In this article, the author predicts three innovative developments for 2016. Firstly, autonomous vehicles, especially within the haulage industry, will become a reality as the technical challenges are easier to overcome than for personal vehicles and the economic need greater. Secondly, as artificial intelligence improves, humans will become more comfortable and accustomed to interacting with all kinds of AI systems. AI will replace repetitive tasks across many job categories, including dietary/fitness training, customer service, financial advice, education and medicine, leaving humans to concentrate on value-added components of work. Thirdly, wearable, brain-monitoring devices for meditation and mindfulness will become as mainstream as heart-rate monitors.
In this article, the author predicts three innovative developments for 2016. Firstly, autonomous vehicles, especially within the haulage industry, will become a reality as the technical challenges are easier to overcome than for personal vehicles and the economic need greater. Secondly, as artificial intelligence improves, humans will become more comfortable and accustomed to interacting with all kinds of AI systems. Smarter AI will replace repetitive tasks across many job categories, including dietary/fitness training, customer service, financial advice, education and medicine, leaving humans to concentrate on value-added components of work. Thirdly, wearable, brain-monitoring devices for meditation and mindfulness will become as mainstream as heart-rate monitors.