Series from The Walking Dead creator will explore future where social media is ...

Channing Powell, the creator of the hit horror television series 'The Walking Dead', is not someone who is easily spooked.

But Powell is scared, 'terrified actually' of what big tech might be up to.

And critics were too after watching her spine-chilling new series, 'The Feed', premiere in Cannes this week.

The Amazon show is set in the near future when we can share emotions, thoughts and what we see with our eyes on a social network embedded in our brains.

If that sounds as far fetched as the post-apocalyptic zombies of 'The Walking Dead', Powell has news for you.

'The Feed' -- which will screen later this year -- is based on Nick Clark Windo's 2018 novel of the same name. Told from inside the fabulously wealthy family who invented 'The Feed' and now effectively control the world, the story doesn't end well (stock image)

'The Feed' -- which will screen later this year -- is based on Nick Clark Windo's 2018 novel of the same name. Told from inside the fabulously wealthy family who invented 'The Feed' and now effectively control the world, the story doesn't end well (stock image)

WHAT IS ELON MUSK'S COMPUTER-BRAIN INTERFACE?

Elon Musk's latest company Neuralink was registered in California as a 'medical research' company in July 2016. 

Very little is known about the exact nature of the work being undertaken by the firm, beyond the fact it is attempting to develop 'ultra high bandwidth brain-machine interfaces to connect humans and computers'.

Neuralink is working to link the human brain with a machine interface by creating micron-sized devices. 

They will work on what Musk calls 'neural lace' technology, implanting tiny brain electrodes that may one day upload and download thoughts.

Neuralink is aiming to launch a product that will help people who suffer from serious brain injuries, as a result of disorders such as stroke and cancer, in just four years.

Musk says that the time before the devices are released depends on regulatory approval and how well they work on people with disabilities.

At a tech conference in 2016, Musk said AI and machine learning will create computers so sophisticated and godlike that humans will need to implant 'neural laces' just to keep up,

And in eight to ten years, the Matrix-style technology will be available to everyone, he believes.

Musk plans on funding the company mostly by himself. 

'Elon Musk and Facebook are already trying to develop the technology portrayed in the show,' she told AFP at the Canneseries festival in the French Riviera resort.

The Tesla boss and sometime Twitter warrior 'is developing a neuro lace (computer) that covers the entire brain that you would control with thought,' Powell said.

'Facebook has been working on something similar in some place called 'Building 8' where it has all its secret projects.'

Both are very quiet about what precisely they are doing, said Powell. 

However, 'people at MIT have already created something you can attach to your ear that is controlled by thought.

'It can tell you the time and how much groceries are when you walk through the aisles of a supermarket,' she added.

'The Feed' -- which will screen later this year -- is based on Nick Clark Windo's 2018 novel of the same name.

Told from inside the fabulously wealthy family who invented 'The Feed' and now effectively control the world, the story doesn't end well.

Given what we have learned about the harvesting and misuse of personal data from the Cambridge Analytica scandal, and how Google can seem to predict our needs before we search for it on our smartphone, that should not be too surprising.

'We have seen dystopian shows before but never like this,' Powell insisted, who cast British actor David Thewlis as the tech guru patriarch of the seemingly well-meaning clan.

'It was a very realistic portrayal of what happens

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