Serious research is underway to make AI in the brain as natural as a pacemaker for the heart. This could create a historic shift where advertisers can literally buy ad space in your mind—linked to what’s in your fridge, influencing what you see in stores, and beyond. We might soon manage this just like we control cookies on the internet.
Much of this technology already exists but is currently held back by ethical concerns—and the fact that we’re simply not ready for such an intimate leap. But with a market of 8 billion brains, each worth its weight in pure gold, trillions of dollars won’t wait for us to “be ready.” Especially when some of the most brilliantly crazy minds are leading this development. What do you think? Genius, madness, or just inevitable?