Technology has come a long way in just a short amount of years. In fact, technology has improved so much that it’s kind of humorous to think back to when we were using dial up and those ancient Nokia brick phones that you would buy prepaid phone cards for. This past week, we discussed the many functionalities of the internet and what’s in store for it’s future. Here are my 4 predictions for the future of the internet:
1.) Internet Connection: I think that the internet will soon become even faster than it already is and will become easily accessible to everyone in the world. South Korea currently has the fastest internet with an average connection speed of about 25.3 Megabits per second. Maybe one day we will buy smart devices with the internet already connected to them.
2.) Artificial Intelligence: AI’s might take over your job in the future…and I say this because it has already happened to me before. When I was working at a startup company, we would use an AI that would create ads for us within 24 hours so we could save time and not have to worry about creating them ourselves on Illustrator. M.I.T. even has plans to create an Artificial Intelligence program on campus, which you can read more about here.
3.) Augmented Reality: Taking another step forward with digital convergence, we can see that augmented reality is a trend that is on the rise. I believe that future devices will enable us to experience the internet in both traditional ways as well as in virtual/augmented reality.
4.) Privacy Issues: Another big issue with the internet and social media applications is privacy. What data should be kept private and what data should be publicly accessible? This is an ongoing debate with about 50/50 agreeing and disagreeing on the topic of internet privacy. As the internet becomes more complex, the internet privacy debate will also become more complex and heated.
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