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Let’s think about brains, speciï cally, your brain with a computer in it.
Because one day, perhaps not too far away, the sci-ï interfaces imagined
in movies like %FPTUGOUFC1FCMM could become very real.
Imagine what it’d be like to track your location via a GPS and map in your
brain, or to search for something online with your mind and see the results
right inside.
Or what it would be like for someone who’s been paralyzed to move again,
thanks to neural implants — researchers are already working on that (see
inside).
How about one day eventually fusing our brains with a computer so as to
outwit artiï cial intelligence? It’s a real enough possibility that Elon Musk is
working on it (see inside too).
As with all far-fetched realities, we turn to stories to help us imagine what
the future might contain. We recommend an oldie but a goodie from the
grandmaster of sci-ï to get you started.
So, @S?GOT. Looks like it’ll either be the computers or the zombies that’ll get
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