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Must read article on how our lives will change dramatically in 20 years by CEO of MB

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  1. jgonzalesm6

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    #1 jgonzalesm6, Jul 25, 2017
    Must read article on how our lives will change dramatically in 20 years by CEO of Mercedes.

    In a recent interview, the MD of Daimler Benz (Mercedes Benz) said their competitors are no longer other car companies but Tesla (obvious), Google, Apple, Amazon.

    • Software will disrupt most traditional industries in the next 5-10 years.

    •Uber is just a software tool, they don't own any cars, and are now the biggest taxi company in the world

    •Airbnb is now the biggest hotel company in the world, although they don't own any properties.

    •Artificial Intelligence: Computers become exponentially better in understanding the world. This year, a computer beat the best Go player in the world, 10 years earlier than expected.

    •In the US, young lawyers already don't get jobs. Because of IBM Watson, you can get legal advice (so far for more or less basic stuff) within seconds, with 90% accuracy compared with 70% accuracy when done by humans.

    •So if you study law, stop immediately. There will be 90% less lawyers in the future, only specialists will remain.

    •Watson already helps nurses diagnosing cancer, 4 times more accurate than human nurses. Facebook now has a pattern recognition software that can recognize faces better than humans. In 2030, computers will become more intelligent than humans.

    •Autonomous cars: In 2018 the first self driving cars will appear for the public. Around 2020, the complete industry will start to be disrupted. You don't want to own a car anymore. You will call a car with your phone, it will show up at your location and drive you to your destination. You will not need to park it, you only pay for the driven distance and can be productive while driving. Our kids will never get a driver's licence and will never own a car.

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    https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/must-read-article-how-our-lives-change-dramatically-20-delahunty
     
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    #2 energy88, Jul 25, 2017
    A bit scary, but the writing is starting to appear on the wall. Can't say we weren't warned.

    The next 20 bullet points in the article are probably even more dramatic than the first 8 listed.
     
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    #3 Texas Forever, Jul 25, 2017
    Good article. I don't buy everything, but one huge benefit of autonomous cars will be no more parking garages. Do you realize how much these damn things cost?

    I also hate this stuff --

    Work: 70-80% of jobs will disappear in the next 20 years. There will be a lot of new jobs, but it is not clear if there will be enough new jobs in such a small time.

    Human beings are the most cunning and tenacious animals on the planet. If we stay away from feeling sorry about people losing their jobs in buggy whip factories, we'll do just fine.
     
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    #4 rdefabri, Jul 26, 2017
    You don't need to read this article - watch the movies Wall-E and Terminator to get a glimpse of your future.
     
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    #5 Caeruleus11, Aug 18, 2017
    Did you see the article in the Economist about parking garages? They take up huge amounts of space.

    My favorite question is where does the lost revenue from no more speeding and parking fines come from? For many towns this represents a large source of revenue. Many states have laws forbidding the increasing of property taxes more than a small %....
     

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