Star Trek seems to be a good starting point, but the most obvious parts - space travel, phasers, teleporters - might actually be the least interesting in this c

Star Trek seems to be a good starting point, but the most obvious parts - space travel, phasers, teleporters - might actually be the least interesting in this context. Here are the parts that stand out to me. * Energy so abundant it might as well be infinite. * Instant availability (via replicator) of any food, with infinitesimal environmental or ethical concerns about its production. * Universal translation. * Instant diagnosis of injury or disease, and often instant treatment to go with it. It's noteworthy that none of these involve robots, or necessarily even AI (though that might definitely help with the last two). To be honest, I'm not convinced those technologies will lead to more good outcomes than bad ones. Certainly not with the people currently driving and hyping it. I'll take the boring old physical-world improvements over that dystopia incubator any day.