Spacentrepreneur Elon Musk thinks we'll eventually need a basic universal income because of "automation." "People will have time to do other things, more complex things, more interesting things," he told CNBC. And then we gotta figure how we integrate with a world and future with a vast AI." "Ultimately, I think there has to be some improved symbiosis with digital super intelligence," the Tesla CEO said. What will happen if robots steal our jobs? It's a question that's been on the minds of both the proletariat and the bourgeoisie since the advent of artificial intelligence.

Everyone in business wants to know what's going to happen in the future, and for some time now Ford has been investing in futurism, an evolving academic and professional discipline. The need for this was particularly evident after the Business Insider Transportation team in New York spent a few days at the New York Auto Show, asking everyone to predict was will happen in 2016 -- and beyond. The car business these days is all about change: automakers becoming "mobility providers," electric cars potentially displacing gas-powered vehicles, even autos driving themselves. Heck, even Apple may get in on the action. For nearly a decade, Sheryl Connelly has been Ford's manager of global consumer trends and futuring.