He doesn't mean human-like robots (with a human-like brain). He means a human brain with partly machine body.

Even that's real damn hard, though, and I'm not optimistic.

I thought good progress was already being made with this, with devices like cochlear implants, retinal implants, and cyborg monkey arms: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxIgdOlT2cY

Yep, lots of teams working on BCIs.

The rapid learning by introducing an electric current at a specific certain parts of the brain: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcranial_direct-current_sti...

http://www.technologyreview.com/view/427177/diy-kit-overcloc...

BCIs are getting more and more attention. Imagine being able to hook up a processor, external storage, or even directly connecting to the internet using a BCI. Even connecting two brain is possible (and has been done). Some people say that one day we'll all be one connected organism, when we die just throw the brains in a big tank and let them live forever, like Futurama.

http://www.technologyreview.com/news/527561/military-funds-b...

http://www.army-technology.com/features/featurebrain-compute...

It seems very accurate to me, when we consider how many non-permanently attached machines we already use. A smart phone, the Internet, search engines, prosthetic limbs, and cars would certainly allow for a powerful cyborg. Is the only major distinction that these are not permanently attached? Or does a cyborg also require neural interfaces?