What are the mega trends for the next decade. i.e (10, 20 yrs)?

Hopefully, a cure for cancer and better available treatments at affordable price. Robots being used at home more often from the vacuum robot to larger robots to cater to elderly care.

Cryptocurrency payment

Blockchain technologies

Driverless car

Quantum computing

Strong AI / artificial general intelligence (AGI) – (hypothetical) machine with the ability to apply intelligence to any problem, rather than just one specific problem, typically meaning "at least as smart as a typical human". It's future potential creation is referred to as a technological singularity, and constitutes a global catastrophic risk @.@

• 3D Printing. It will be made easily accessible to consumers. Cheap printers, not so cheap consumables... sounds familiar?
• Autonomous vehicles and machines. No only we will say goodbye to jobs of Uber/Grab drivers, bus drivers etc.; drones will be replacing postmen and delivery men. Military industry is already evolving in this direction. Is your child still dreaming of becoming a fighter pilot?
• Wearable technology. One day, our smartphones will be become obsolete, what will replace them is much more complex than just smartwatches or those clunky goggles. Perhaps, we'll be wearing them under our skin.

There are many mega trends that have been widely speculated to become pervasive in time to come, such as IoT, Big Data, Blockchain, 3D Printing & Cashless Payments.

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I'd like to zoom in on one; Artificial Intelligence. Some prime examples that come to mind include:

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• Alexa. You can read about how smart it is becoming here:

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/611216/yes-a...

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• OpenAI by Elon Musk. This example hits close to home. OpenAI is responsible for creating a DotA AI Bot that leveraged deep learning and it's artificial neural network to defeat real, professional players in 1v1 matches. As someone who has played DotA for a decade, this is truly astounding.

https://blog.openai.com/dota-2/

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• Recently, Goldman Sachs used AI to predict the 2018 World Cup results. Cool stuff.

https://www.businesstoday.in/trending/world/gol...