Where does all this get us?
As ubiquitous computing and what I call "emotional interfaces" become more common we will grow ever more comfortable with being constantly immersed in the datasphere. We will acquire, process, and disseminate information in much the way we breathe now...effortlessly. The interface will disappear as computers get smarter.
Efforts to "reverse engineer" the brain will probably
not be as successful, though, as letting the machine define its own path
towards intelligence and self-understanding. At a certain point a critical
mass of processing power, directed interactivity, and learning will coalesce
into the ability to share and extend one's consciousness via the machine.
The future history of consciousness