Ask HN: What will the future look like?

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13 years ago

I think the HN crowd is among the smartest on this planet. So, I am very interested how you see the future. Maybe collectively we can make fairly accurate predictions. At least it should be interesting.

I don't really want to make this a "What will the world be like in X years?" type of question, because experience teaches those predictions are never really accurate. Instead I'd like to leave the time frame open ended and just ask you what developments you see now and how think they will impact our world in the future.

I will give one prediction as an example:

There will be a big breakthrough in artificial intelligence. Computers will be able to take over most jobs, starting with truck drivers and taxi driver (thanks to Google), then call center agents and finally everything. People will only work when they need to.

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