Comment by Razengan

How about a vague prediction that covers all scenarios? XD

*ahem* It's gonna be like every other tool/societal paradigm shift like the smartphone before this, and planes/trains/cars/ships/factories/electricity/oil/steam/iron/bronze etc. before that:

• It'll coalesce into the hands of a few corporations.

• Idiots in governments won't know what the fuck to do with it.

• Lazy/loud civvies will get lazier/louder through it.

• There'll be some pockets of individual creativity and freedom, like open source projects, that will take varying amounts of time to catch on in popularity or fade away to obscurity.

• One or two killer apps that seem obvious but nobody thought of, will come out of nowhere from some nobody.

• Some groups will be quietly working away using it to enable the next shift, whether they know it or not.

• Aliens will land turning everything upside down. (I didn't say when)