yeah, i don't think it's ever gonna be kosher to talk to dumb machines, that's why the neuralink... same for hand waving... and touch interfaces have a limited use case, turns out it's more effort than keyboards and mice, and hard to keep the damn screen clean, unlike in movies where everything is so blurry anyway you wouldn't actually see the smears and marks from touch interfaces, it gets ugly after a few days of frequent use

and with LEDs and light sensors and precision machined thingies inside them dials and sliders can become extremely durable and precise

i think they will come back, especially once full optical circuitry really drops