technology predictions for 2047 | Future timeline
Read technology predictions for 2047, a year that will see the world transform thanks to disruptions in technology that will impact a wide range of sectors—and we explore some of them below. It’s your future, discover what you’re in for.
Quantumrun Foresight prepared this list; A futurist consulting firm that uses strategic foresight to help companies thrive from future trends. This is just one of many possible futures society may experience.
technology forecasts for 2047
Forecast
In 2047, a number of technology breakthroughs and trends will become available to the public, for example:
- Between 2045 and 2048, China completes the construction of a massive, gigawatt-level, space-based solar farm orbiting 22,000 miles above the Earth that beams down energy to a land-based receiver in China. The orbital platform will also act as a second space station for China. Likelihood: 40% 1
- Information and skills can be downloaded into the mind instantly (Matrix-style) 1
- World sales of electric vehicles reaches 24,386,667 1
Prediction
Technology related predictions due to make an impact in 2047 include:
- Will humans live peacefully in a future dominated by artificial intelligences? - Future of artificial intelligence P6
- How humans will defend against an Artificial Superintelligence: Future of artificial intelligence P5
- Humans not allowed. The AI-only web: Future of the Internet P8
- Virtual reality and the global hive mind: Future of the Internet P7
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