As David Icke says, human integration with AI (artificial intelligence) is one of the end game for AI.
Think Star Trek Borg assimulation. Or the earth based attempt at any rate. Naturally other reasons will be given for AI integration.
However for this type of machine integration, certainly helps this man, even if this project no doubt assists AI integration.
https://www.rt.com/news/470235-paralyzed-man-brain-exoskeleton/