Ray Kurzweil has a pretty solid reputation in the world of information technology. Here is what he thinks the world of the future will look like.
	As you read his projections, let’s jump even farther into the world of the future. Not so much as a prediction, but just to try to set the upper bounds on this concept of the Semantic Web. A concept popular in science fiction is that of the avatar. An avatar is basically your double in cyberspace. If you can imagine a far-future capability to electronically duplicate your mind and link it to the Internet. If this was a complete and true duplication, you would potentially be able to live forever in cyberspace and be able to interact with other avatars just as you might interact with others across the Internet today. If that may ever actually be possible is certainly a valid question, but it does capture the concept of a truly intelligent cyber agent.