Singularity. For the sake of advancement, they dont think humans are smart enough to leave this planet. So, they hope to achieve that by combining man and machine.
The Borg is probably the model they are following.
We’ll probably go through an extended integration phase. Cyberpunk stuff.
Tech like this will be the interfacing for us to graft on additional senses/capabilities.
Eventually, either our tech will become indistinguishable from biology, or the other way around.
This need not be a bad thing, but knowing humans... Some jackass is gonna TRY to do something bad.