We're entering the world of invisible technology

At the midpoint 2017 we are about to enter an era of technology developments in which some of the most interesting innovations aren't likely to be as visible as many of out high-tech gadgets & apps. Nearly many of the new techs advances will be nearly invisible.
Technologies such as AI, voice & gesture-driven computing & autonomous driving all provide different ways to interact with many of the device & products we already know.
In upcoming many products there won't be much or any physical manifestations of these developments. It might seem easier to adapt to these new technologies because of their more invisible nature.
For example: Autonomous driving. Cars that feature assisted & autonomous driving capabilities don't look any different than the cars we've driven on our own for the last few decades.
Autonomous driving is an exiting new development that many of them are looking forward to, at present even a larger percent are concerned about this tech advancement, with some being downright frightened.
Most of the fear is of the unknown & a few studies have started to show that once people get some experience in cars that include these autonomous or assisted driving features, those concerns often get replaced with enthusiasm. However the next 5-10 years will be very challenging for tech firms & automakers as they struggle to determine when and how to bring some of the these autonomous car features to market.
Not only cars will be using software & services that use  artificial intelligence or deep learning to improve the usefulness of existing experiences -making better recommendations for music, movies, restaurants, & even friends.
With AI it's often a give-to-get scenario where the more personal information you can provide, the more useful the responses can be. While many people are perfectly comfortable with this type of trade-off.
At the end of the day, it's a question of trust. Once people come to trust a technology, they're much more likely to use it. But when much of that technology is essentially invisible, it's going to be a lot harder to earn that trust. Nearly every one uses a smartphone now. For example with just a small smartphones with a large touch-sensitive screen that's always  connected to internet and other people can offer.
For an AI driven intelligent service, on other hand, we can expect a smarter, more accurate, responce to a question we ask or command we make, but thus is a lot less tangible. As a result it could take a lot longer for people to get excited about some of the more subtle benefits of AI.

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