What Facebook Will Look Like In 2035

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The predictions of Facebook’s demise may be a little premature.

It is likely that in 15 years’ time the social network will become something we cannot recognize. One of the most famous big tech companies with around 3 billion users and a parent company (now called Meta) with enormous cash reserves will not be forgotten anytime soon.

Despite all of the rampant and widespread misinformation, the “pipeline” mentality that should keep us attached to the apps, and a revenue-obsessed corporate culture that seems more advertiser-centric than user-centric, Facebook is a technical monolith.

But even the largest companies need to evolve. All of the tech titans, including Apple, HP, and IBM, have gone through a turning point at some point. Apple’s iPhone is more popular than its Mac counterpart, but both IBM and HP eventually became corporate giants.

Facebook is also on the verge of upheaval and it is possible that we will not recognize the new social network by 2035.

The biggest change is that social media is becoming a virtual personification of real life – think malls, concert halls, and “virtual people” who look just like us. This is what it could look like in the next decade and a half

For starters, we’re all going to have a real second life (as if we haven’t already since the person we are portraying on social media is not the real person). Sharing our greatest moments makes us a more complete person.

Your virtual avatar will eventually become a living, breathing and speaking being, much like an avatar in a video game. Think of this “second me” as someone who exists in a virtual world, a digital being who can speak, react, discuss and even argue for you.

To the extent that your online presence represents who you are, this digital avatar has a specific look, personality and tone based on algorithms that analyze your online activities, the rich history of each social Media posts and comments you’ve made since starting Facebook.

Your shopping habits, web visits and any other criteria you choose will be used to create your avatar. The avatar looks remarkably human that no one will notice that it is a digital version. The “second you” will appear real to almost everyone.

The avatar of the future Facebook will have the opportunity to attend meetings and participate in discussions on social topics. They can also buy and sell products and conduct interviews. Samsung is already working on “artificial people” that look ultra-realistic. So the next step is to have these avatars filled in for you in an online world, and then eventually join a future version of Facebook. The “second you” on social media will be so realistic that you may need to copyright yourself (and add a small print disclaimer that says that “person” is not really you).

Of course, part of this digital future is wearing headsets at home or interacting in a virtual reality studio (something that doesn’t require glasses). The “new you” can also exist in your sleep on the social network, and during your waking hours your avatar can team up with other avatars to go shopping, visit a new city, attend a social gathering or concert or just hang out with other avatars.

You can only participate if the AI ​​allows you to. For example, the avatar could go shopping in a virtual mall. Then the avatar tried on clothes and selected the most flattering ones for her. The real items will be sent to you when you purchase. It’s similar to the old Second Life app, or The Sims, but powered by powerful AI, with a perfect replica of you (or who you want to be) that exists at all times and interacts socially at your behest.

Your avatar could be provided in a chat room to represent your opinion-based AI. It will show how your interactions with other people are over time. Your avatar could discuss topics, debate issues, or even defend your views, and at the end of the day you could ask your avatar to “discuss” you about previous activities and discoveries. Your avatar could attend Facebook “college” and study for you, go on business trips and conferences – all in an AI-powered virtual world.

If this all sounds like a video game, it’s no coincidence. In the next fifteen years, virtual reality, digital avatars and online environments will merge into a new social network that relies more on AI than we currently know. Now we have to decide if this is a world we want to live in.