Digital Utopia | Digital Dystopia: Envisioning our Tech Future
Wed 31 Mar
|University of Cyprus, C4E
By 2020, most of the technological foundations of our future in 2030 - 2050 have been firmly established. Let's take a look forward at what life will be like in 2030 and thereafter, and envision the winners and losers from this idealised future.
Time & Location
31 Mar 2021, 17:00 – 19:00 EEST
University of Cyprus, C4E
About the event
By 2020, several key building blocks of the future tech universe have been firmly established. Significant progress in areas such as quantum computing, big data, artificial intelligence, robotics and immersive reality have been made, enabling a clearer understanding of how tech will develop in the next 10-20 years.
By 2030, emerging robotics and AI will have made remarkable progress in changing the face of current industries and processes. Most fast food outlets will be able to run mainly on robotic labour, with human labour representing only a small fraction of total spend. AI will be able to support, and eventually supplant, at least 90% of current effort implemented by service professionals such as accounting, consulting, or law.
And by 2040, we will feel comfortable enough with this technology that it will be widely adapted. Our cities, homes and workplaces will be transformed through technology and predictive analytics. Self-driving vehicles will…