12 Predictions for the Future of Technology | Vinod Khosla | TED

Techno-optimist Vinod Khosla believes in the world-changing power of "foolish ideas." He offers 12 bold predictions for the future of technology — from preventative medicine to car-free cities to planes that get us from New York to London in 90 minutes — and shows why a world of abundance awaits.

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[TheHaloTr]

Summary: don’t listen to experts about future predictions since they are looking at it too logically, here is my imaginary predictions for future

[Keyboardscholar]

Vinod is trying to block the public's access to a beach because he bought the entire village a few years ago. He has spent billions and years in court fights for his "property rights". I don't think I want to hear a single words from this billionaire.

[thattombloke]

Sorry, but I immediately disagreed with him as soon as he started his list. There's no way anything will be free. We live in a world where desperate people are charged for water!! So no, it will never be free. Also, I think I've seen people say we'll have planes that will go from London to New York in [45 minutes] for 25 years now. Not happening.

[Purified-Bananas]

My prediction: power will concentrate on those who control land and natural resources. Once robots will be able to build other robots and everything else, all you need is natural resources. Money won’t mean power. The real power will be at the hands of those who control natural resources and can defend them.

[TheLivirus]

People would be more excited about technological change if it was precedented by legislation that protects them against subjugation.
Currently the trend is the opposite: legislators pave way for technology-driven subjugation of the masses.

[A_Name_]

Dear Mr. Tech-Billionaire venture capitalist,

Thank you for painting those rainbows and gumdrops, for me.
I'm now reassured by your second-hand knowledge. It was so well pieced together, that the smell of your desperation (to shield your existentially-threatening tech investments) was barely noticeable! Kudos!

I can comfortably got back to sleep, now. Thank you.

Sincerely,
Me

P.S. - Thank you TED, for finally allowing more billionaires to voice their heartaching concerns for us shmucks, while they still need us to make them wealthier.

[MikeySan]

He got a few right. He left out connecting humans to a collective consciousness, free education, public opinion polls in real time, entertainment, virtual reality and much more. The most important: limited privacy that MAKES CRIME IMPOSSIBLE. The reason criminals succeed is because they can hide from most of society. What happens when they can't?

[alcarsharif]

Most of his predictions are realistic like: "Everyone of us will become a billionaire".

[BrainiousPodcast]

My Husband and I also started a channel to share information like this one, listening to this and applying it to myself makes the World just much nicer. Great content.

[OnlyIdIndia]

He did not explain that the lost jobs would create chaos in society.
Mechanical Robots- manufacturing jobs lost
Autonomous vehicles- Drivers losing jobs worldwide
LLM agents - tutor, doctor, customer support, Designers, Software Developers, writers and many more.

There will be bunch of big companies controlling these and benefitting from mass job losses.
who will feed the rest of the world that remain in question Mr Khosla.

[manduvaprasadrao]

Life without work is no life at all
I retired 8 years ago
I feel I died the day I had retired
After retirement wherever i go for work I see young people needing the work more than I do
We had enough of technology
We need a better life based on work, sharing, love and lack of personal, religious, regional and national conflicts.
We need more of better social, economic and political structures than scientific advancements
With the technology we have we can a lead a buddist life in villages on minimum needs on a self sustainable basis

[GyanKiGully]

00:06 Belief in improbable innovation
01:31 Expert-driven technology except biotechnology is rare
02:46 Expertise and labor will become nearly free.
03:53 Future technology will make computers a utility in the background
05:08 Future of Healthcare and Food Technology
06:10 Future of transportation and energy
07:25 Retrofitting existing plants with advanced technologies for efficient energy production
08:25 Revolutionizing cement production by capturing carbon dioxide

[luigibruno]

As he says, he is an optimist, which means he describes the best of posslble Worlds, and that's ok - but we should also acknowledge that there are many non-trivial questions and problems that are not even mentioned here and they will be crucial. Something that comes to my mind: if this is all for free, where is the profit coming from? entrepeneurs are not philantropists, they build companies that make money; also, what is the society going to look like? I am not an AI catastrophist, quite the opposite, but still I find that the approach "cut off A, B, C and everything will be great" is too simple - there are always effects that we didn't predict. Well, we'll see.

[sphericon]

I heard this kind of talk before...Ah yes, the sardonic lyrics of Donald Fagen's song: 'International Geophysical Year' AKA 'What a Beautiful World this will be'

[guidedbyechoes]

Corporations will prioritize profit over empathy. If people cannot provide utility they will cast aside.

[bertranddelachapelle]

2 minutes in he says: not one key innovation that was not started by entrepreneurs! Maybe we should ask him if he heard about this thing called the Internet? While I can agree with the importance of the role of entrepreneurs, can we keep some measure of nuance?

[TulioG]

He said nothing new, nor nothing that wasn't envisioned and dreamed about in the past. "All we need is..." better Ted speakers.

[John-sdli]

Did he just talk about Rabbit device. 😂😂

[cybersekkin]

Speech short version, "We'll do right by you. Trust us. When have corporations ever cast you aside? Of course we will let you live and not just dispose of the humans we don't need."

[seanblagsvedt]

India’s Aadhaar is such an example of massive impact that was technically driven by a former entrepreneur but made popular via government.