Very soon, apps will disappear from your phone — no icons for email, social media, news, or games. Instead, a single AI-powered app will manage your entire digital life. That future is closer than you think.In this thought-provoking TEDxCSTU talk, Professor Andreas Ramos — invited to speak at conferences in New York, Dallas, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, CES Las Vegas, AdTech Shanghai, Mexico City, Paris, Beijing, Berlin, Vienna, Riyadh, Karachi, and more than 20 other cities worldwide, in English, Spanish, German, and Danish — shares insights as the author of 22+ books on SEO and digital marketing in six languages. He has been interviewed by BBC, CCTV, and other major media, serves as a consultant with Stanford and Harvard for over 20 years and worked 11 years with MIT, and worked with leading corporations and startups including Cisco, Harvard, and Stanford.Drawing a powerful parallel between the dawn of the internet in 1992 and today’s AI revolution, Andreas recalls life before the web — with physical newspapers, radio DJs, and widespread skepticism that the internet would ever change our lives. Just a decade later, the dot-com boom reshaped society. This talk explores the profound implications of the next transformation, from the end of digital advertising as we know it to the rise of truly personalized technology.This vision may sound like science fiction, but imagine a future where your smartphone has no apps — no grid of icons for email, messaging, news, or streaming. Instead, a single, universal AI assistant manages every aspect of your digital life. According to AI and digital marketing expert Andreas Ramos, that future is closer than you think.Do you agree with this vision of the future? Is a world without apps exciting or unsettling? Share your thoughts in the comments below. Like and subscribe for more ideas worth spreading.Event: TEDxCSTU
Date: May 18th, 2025
Location: California Science & Technology University (CSTU)
Website: https://www.cstu.edu?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=tedx2025&utm_term=andreas_ramosSpeaker: Andreas Ramos
Learn more about the speaker:
See https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreasramos/
His website: https://andreas.com/
Speaker’s channel:
https://www.youtube.com/andreasramos2Organizer: Leni Jin, Organizer of TEDxCSTU
Behind the scenes of TEDxCSTU:
Stories & notes: https://lenijin.com/tedx
More about the organizer: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lenijin/
Organizer's channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Leni_Jin#TEDxCSTU2025 #AI #FutureOfAI #UniversalAIAssistant #ConversationalAI #GenerativeAI #FutureOfTechnology #TechTrends #DigitalMarketing #AdvertisingDisruption #AndreasRamos #ContextEngineeringDisclaimer
This talk was recorded at TEDxCSTU, an independently organized TEDx event hosted at California Science and Technology University under a license from TED. The views and opinions expressed are solely those of the speaker and do not necessarily represent those of TEDxCSTU, the university, or TED. Andreas Ramos came to Silicon Valley in 1992 and has worked in marketing at many major corporation and startups, including Cisco, MIT, Harvard, and Stanford, He now teaches AI and Digital Marketing at CSTU. He's written more than 22+ books on digital marketing in six languages. See linkedin.com/in/andreasramos and his website andreas.com. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
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