AI (Artificial Intelligence) concept. Deep learning. GUI (Graphical User Interface) getty The predictions of Facebooks demise might be a bit premature. It is likely that the social network will become something we are unable to recognize in 15 years. One of the most prominent companies in Big Tech isnt going to slide into oblivion anytime soon with around 3 billion users and a parent company (now called Meta) with vast cash reserves. Despite all of the rampant and widespread misinformation the pipeline mentality meant to keep us hooked on the apps and a revenue-obsessed corporate culture that seems to side more with advertisers than users Facebook is a tech monolith. But even the biggest companies have to evolve. All of the tech titans including Apple HP and IBM went through pivots at some point. Apples iPhone is more popular than its Mac counterpart but both IBM and HP eventually became enterprise giants. Facebook is also poised to pivot and its possible that we wont recognize the new social network by 2035. The biggest change is that social media is going to become a virtual personification of real life think shopping malls concert halls and virtual humans that look exactly like us. Heres what that might look like over the next decade and a half For starters well all start living a true second life (as if we dont already since the person we portray 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 talking being similar to an avatar in a video game. Think of this second you as someone who exists in a virtual world a digital being who can talk react discuss and even argue on your behalf. To the extent that your online presence is a representation of who you are this digital avatar will have a specific look personality and tone based on algorithms that analyze your online activity the rich history of every social media post and comment youve ever done since Facebook started. Your shopping habits web visits and any other criteria that you choose will be used to create your avatar. The avatar will look remarkably human such that no one will even notice its a digital version. The second you will seem real to almost everyone. The avatar of the future Facebook will have the ability to join meetings and participate in discussions about social issues. They can also buy and sell products and do job interviews. Samsung is already working on artificial humans who look ultra-realistic so the next step is to have these avatars fill 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 might have to copyright yourself (and include a fine-print disclaimer explaining how this person is not actually really you). Of course part of this digital future is that well be wearing headsets or interacting in a virtual reality studio in our homes (something that doesnt require goggles). The new you will be able to exist in the social network even when youre asleep and during your waking hours your avatar will be able to join 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. For example the avatar could go shopping in a virtual mall. Then the avatar would try on clothes and select the most flattering for them. The real items will be shipped to you if purchased. Its similar to the old Second Life app or The Sims but driven by powerful AI with a perfect replica of you (or who you want to be) existing at all times and interacting socially at your behest. Your avatar could be deployed into a chat room to represent your opinions based AI. It will show how your interactions with other people over time. Your avatar could discuss topics debate issues or even defend your views and then at the end of the day you could ask your avatar to debrief you on the previous activities and discoveries. Your avatar could attend Facebook college and learn for you go on business trips and conferences all in an AI-powered virtual world. If this all sounds like a video game thats no coincidence. In the next fifteen years virtual reality digital avatars and online environments will merge to form a new social network which relies more heavily on AI than we currently know. Now we have to decide if thats a world we want to live in. The post What Facebook Will Look Like In 2035 appeared first on Social Media Explorer. Original source: https://socialmediaexplorer.com/content-sections/news-and-noise/what-facebook-will-look-like-in-2035/ The post What Facebook Will Look Like In 2035 appeared first on connect social networks. via Connect Social Networks http://connectsocialnetworks.com/what-facebook-will-look-like-in-2035/