Here's what life will be like in 2022 according to IBM

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http://www.sciencealert.com/these-ar...living-in-2022

"Technology giant IBM is known for of making bold predictions about the future, and it's just announced its latest "5 in 5" list, highlighting the five innovations that they think will have the biggest impact on our lives over the next five years.

According to the company, in only a few years, we're set to see huge developments in artificial intelligence (AI), ultra-powerful telescopes, smart sensors, and medical devices - with benefits ranging from healthcare and the environment, to our understanding of Earth and the Universe itself.
Of course, all these predictions are based on technology and research developments that are happening right now - there's no way of knowing what else might crop up in the next five years.
But take a look at this vision of the near future, and you might want to check back in once 2022 hits, just to see if the scientists got it right.

1. Thanks to AI, our speech will be a window into our mental health




2. Superhero vision will be possible with AI and powerful new devices



3. 'Macroscopes' will help us understand Earth's complexity in infinite detail




4. 'Labs on a chip' will revolutionise medicine


5. Smart sensors will detect environmental pollution faster than ever



As we mentioned above, predicting the future is notoriously tricky, but these kinds of technologies are already well into development by research teams all over the world, so it's really just a question of when we get there.
Let's hope things are even more awesome in 2022, thanks to whatever amazing tech scientists can come up with.
Because the Universe is set to give us a bright new 'star' in the night sky by then, so let's see if we can top that."

[Grimbold21]

This reminds me of back in the early 90s there were predictions that by early 2000s we would have flying cars.

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1. unlikely, there will be a lot of ai in 5 years but speech analysis on that level is a stretch, if only due to the speed at which data the ai can learn from can be gathered. on top of that it would already have to be in FDA approval procedures to make the cut.
2. unlikely, too advanced/expensive for 5 years unless the military had it right now, and if the military had it right now they wouldn't be allowed to talk about it.
3. sure, military has cameras that can do that right now and has publicly talked about it, so possible.
4. already exists, so possible it will reach mass market in 5 years. basically just a glorified name for a smaller pregnancy test/blood sugar test/urine analyzer that can do more complicated tests.
5. sure, basically just evolution of existing tech, unlikely to reach high saturation/deployment levels in 5 years though unless they start real soon.

[Independent voter]

In the 80s, scientists predicted we will have flying cars in 2015.

It didnt happen. I don't believe development will be that fast.

Larry Page, one of the Google founders is supposed to be working on a flying car. I can't find much about it on the internet though.

[Fahrenheit]

I always expected flying cars to come after automated ones. People suck enough at 2D driving, I could only imagine what 10,000 cars in rush hour traffic would be like under human control with the vertical axis in play.

[Sliske]

This isn't a Trump thread

[Halicia]

In the 80s, scientists predicted we will have flying cars in 2015.

It didnt happen. I don't believe development will be that fast.

but... we do have flying cars ?

Just because they aren't viable for daily use doesn't mean they don't exist.

[cubby]

In the 80s, scientists predicted we will have flying cars in 2015.

It didnt happen. I don't believe development will be that fast.

and

This reminds me of back in the early 90s there were predictions that by early 2000s we would have flying cars.

Haters just gotta hate. You both cite ridiculously vague "scientists" and the bullshit notion of flying cars without any notion to the accuracy of the IBM predictions.


oh, and:

but... we do have flying cars ?

Just because they aren't viable for daily use doesn't mean they don't exist.

[Teebone]

None of these things will happen. Anyone can see right now we are headed for a politically caused stagnation of development.

[xChurch]

Didn't see a jetpack on there...pretty sure we were promised jetpacks.

[Grimbold21]

and



Haters just gotta hate. You both cite ridiculously vague "scientists" and the bullshit notion of flying cars without any notion to the accuracy of the IBM predictions.


oh, and:

Settle down, i wasn't making any sort of biased statement, just that the post sparked this particular memory of mine. Now holster your guns.

[cubby]

Settle down, i wasn't making any sort of biased statement, just that the post sparked this particular memory of mine. Now holster your guns.

Fair enough. /holstered

(and well put - much appreciate the explanation)

[Xeones]

In the 80s, scientists predicted we will have flying cars in 2015.

It didnt happen. I don't believe development will be that fast.

At least some of these things are already semi functional unless I was buying into bull shit. Which is a bit different.

[Ayla]

The only thing I expect is one massive new 'thing' that incorporates itself into everyday life. Smart phones was the last 'thing'.

[PC2]

Poker is just now falling to AI, but it's right on the edge. The next couple challenges to be solved are probably human-level language translation and driving.

[Kronik85]

None of these are my mecha/exosuit, therefore I am uninterested. Go away nerds and make me my damned giant robot post haste!

[De Lupe]

I want my hover board first.

[Antipathy1018]

None of these things will happen. Anyone can see right now we are headed for a politically caused stagnation of development.

Not really sure how politics will cause stagnation of privately funded research. Publicly funded sure, but that would only really effect military driven research for the most part. Also given the number of countries all over the globe that do research most of them would have to halt public funding for your statement to be even remotely true.

[Putin-Chan]

Not if scientists are being silenced.

[Powerogue]

In the 80s, scientists predicted we will have flying cars in 2015.

It didnt happen. I don't believe development will be that fast.

Predictions aren't always accurate but "I don't believe development will be that fast" doesn't seem an adequate rebuttle. Did anyone here think the internet would go from barely existent to a daily necessity in our lifetimes?