I'll assume that he knew of the ENIAC since it was publicized in 1946, which means he probably didn't "predict" mechanical/electrical computation. Regardless,

I'll assume that he knew of the ENIAC since it was publicized in 1946, which means he probably didn't "predict" mechanical/electrical computation. Regardless, he successfully predicted digital feedback control systems, lights-out manufacturing, mechatronics, artificial intelligence (to a limited extent), and the social ramifications of a post-scarcity society. Are these technologies obvious progressions that come from knowing about automatic computation, or was he truly that much of a visionary?