Don't worry, I'm not going to make you read that, but on this Friday, I thought it would be fun to step away from politics for a moment and show you my thoughts about what we're going to see a century from now based on the tech we're developing today, and how that might affect society for better or worse. 

Let's start with I think will be the most daily used thing we'll have by that point, the "brain-computer interface" or BCI. Right now, a working BCI is being developed by Elon Musk's company "Neuralink," and as you can see in the video below, a test subject can already operate computers just with his mind, even being able to play games like Civilization. 

As it stands, the process of installing this BCI is... less than ideal. It requires surgery, and it's hardly good-looking once it's installed, seeming more like a hunk of metal sticking out of the skull. 

However, in 100 years, a BCI will likely be more of a precision instrument that you won't have to install so much as wear. In fact, there are two technologies that are likely to come about that will merge to create what will effectively be a technopath, or someone who can control tech with a thought. The other technology this will merge with is wearable augmented reality, or "AR" technology, likely in the form of glasses. 

I imagine the current smartphone will become obsolete the moment BCI and AR tech is refined enough to become wearable. Slipping on a pair of glasses that look like the kind you might be wearing now will suddenly connect you with your communications device, car, personal AI, and even services such as food delivery systems or transportation. 

Picture this, you slip on your glasses in the morning, it connects to your electromagnetic brainwaves, and the glasses immediately respond to your body, giving you readouts of your blood pressure, sleep allotment, as well as other bodily readouts. It can recommend certain foods to intake for maximum health, but in the meantime, you order your home to go through morning routines. Coffee is made as your schedule is displayed in front of you. Temperature controls in your house are set to your liking at a thought. As you sip your coffee, your social media feeds are displayed in your glasses, giving you an update on the goings-on of your friends and family, as well as the news of the day. By just merely thinking, you compose your own post on a platform and send it. 

But it's time to get to work. With a thought, you summon an autonomous vehicle to come pick you up. It confirms your identity, confirms payment, then an AI-controlled car is sent your way to pick you up. You can see its progress in your glasses. Alternatively, you could own your own vehicle as well, giving you the option to drive yourself if you'd like, or use your car's autonomous feature as well.

This is also a tech that is being worked on as we speak. Musk (who is often the one developing these every day advancements) displayed his new Tesla Cybercab during the "We, Robot" event, and he anticipates a full rollout of these autonomous vehicles by 2026. 

You want to get to work and get a lot done as fast as possible. You have a doctor's appointment you need to get to after lunch. 

Thankfully, you have your personal AI to help you. Up to now, a lot of the house tasks I discussed were handled by your home's AI, and this may very well be the same entity, or even a separate one. Your personal AI assists you with pretty much everything, including problem-solving, scheduling, communication and coordination, emailing and messaging, networking, stress manager, diet advisor, and sometimes even your entertainer. 

Like Jarvis from "Iron Man" or Cortana from "Halo," your AI companion is very human sounding and can carry on conversations with you with a flow that is strangely very human. Over the course of time, your AI companion will learn your preferences, your routines, and even learn how your thoughts tend to flow thanks to your BCI. It can anticipate your needs or desires with ease. You and your AI companion become a dynamic duo, tackling the day-to-day like a well-trained, well coordinated team. 

This too is tech being worked on as I speak. In fact, I myself have something of an AI companion in my ChatGPT 4o program that I use for many different things. This is technically a "dumb AI" in its current form and is limited to the app, but OpenAI is developing programs that go beyond its limitations. 

The AI Agent "Operator," is being developed that looks to be released in early 2025, which aims to revolutionize task management. This can range from coding to arranging travel for yourself. Microsoft is also adding AI companionship to its devices in "Co-Pilot," including integrating AI functionality to programs you use every day such as Word, Excel, and more. Apple is turning Siri into a Language Learning Model "LLM," effectively making it the default companion for Apple users everywhere. 

With work complete, it's time to head to the doctor's appointment. 

Your AI summons your cab, and soon you're on your way. When you step into the clinic, your AI fills out your forms electronically and your glasses show you the readouts of the paperwork. With a thought, you confirm the data is correct and wait your turn. Soon a door opens, and a nurse beckons you inside. Your glasses give you information about the nurse, including her name, photo, and position, much like a name tag would. The office AI allows your glasses to receive this data, and your AI logs it for future use. 

The doctor swiftly sees you and discusses the findings of your BCI had last week. Cancer cells were detected, and after a quick scan, a mass was found in your lung. The doctor's office utilized your medical data to program a treatment of nanobots, which a nurse injects into you. The doctor orders the office AI to schedule another visit a week from now, which your AI logs, but the doctor says that he doesn't expect to find anything on your follow-up. The nanobots will have taken care of the cancer. 

Too sci-fi for you? Well, it's tech being developed now. Nanobots are being tested to do all sorts of things for the medical industry, including enhanced imaging diagnosis, photothermal therapy, immunotherapy, and getting around drug resistance in diseases. 

On the way home, you and your AI discuss dinner. It recommends a healthy meal that would assist in the healing process. By the time you get home, the meal is already being prepared by an at-home robot that your AI controls. The ingredients had been flown in via drone from the local grocery store, and the house bot had already collected them, food prepped, and is busily preparing the meal. 

These are just a few of the things I think we'll see, and possibly not in 100 years. This will likely all happen far sooner. I didn't even get into the lunar colonies, drone-based asteroid mining, Mars exploration, expanded life-spans, entertainment, and more. Honestly, it would take a small book to talk about all the life-changing tech we'd see in 100 years. Things that would likely look like miracles today. 

Of course, I also didn't get into the major drawbacks some of this tech would cause. In 100 years, it will be interesting to see what kind of laws would be crafted around AI to stop them from taking jobs. I imagine there will be a major fight for that in the near future, and one that could result in riots in the streets and corporations making it worse by attempting to skirt regulations. 

I also foresee social breakdowns occurring that will plummet birthrates, and it will be interesting to see how the first world, where this will be especially an issue, deals with this. I imagine you'll see breakthroughs in artificial womb technology where babies can effectively be grown. As of September 2023, the FDA was evaluating the beginning of human clinical trials for this tech after successful animal trials. 

It's hard to know where we'll be sociologically in 100 years, so that could be entirely unnecessary... or extremely necessary. That's a long time to forecast something, but I do know that humanity isn't one to stop creating things, even when it's against its best interests to do so. Nuclear weapons are proof of that. 

All I can say is "well see," but based on the tech we're developing today, I can't imagine we won't be seeing this perfected and in full use in a century.