PROMPT THE FUTURE TECHNOVISION2024TECHNOVISION 2024/Prompt the future/Prompt What will smart technology in the future look like?EXECUTIVE COMPANION071013081115TechnoVision 2024: Executive Companion23070810111315Generative Artificial Intelligence – Small Will Be the New BigQuantum Technology – When Cyber Meets QuantumSemiconductors – Moore’s Law Isn’t Dead, But It Is ChangingBatteries – The Power of New Chemistry SpaceTech – Addressing the Earth’s Challenges from Outer SpaceBeyond 2024 – Other Technologies Shaping the Next 5 Years05INTRODUCTION06WHICH TECHNOLOGY (MEGA)TRENDS WILL SEE INFLECTION POINTS IN 2024?16TECHNOVISION 2024 SUMMARIZED19TECHNOVISION 2024: WHAT’S NEW?22FURTHER RESEARCHTABLE OF CONTENTS/Prompt What will smart technology in the future look like?TechnoVision 2024: Executive Companion45The quote “We shape our technologies and afterwards our technologies shape us” echoes Winston Churchill’s famous words during the reconstruction of the Commons Chamber in 1943, after its destruction by incendiary bombs in the Blitz. Churchill, emphasizing the significance of the Chamber’s adversarial rectangular pattern, believed that its shape was crucial for Britain’s two-party system and parliamentary democracy.Similarly, we could argue that we are inevitably shaped by the technologies we create. Technology’s primary role is to augment and enhance human abilities, a trait distinguishing humans from most mammals. However, we often overlook how technology, in turn, influences our behavior, organizations, and society. A critical question arises: How will technology shape our world in 2024 and beyond?For over 15 years now, Capgemini’s TechnoVision has been exploring this question but so far it has mainly focused on IT Trends. This year we decided to add a companion to our TechnoVision full report, taking a wider view of technologies that are moving the world.Overall, our intent is not to build futuristic forecasts; we see TechnoVision as a tool to facilitate strategic dialogue between technologists and business leaders, helping to identify priorities and opportunities for business operations and digital systems development. TechnoVision aims to be the guiding ‘North Star’ in the dual transformation towards a digital and sustainable economy. This journey involves numerous technological and business decisions, made more complex by the urgent need for strategic choices that might seem simple at first glance but often have far-reaching implications. Generative AI, which took the world by storm in 2023, is expected to continue shaping the future. Alongside this, several other key technology megatrends are critical for decision-makers planning for the future. This is the starting point of our discussion, leading to the 37 trends outlined in TechnoVision 2024. Together, these trends will provide insights for shaping the future and determining the necessary ‘prompts’...
