Entering the Matrix: The Future of Information Technology from AR and VR to Contextual AI

Information technology - from the cloud to generative AI, and from quantum computers to the metaverse and beyond - is changing our lives at an unprecedented pace. It can be hard to predict the future when leaps in technology are being made so frequently - and it can be easy to fear the worst about an apocalyptic tomorrow in which machines exceed human intelligence ... and human control.

People have recorded information and shared it for millennia, from fireside stories and neolithic cave pai...