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Predictions from people building the future.
Maya ChenFounder & CEO, Parallel Intelligence“AI disappears into everything.”
Eventually we stop talking about “AI products” for the same reason we stopped talking about “internet-enabled businesses.”
Intelligence becomes an expected layer of nearly every product and service.
Marcus ValeFounder, Forge Robotics“AI gets a body.”
The next enormous shift isn't another chatbot.
It's machine intelligence becoming capable of reliably manipulating the physical world.
Sofia ReyesFounder & Chief Designer, Elsewhere“Imperfection becomes premium.”
Handmade. Live. Local. Human. Unrepeatable.
We will increasingly pay for evidence that something wasn't optimized.
David OkaforManaging Partner, Northstar Ventures“Human credibility becomes an asset class.”
When producing convincing information becomes essentially free, knowing who you trust becomes extraordinarily valuable.
Adrian ColeFounder, Longview Institute“We stop asking whether AI is better than humans.”
The comparison eventually becomes as strange as asking whether an airplane is better than a bird.
The more important question will be what humans can accomplish with capabilities neither humans nor machines possessed independently.
Dr. Elena ParkFounder, Lucent Labs“We become obsessed with defining humanity.”
The better machines become at capabilities we once considered uniquely ours, the more seriously we'll investigate what actually distinguishes human experience.
Dr. Noah BennettFounder, Continuum Health“The best doctors become more human, not more technical.”
Machines absorb more analysis.
Physicians spend more time interpreting, communicating and caring.
At least that's the version worth building.
Aisha ThompsonFounder, Uncommon Schools Lab“Education moves from answers to agency.”
Knowing things remains valuable.
But knowing what to pursue, how to learn and what to do when nobody gives you the assignment becomes far more important.
Jon BellCEO, Common Ground“Real human networks become more valuable.”
As synthetic communication explodes, trusted communities become filters for an increasingly noisy world.
Priya RamanFounder, MatterWorks“The digital revolution becomes physical.”
The first AI wave transformed knowledge work.
The next one transforms the places where atoms move: factories, farms, laboratories, hospitals, warehouses and homes.