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[–] tal@lemmy.today 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I would guess that we'll most-likely have AGI in 100 years. That's pretty futuristic and impactful.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

fusion maybe, but in scifi, it often requires an alien race making first contact, we wont even get to things like anti-matter tech without that intervention. SG1 is more in our time frame, but with aliens already possessing advanced tech

[–] FuckFascism@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Sex robots!

[–] leftzero@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Most of the stuff in Jules Verne's books, even Paris in the Twentieth Century.

(Well, the moon gun would need to be a very long railgun, not a gunpowder cannon, if you want crewed capsules, but still.)

[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

Orbital habitats with rotational gravity.

[–] MITM0@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago (4 children)

With climate change and coastal flooding, it's coming, just not in the form you're thinking of.

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