​Video: A Day in the Future

As you sit in some traffic, you are warned by your refrigerator that you need milk. Using RFID technology, the refrigerator noticed someone removed the milk and didn’t replace it back on the shelf you think to yourself that your son probably drank the last of it again. Thankfully, it is on auto replenish and this was just a notice to tell you that your blockchain smart contract has just placed an order for another quart. Later that day a drone delivers it and a robotic butler places it in the fridge.

The autonomous taxi drops you off at the local hyperloop station for the trip to New York which takes you under 20 minutes at the 760MPH travel speed.

After the meeting, which included five other humans plus the now standard AI participant which compiles data, fact-checks, and provides scenario analysis for various business proposals in real-time, you have an hour to kill before your hyperloop reservation for the return trip to Boston so you decide to do some shopping. 

Walking around midtown Manhattan you pass Rockefeller Center and the giant Christmas Tree which you always loved. As you stop and stare, your glasses display information about the scene and you just learned something you never knew: during the Great Depression in 1931, workers at Rockefeller Center pooled their money to purchase the first Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree as a symbol of hope and optimism, which eventually turned into an annual tradition. You blink your eyes twice and take a picture for the kids.

You walk east and an image pops up in your field of vision – of course, how could you forget – you need a tuxedo for a wedding the following weekend and your browsing history coupled with excess inventory at Saks Fifth Avenue have combined to make this an opportune time to make the purchase as you are alerted to the formal wear sale. You walk into the store, directed to the tuxedo rack with floating images of arrows to guide you, and select your favorite. You ask for it to be tailored to the configurations stored from your last bodyscan and shipped to your house in Boston.

On your way home, you get a message from your boss telling you that the people you met earlier had a question and you need to provide them with a follow-up item tomorrow morning. You are upset because you were supposed to have a relaxing dinner with your spouse. Your body sensors pick up your rise in blood pressure and your phone, staring back at you, recognizes the frown on your face. Instantly, your AI knows that you are in need of something comforting – suddenly you see at the top of your glasses an image of the hotel you recently booked in the Caribbean for a family vacation later that month. Your AI assistant has noticed that you have recently clicked on this image when stressed and your key biological indicators like blood pressure and heart rate have responded favorably and so it replays the trick. As you look at the picture, you are reminded how your hard work will pay off and soon enough you will be enjoying some well-earned time with your family on vacation.