Dean Ball lists underappreciated trends for the next decade, starting with a boom in space by the mid-2030s
Felipe_Millon · x · 2026-10-10
Dean Ball, pushing back on the dour mood in the AI community, listed underappreciated developments he expects over the next decade. First on the list: space—lots of activity by the mid-2030s, with the U.S. looking like the default leader (modulo the overhyped moon 'race'), including robots building and digging on the moon. Responder Felipe Millon endorsed point #4, saying state and local government AI adoption is at an inflection point.
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