Have you played Nier Replicant? It's not as good of a game as Automata, but I think the the story is better. Getting all the endings is a bit repetitive since you have to replay a chunk with small changes, but it all pays off with ending E, which was added in the remaster. (ver.1.22474487139)
I would much rather having something like this than have a chunk of my skull removed like Musk is planning. I wonder how the performance would compare though, actual probes in the brain are going to be way more reliable than just picking up EMF or whatever this does.