The future of AI isn't just autonomous machines doing tasks alone—it's intimate, context-aware systems that live alongside people, learn their minds over years, and amplify human capability in real-time while respecting privacy and autonomy.
This paper proposes AI-augmented human intelligence (AHI) as a new paradigm where AI systems act as 'cognitive symbionts'—lifelong, embedded companions that augment what people can think and do by bridging the gap between their potential and working memory limits.