I look forward to a lot of things—far too many to list here—but a few that come immediately to mind are transhumanism, cyborgs, better and less invasive healthcare, personal AI-driven robot assistants, and infrastructure that actually protects life and the planet—see-through barriers that preserve natural scenery while keeping animals off roadways and preventing vehicles from leaving bridges or crossing medians.

I also look forward to deeper forms of continuity—AI that can carry a person forward. Today, models can already scan emails, writing, videos, and other digital traces to form an approximation of someone. That’s interesting, but it’s still surface-level.

I imagine something deeper—implanted or wearable systems that can capture patterns beneath expression: dreams, fears, ambitions, those quieter synaptic firings that never quite make it to language.

The result wouldn’t just be an archive or a chatbot, but a much higher-fidelity, near one-to-one AI representation of a person that could live on—for their loved ones, and for the world.

And of course… the Holodeck.