[mindcrime]

I would say "something akin to the setting of Neuromancer or The Matrix", but I don't expect all the nerve-splicing / neural interface tech to progress to that level by then. Maybe a better comparison would be "something like the last couple of seasons of Person of Interest".

At the very least, I wouldn't be surprised if we have something akin to Gibson's "Turing Police" by then, whether or not they are in fact needed.

[andy99]

Snow Crash is more likely. I agree with you on the Turing police, except instead of monitoring actual emergent intelligence they'll be mall cops harassing people who train for too many epochs.