Accenture unveiled its 2024 Technology Vision at CES 2024 today, and it’s no surprise that AI plays a big role in it.
Accenture unveiled its 2024 Technology Vision at CES 2024 today, and it’s no surprise that AI plays a big role in it.
The vision forecasts a transformative future where the relationship between humanity and technology is at an inflection point. Themed Human by Design: How AI Unleashes the Next Level of Human Potential, the vision presents an optimistic departure from dystopian depictions of technology’s adverse effects on mankind. Accenture released the report at CES 2024, the big tech trade show in Las Vegas this week.
Have you ever seen dystopian pictures of humans in 1,000 years? Hunched backs, sallow skin, big and sensitive eyes – the hallmarks of people who spend too much time indoors, detached from the physical world, the report said. These images reflect how the artists see our relationship with technology today. They’re visceral and striking, and based on true fears.
This vision challenges prevailing concerns surrounding technology’s control over human lives and aims to redefine this relationship by making technology more inherently human.
“But the future doesn’t need to be what these artists imagine. Not if we recast the relationship between people and technology and design technology to amplify, rather than change, the things that make us human,” Accenture’s report declared.
The crux of this vision lies in the proposition that upcoming technological advancements will augment human potential, productivity, and creativity rather than supplant or control it. A suite of innovative technologies, including autonomous agents, intelligent interfaces, spatial technologies, and brain-computer interfaces, is poised to spearhead this paradigm shift.
