if you could synthesis an idea with 100 inputs instead of just 5. Or if you go with the spontaneous theory of creativity, you can parallelize the creative process, and just have a higher chance of having a good idea by increasing the number of ideas had. This is fundamentally different from raw calculation. Both are likely to be useful, but both will serve different purposes.