What does the future of AI look like? 300 experts predict artificial intelligence landscape in 2035

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Itโ€™s not just venture capitalists and billionaires making important predictions about A.I. A new,ย elaborate 232-page reportย from the Pew Research Center canvassed more thanย 300 expertsย across industries about the changes they predict by 2035 from technological developments.

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So what does the future hold for humanity? Well, four out of 10 experts said they were just as concerned as they were excited โ€œabout the changes in the โ€œhumans-plus-techโ€ evolution,โ€ according to the report.

โ€œWe have been collecting expertsโ€™ thoughts about the rising impact of digital networks for 20 years now, in more than 40 reports, and their fears have never before been so profound,โ€ Janna Anderson, an author of the report and professor, told Fortune in an email.

She added that while the report predicts significant new benefits in the future, 79% of experts said they have concerns about how digital trendsโ€”especially the rapid evolution and spread of A.I.โ€”will exercise influence over peopleโ€™s lives.

The commonly discussed fears are present โ€” plutocracy and dictatorial reign, social collapse, a mental health crisis due to isolation, losing a sense of โ€œtruthโ€ and scientific accuracy, and, of course, the Skynet future of total domination through autonomous warfare of the nuclear and cyber variety.

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