Imagine a time when artificial intelligence (AI) replaces your smartphone screen, and your personal 3-D printer is printing out your meals. That time might not be too far away.
Those are just some of ideas are presented in the Hot Consumer Trends Report for 2016, published this month byEricsson (ERIC - Get Report) ConsumerLab. Some of the trends are futuristic, and others are just a little bizarre. But all of them show the power of connectivity and emerging technologies.
Perhaps one of the most interesting findings is about smartphones, something most of us can't be away from for even a brief period of time.
"When we asked people about the future of the smartphone, actually half of the people we talked to said that within five years, the smartphone could potentially be a thing of the past," said Dr. Michael Bjorn, Head of Research at Ericsson ConsumerLab.
Smartphone users believe artificial intelligence will take over common smartphone activities such as searching the Internet or getting travel guidance, according to the report.
Dr. Bjorn said consumers would also like to use AI for medical and financial advice, and perhaps inspired by that famed character HAL from 2001: A Space Odyssey, other simply want to use AI as a companion.
The survey indicates that consumers truly want to live in a virtual world. For example, the report also found that consumers would like to use 3-D printers at home for printing basic household objects like toys, spare parts or silverware. And why stop there? "As many as 44% actually would be interested in printing their own food or at least nutritional supplements," said Dr. Bjorn. Among the report's other findings, 55% of smartphone owners believe that within the next five years, bricks used to build homes could include sensors that monitor mold, leakage or electrical problems.
The survey also found consumers want a different kind of wearable technology, namely, internal sensors that would enhance their abilities to see, hear and remember.
By Rhonda Schaffler
Source:http://www.thestreet.com/story/13392435/1/can-artificial-intelligence-really-replace-your-smartphone.html
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