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I think one can extrapolate further. There will be two things intertwined together:

1. Thought will be liberated from the confines of mortal bodies. 2. Technology will be able to create and modify things on the molecular level, limited only by imagination (and the laws of physics of course).

Spirits will be roaming the cloud, developing in ways unseen before, and interfacing with the "real process" through whatever shapes suit the purpose.

Of course, learning from the treasure of design solution accumulated through the billions of years of biological evolution will be a large step towards this. Extending this heritage will be the next step.