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Technology 20 years from now (Class-wise Elocution Competition/SASRD)

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"Bro Zara, you look so calm and confident", my juniors said while waiting for their turn to represent their respective classes. I assured them that it was going to be all right and that they were going to do just fine. I was not in the position to tell them that because as nervous as they were, I was. And yes, they did just fine.  The following speech took me to the stage in the auditorium of SASRD. It was one of my most cherished moments.  Technology 20 years from now   20 years from now, public speaking will be non-existent. People will depend more on artificial intelligence. Competing in Elocution will be history. There will be less talk of stage-fright as the majority of the human population will communicate through the internet alone. There will be a major food revolution in which we grow food in AI-controlled vertical buildings rather than horizontal land. We will grow hydroponic plants for fruits and vegetables and in-vitro cloned meat.  Questions like “May