Will AI make us the last generation to read and write? | Victor Riparbelli

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🗓️ 1 March 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Technology is changing our world — and how we communicate — at an astonishing rate. So much so that entrepreneur Victor Riparbelli predicts that artificial intelligence will drive audio and video to replace text as our primary form of communication by the end of this decade. He imagines a world where anyone can create a Hollywood film, receive personalized education or communicate via hyper-realistic avatars — all in the time it takes to read a book.

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0:46.6	My fellow readers out there might find today's talk pretty provocative.
0:51.4	Cintesia CEO, Victor Riverbelly, gives a 2024 talk in which he describes a future of
0:57.2	immersive and vibrant video and audio, but not with text or reading. What does that look and feel
1:05.5	like? He paints a picture. Your grandchildren will be the last generation to read and write.
1:15.6	I know that sounds strange, almost unthinkable.
1:20.6	Text is everywhere around us.
1:22.6	We use it hundreds of times every single day,
1:25.6	and it's woven into the fabric of our daily lives.
1:29.3	But today, I'm going to make the case
1:32.3	that humanity's relentless pursuit of better ways
1:36.3	to convey ideas and preserve knowledge doesn't end with text.
1:41.3	I think we're at the dawn of a new era of AI-enabled communication.
1:46.8	And I think that future generations will slowly replace text with more intuitive forms
1:51.8	of communication, like audio, video, and eventually immersive technologies.
1:57.2	And one day, I think we'll look back at reading and writing as historical artifacts,
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