Splinternet: China to overtake the US and become the world leader in AI by 2030. Sovereign internets expand. Winners: emerging markets/the East; Losers: developed markets/the West.
Robots & Automation: up to 50% of jobs at risk of automation by 2035. Winners: automation, local production, big data & AI; Losers: humans, global supply chains.
Smart Everything: 500bn connectable devices by 2030 to combat deflationary demographics but at the risk of the death of privacy. Winners: IoT, connectivity, smart cities, ‘big brother tech’; Losers: privacy, offline.
At the same time, we expect unprecedented strides in innovation and “techceleration”. By 2030, global data knowledge will likely be 32x greater than today's level. By the mid- 2020s, we will interact with an online device every 18 seconds, vs. 6.5 minutes today; and there will likely be 500bn connectable devices globally by 2030. Techceleration will unlock economic value, but will challenge governments, privacy and society like never before (source: IBM).
