Nick Bilton's Latest Prediction: Your Smartphone Will Be Dead, Buried by AI Glasses Within 5 Years
In a fiery new essay, tech futurist Nick Bilton declares that the smartphone as we know it will be rendered obsolete by 2030, replaced entirely by AI-powered smart glasses. "We are looking at the end of the pocket computer era," Bilton writes. His controversial timeline suggests that within a decade, the average person will interact with invisible interfaces and holographic overlays, leaving the touchscreen in museum exhibits next to rotary phones. "The biggest shock? Social etiquette will collapse," he warns. "You'll be in a meeting, and your glasses will show you a virtual cat wearing a top hat—and no one will know you're not looking at them."