I think we'll reach a tipping point like we did with DNA sequencing where we figure out how to quickly map out all the unique patterns of enough brains to model one that can understand itself. People worry too much about rogue AI, and not enough about the CRISPR of brain mapping being used to inject patterns into meatbrains.

Strange Days not The Matrix is the prescient fictional warning.

A black market of taboo “memories” aka experiences. A desire for authentic ones over synthetic diffused ones, leading to heinous crime.