PREDICTING THE FUTURE

Creatives have sometimes conjured up ideas and inventions in their minds before they appear in reality.

Im focusing on technology.

AI has seemingly emerged from nowhere; That's how it felt to me in 2020 when I first started researching. The same applies to the Metaverse, which i think has taken a back seat—for now.

Snapchat was a strange concept when it first launched (July 2011, I was 16). I remember the feeling of unease, knowing its only functions were disappearing messages between 1-10 seconds, and what images would be sent within that safety of 'Disappearing'. It had a strange, malicious quality to it.

The iPhone 4 was launched on June 24, 2010. I had a white Samsung Smartphone.

Have teenagers always been the prey of tech companies? Or shall I say the target market?

Sci-fi produces and fabricates technological communication and entertainment devices, and it is doing the same now with series like Black Mirror.

Based on historical evidence of sci-fi inventions making their way into our everyday lives, perhaps there is a level of awareness that should be taken regarding the current Sci-fi inventions and what that could mean for the future.

Perhaps?

Decades before the first tablet PC, one showed up in Stanley Kubrick’s film, 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).