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Re:Brain connectivity levels are equal in all mammals, inclu... by arethuza on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @11:48AM (#23918256)
There is also the, rather terrifying, concept of focus from Vernon Vinge's Deepness in the Sky where brains are modified to turn people into intelligent single-purpose appliances/microservices:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Deepness_in_the_Sky

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Re:Brain connectivity levels are equal in all mammals, inclu... by bitL on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @12:45PM (#23918875)
You can view angels as intelligent (micro)services, so that concept is much older.
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