Americans expect a range of tech advances to occur in the next 20 years % of U.S. adults who say the following happen in the next 20 years
While there have been some notable challenges in using this type of technology in medicine, most Americans predict it to be the norm in the coming decades. Roughly eight-in-ten U.S. adults (79%) say that in the next 20 years doctors will use computer programs to diagnose and treat most diseases, including 21% who say this will definitely happen.
The Center’s survey finds that roughly two-thirds of Americans expect that in the next 20 years most stores will probably (52%) or definitely (13%) be fully automated and involve little interaction between customers and employees.
Americans expect a range of tech advances to occur in the next 20 years  | % of U.S. adults who say the following happen in the next 20 years  | Definitely Probably  | Probably  | Definitely  | will not  | will not  | will  | will  | Doctors will use computer programs to  | 18%  | 58%  | 21%  | diagnose and treat most diseases  | Most stores will be fully automated and  | 32  | 13  | 52  | involive little human interaction  | Most deliveries in cities will be made by  | 31  | 53  | 12  | robots or drones instead of humans  | People will create most of the products  | 50  | 36  | they buy at home using a 3-D printer  | Note: Respondents who did not give an answer are not shown,  | Source: Survey conducted May 1-15 2017  | "Automation in Everyday Life  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 