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Why experts worry about losing skills to brain enhancement

I am a surgeon and I use neural interfaces to be more precise during operations but lately I worry about what happens to my natural skills if I become too dependent on the technology.

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You are confronting the possibility that augmenting your abilities might ultimately diminish them.

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“Where Are You with Brain-computer interfaces?”

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