# Brain Interfaces May Dissolve Into the Monitoring Network by Marti Hearst > "Brain-machine interfaces continue to be improved, initially for physically impaired people, but eventually to provide a seamless boundary between people and the monitoring network." > **— Marti Hearst**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* ## Sources and Context - **Full authored response and quotation context:** [eGaia—A Distributed Technical-Social Mental System](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/26109) — Edge's 2015 annual-question response by Marti Hearst; the linked page contains the complete response and quoted passage. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Article:** [[articles/2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces|2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Next Interface Layer|The Next Interface Layer]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas|The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Brain-Computer Interfaces|Brain-Computer Interfaces]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Cognitive Interface Layer|Cognitive Interface Layer]] - [[wiki/Neural Decoding|Neural Decoding]] - [[wiki/Language BCI|Language BCI]] - [[wiki/Neural Mapping|Neural Mapping]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "Brain-machine interfaces continue to be improved, initially for physically impaired people, but eventually to provide a seamless boundary between people and the monitoring network." — Marti Hearst, 2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?” https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-marti-hearst-brain-interfaces-dissolve-monitoring-network ```