• Ice@lemmy.world
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    Possibly sim cards! More and more phones have the option for e-sim, which companies seem to want to push on us.

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      I feel like this is just a step towards getting back to phones that are hard linked to a provider like we used to have. Swapping a SIM makes it too easy to switch.

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    if you count AI as a tech, LLMs, crypto, and probably VR again. things we wont accomplish in 10 years, despite fusion being a thing we are far from using it from a power source, probably several generations. in most shows and media, it takes an aliens with advanced tech to finally get fusion in any usable form.

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    SD cards. They won’t be completely gone, but will probably be regulated to pro cameras and a few niche applications. As storage goes, hard drives outside of data centers. Right now they are still hanging in there as cheap external storage for things like backups, but in 10 years they’ll probably be gone in that application.

    Fluorescent lighting. Granted it’s already on the way out, but in 10 years you may have trouble finding bulbs and your only options for an old fluorescent fixture will be either to replace it or an LED retrofit kit. Possibly the same thing will apply to sodium vapor lighting.

    Manual transmissions. While the internal combustion engine will probably still be hanging in there, my guess will be finding a new car with more than 2 pedals might be a challenge.

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    I don’t think I could have answered this 10 years ago, and if I was able to predict the rise of K-cups and demise of physical recording mediums I could of made a nice profit.

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    ISPs. Internet access will just be assumed and expected as a basic utility rather than a paid extra service.

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      Plot twist: all personal and work internet access is free! (when channeled through the 7g gubbmint chip implanted in your brain at birth)

    • Monkey paw: Social media instead gets replaced by “AI” chatbots. People stop talking to each other directly, instead living in a fantasy world where they pretend the “‘AI’ assistant” is their servant that’ll relay messages to other people, I mean we already have people that, instead of typing the message, they say “Hey siri, send a message to [X] about [Y]”. People stop having relationships, instead, they’ll “marry” their “AI” assistant, who will also become their “best friend” and “therapist”.

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        There was this social media platform in which all your friends are ai. Absolutely terrifying.

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        Dictating a text to send (word-for-word) is usually an accessibility thing, or for when you can’t text or call for safety reasons like when driving.

        The enabling attachment to fictional characters via AI is dangerous though, I agree.

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    VCRs. I predict that everyone will instead watch movies transmitted via satellite directly into the brain.

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        I would love to attend a few days back in the 80s doing shit i should have appreciated more at the time.

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          Like? Most of the 80s stuff I can think of still exists, just isn’t fashionable anymore. Or do you mean just to be younger?

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            Being unreachable. Finding cool things because you walked or drove past instead of on the internet. The front and back (good/less good} side of an album. Cheap dates. Yeah, a lot of it stuff you can still do, but not really the same.