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As a complete future optimist I am interested what other people think about this, what horizon technology are you most excited for?. I am not talking crazy fantasy stuff like fast than speed of light transport or whatever. But things that are tractable, and possible within the realm of physics as we know them within the 20 to 100 year time frame.
For me it is a bunch of things:
1) Perfect self driving cars. For obvious reasons. I think people would live much more interesting and varied lives. Imagine if you get home on Friday, then jump in your car when it's time for bed and tell it to drive you somewhere that is 10 hours away. You wake up at your location. It makes seeing distant friends and relatives a breeze that would scarcely even require much thought or effort.
2) AI. Gotta love some advanced AI. I want AI in everything. My bed, my toilet, and obviously my smartphone, and everything in between. I want to sit on the toilet, and it tell me I am a fat bastard and that my **** has traces of cancerous cells in it so I should probably head to the doctor.
3) Ability to regulate your body. Imagine if they could implant a little chip in your body that you control via your smartphone. It analyses everything you eat, tells you what your body needs, and what it doesn't. If you eat something it doesn't need, it simply somehow stops your body from properly digesting it. If you want to maintain X weight, you'll only ever digest the required X amount of calories no matter what you eat. Bacon double cheeseburger and pizza every day guys.
For me it is a bunch of things:
1) Perfect self driving cars. For obvious reasons. I think people would live much more interesting and varied lives. Imagine if you get home on Friday, then jump in your car when it's time for bed and tell it to drive you somewhere that is 10 hours away. You wake up at your location. It makes seeing distant friends and relatives a breeze that would scarcely even require much thought or effort.
2) AI. Gotta love some advanced AI. I want AI in everything. My bed, my toilet, and obviously my smartphone, and everything in between. I want to sit on the toilet, and it tell me I am a fat bastard and that my **** has traces of cancerous cells in it so I should probably head to the doctor.
3) Ability to regulate your body. Imagine if they could implant a little chip in your body that you control via your smartphone. It analyses everything you eat, tells you what your body needs, and what it doesn't. If you eat something it doesn't need, it simply somehow stops your body from properly digesting it. If you want to maintain X weight, you'll only ever digest the required X amount of calories no matter what you eat. Bacon double cheeseburger and pizza every day guys.