It is clear that the application paradigm is broken and that people hate apps (even though they think they like them). A unified interface will soon replace it.

It is clear that the application paradigm is broken and that people hate apps (even though they think they like them). A unified interface will soon replace it. Most people seem to think that the main interface with this so-called AI will be text/speech. This is incorrect. Interaction with AI will be spatial (think HoloLens), graph-oriented (think Semantic Web), and binary (think Tinder). The big idea, which most people don't seem to appreciate yet, is that all apps are basically the same. Tweaking the layout and renaming "share" to "retweet" doesn't change the semantics of the underlying interaction. The next big thing will be some kind of app/service/protocol à la WeChat that let users accomplish 80% of what all other apps combined offered. Yes it will kill branding, yes there will be a learning curve. I suspect that those who will succeed will make kids their target demographic.