Ok, be nice... I realize these thing may have been invented before those dates, but you get my point :) - Rob Hoeting

If I fathom it, does that prove me wrong? - Paul Buchheit

the semantic web. - David Lynch

And end to spam and malware? - Jack (a.k.a. Jeber)

The singularity. - Internet's Tad

I think it's the end of the labor class is what we can't fathom - Dave Senior

++ Dave. That's a great thing too. Humans should not labor unless they wish to. - Internet's Tad

A library with no books? - joe is...

Paperless, cloud, non-physical data being the norm - Rodfather

no computers. all smart phones. - Neha Narula

Dave, there's some truth to that... In Jules Verne's "Paris in the 20th Century," he wrote, circa 1860, what life would be like in Paris, circa 1960. He predicted automobiles, skyscrapers, high-speed trains, fax machines, and even possibly the Internet, but in his 1960, the door is still answered by a human servant. Apparently rethinking the labor class was too hard... ;-) - Karim

Unless there are cheap robots to pick all the lettuce and strawberries, there will always be a labor class.. - Rodfather

Chris, seems like a waste of AI! :-) I guess I'm thinking of Marvin the robot from the "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series. "'Reverse primary thrust, Marvin,' that's what they say to me. 'Open airlock number three, Marvin.' 'Marvin, can you pick up that piece of paper?' Can I pick up that piece of paper! Here I am, brain the size of a planet, and they ask me to..." - Karim

We'll never get rid of the labor class. We may reduce its size or give them other jobs, but it will never go away. - Gabe

All of your examples are computer related and computers have changed the shape of many unrelated fields, but I wonder if the next leap will come in a different area than pushing around bits. - Clare Dibble

Gabe, I'm pretty sure you're wrong. At the very least, the human labor class will be gone when the robots kill all humans. - Paul Buchheit

No, Paul, you're wrong. Once the robots kill all the humans, who will build robots? The robot labor class, of course! - Gabe

ubicomp. - Victor Ganata

We will genetically engineer the new labor class, which will exterminate us. - Jim Norris

Here's a book that will help you guard against the coming "robot uprising" http://www.amazon.com/How-Sur... - Rob Hoeting

Agreed with Clare. The next big thing may well not be computer-related. Perhaps a push towards *less* time on computers? I could join that movement. - Brent Newhall

Designer genes? - Ruchira S. Datta

I'm thinking, whatever it is, we don't even have a standard name for it right now. - Victor Ganata