I thought this might be a good topic for a lively discussion.<p>My bet is on Elysium or some sort of "Inequality 2.0" model: Super-wealthy, ultra-healthy genetically engineered elites living apart from a vast underclass policed with drugs and robots.
RoboCop predicted the fall of Detroit before it happened, with Google piling money into Robotics seems like a short distance to a corporate branded police force stepping in where local assets are too thin to cover...
Call me a naïve optimist, but star trek. Sure maybe not warp drives, but cheap safe nuclear energy, instant fabrication, life extension, portable universal health diagnosis, post scarcity economies, holodecks. While these seem like fantasy, just look at the advancements made in technology in the last half 40 years since it was made, the web, diagnostics on a chip, 5th gen self contained nuclear reactors, 3d printing, Watson for doctors, increased global living standards, the list goes on. Sure it can be easy to moan and speculate on all manner is distopian futures with things like gfcs and terrorism plastering our news. But you only need to go back 100 years and our world would look like star trek to people of that time. Who knows much better things will get with another 100 years of technologic advancement.
Minority report.<p>Big Data crime prediction. We have gait recognition already.<p>Super specific ads. We have targeted ads based on your browsing history and location.<p>Self driving cars aren't that far away.<p>Personal freedom and intrusion of police becoming daily events.
Chappie. (I hope not though) I'm not thinking we're going to have any real AI any time soon, but I do think we are going to be seeing robotic ground soldiers real quick. Once they are tested on the battlefield they'll surely use them on police forces.
Going to go with Blade Runner, with the way we continue to treat each other all we need is another intelligence to be a dick to.<p>Total Recall, Elysium, Robocop, Idiocracy, and Gattaca all see to be influencing our future too.