"When considering potential risks from future technology, one should not be content with merely analyzing what's likely to happen--instead, one should look at what's possible, even if unlikely." I'm a big believer in that quote – the reason I spend so much time painting pictures of possible futures. Mr. Tallinn expects the backbone of technology in the 2020s to be defined by gradual improvements in biotechnology, nanotechnology, and Artificial Intelligence. What else can we expect in the next decade? A recent Article by George Dvosrsky – a senior staff reporter at Gizmodo – explores the futuristic developments in the next ten years.

With the decade winding down it's time for us to set our sights on the next one. The 2020s promises to be anything but dull. From the automation revolution and increasingly dangerous AI to geohacking the planet and radical advances in biotechnology, here are the most futuristic developments to expect in the next 10 years. Making predictions is easy; it's getting them right that's tough. That said, some tangible trends are emerging that should allow us to make some informed guesses about what the future will hold over the next 10 years. Of great concern, of course, is the pending automation revolution and the associated onset of technological unemployment.