Ask HN: What will be the next big thing after “Big Data” and “AI”?

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Post by gamechangr » Mon, Mar 05, 2018, 12:38 AM UTC

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Post by finnley » Mon, Mar 05, 2018, 12:40 AM UTC

I just read this article a few hours ago. Thought it was an interesting insight into past predictions: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/8-lessons-from-20-years-hype-...

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Post by sgillen » Mon, Mar 05, 2018, 1:03 AM UTC

It won’t be as big or as buzzy, but I think we’ll see more and more task specific ASICS as Moore’s law continues to slow down.

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Post by spydum » Mon, Mar 05, 2018, 1:15 AM UTC

Bioengineering. Soon enough those AIs will be making better humans than we do..

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Post by abhinavkulkarni » Mon, Mar 05, 2018, 1:18 AM UTC

spydum wrote: post #5

Bioengineering. Soon enough those AIs will be making better humans than we do..

Yep. Bioengineering and Bioinformatics, especially with recent gene editing technologies invented. We still don't know what gene patterns cause most of the diseases. Sifting through genetic data (with the help of computers) and finding the patterns responsible (so that they can edited out or modified) for these diseases is going to be a huge industry. As a result, diagnosis and medicine would become personalized to a certain extent.

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Post by osteele » Mon, Mar 05, 2018, 1:38 AM UTC

Optogenetic biometrics peg Proof of Self to blockchains mined on nanodrones.

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Post by bsaul » Mon, Mar 05, 2018, 1:59 AM UTC

In-store paiement / in-shop experience.

The fact that mobile are now / will very soon nbe used in every shops for paiement will open a huge new array of in-shop experiences. This is not a new idea, but wechat is proving time has come.

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Post by sifoo » Mon, Mar 05, 2018, 2:05 AM UTC

abhinavkulkarni wrote: post #6

spydum wrote: post #5

Bioengineering. Soon enough those AIs will be making better humans than we do..

Yep. Bioengineering and Bioinformatics, especially with recent gene editing technologies invented. We still don't know what gene patterns cause most of the diseases. Sifting through genetic data (with the help of computers) and finding the patterns responsible (so that they can edited out or modified) for these diseases is going to be a huge industry. As a result, diagnosis and medicine would become personalized to a…

The only problem I can see with that is that most diseases aren't caused by gene patterns. What we're mostly looking at is a combination of gene patterns and environment; which means that the first priority should be to modify the environment to better support human health. We've been through this stupid line of reasoning so many rounds now that it's about time we tried something different. Nature doesn't make mistakes, humans make mistakes; there's nothing wrong with most peoples DNA, and the human foot is more advanced than any jogging shoe.

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Post by uvatbc » Mon, Mar 05, 2018, 2:06 AM UTC

It's already here: Blockchain and crypto.

The worst about this comment is that even I cannot decipher if I'm being sarcastic or not.