What’s Next in Computing?
Coming up next:<p>- If your job involves sitting at a desk, and your inputs and outputs come in via phone or display, expect to be automated.<p>- Automatic driving.<p>- AIs which sell. These will be annoying but effective.<p>- Big Brother will be much more effective.<p>- Within ten years, an AI running some investment will fire a CEO.<p>Probably not important:<p>- Virtual reality.  Other than for games, it won't be big.<p>- Internet of Things for the home.  Home remote control is a niche product. It's been available since the 1980s and never got much traction.<p>Not yet:<p>- Robots for routine unstructured tasks.  Still a hard problem, from both a hardware, software, and cost perspective.<p>- Nanotechnology (excluding surface chemistry stuff)