Question: What would be the end product of computer science? Like we all have flying cars and hoverboards, back to the future style? Thinking like the big thing that makes the technological ecosystem complete. No competitive market, no further advancements to be made. If anything, it would probably be like a thousand years from now, but do you think it would ever happen?

Arshia Keshvari answered on 11 Sep 2025:

This is a fascinating question, and I don’t think there’s ever a single “end product.” Technology will keep evolving, with breakthroughs we can barely imagine today, brain computer interfaces so seamless you don’t notice them, or AI systems that handle everyday tasks so people can focus on what inspires them. Yet there will always be something new to explore. Even if we achieve flying cars or off-world colonies, we’ll still crave faster, safer, more capable tools.

Computer Science like Electrical and Electronics Engineering never truly finishes; it grows alongside us, and, like everything in life, we have to adapt with it whether that’s today or a thousand years from now. A good example is the spread of electricity: many feared massive job losses, but it spawned entire industries, lighting, appliances, power grids, that no one foresaw. AI, robotics, and even brain computer interfaces will likely follow a similar pattern, creating opportunities and challenges we can’t yet name. And some of those challenges will remain profoundly human, problems no machine, not even a highly advanced AGI, can fully understand.

We are living in both the best and the worst of times, an era of breathtaking possibility and daunting challenge. Yet the true measure of this moment isn’t the extremes themselves, but what we choose to make of them. Our perspective, our creativity, and our willingness to act determine whether these years become a story of hope or of regret.