# A sci-fi vision of life in 2041

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDMonterey
- Speaker: Chen Qiufan
- Year: 2021
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Literature and writing
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/chen_qiufan_a_sci_fi_vision_of_life_in_2041)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Sci-fi writer Chen Qiufan doesn't fear a dystopian future. Instead, he believes developments in artificial intelligence will make all of our lives better, healthier and safer. He takes us on a tour of the next 20 years of AI and shares some astonishing predictions for the advancements in science and technology that could await us. "For every future we wish to create, we must first learn to imagine it," he says.

## Lectures

1. [A sci-fi vision of life in 2041](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/chen_qiufan_a_sci_fi_vision_of_life_in_2041/abbf1dedea5f), 8 min (TED's player)