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We Got This Covered
We Got This Covered
National
David James

‘You’ll hold out for a while’: Silicon Valley now pushing to implant chip in your brain, knows you’ll give in eventually

You might grudgingly be lining up to let Google or Apple implant a chip in your brain sooner than you think. Silicon Valley billionaires are eager to break down the boundaries between human and machine, and are confident you’ll let them inside your skull sooner or later.

A report in Politico details a TED talk in Vancouver last month, where AI CEO D. Scott Phoenix laid out a vision of a world in which the chipped enjoy so many advantages of the unchipped that you’ll be forced to comply.

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