It is the prophecy foretold by our entire 20th/21st century concept of Zombies.

Its just that the vector for mind obliteration is primarily digital, not biological or supernatural.

It is the endpoint result of our laziness and preference for convenience.

When the rat in the skinner box gets a button wired to its brain that releases dopamine, the rat just hits the button untill it dehydrates/starves to death.