Orwellian interpretation of our current situation may be over-optimistic. AI arms race may soon unleash new nonbiological and nonconscious superintelligence we cannot control.
Becoming cyborgs and especially strong neural prostheses may become our only chance to compete and survive a little longer... Maybe some of the transhumanists ideas aren't so stupid after all?
I don't wanna become a cyborg...I want super powers😄 But jokes to the side i think you're right.
:) Remember what Woody Allen said? 'I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve immortality through not dying'.
I guess is not so easy. We will pay to survive.