In the near future, rather than posting Facebook statuses we will be able to share our thoughts and feelings with others telepathically.
That's the dream of the site's owner Mark Zuckerberg who described this form of sharing as the 'ultimate communication technology.'
The comments were made on the 31-year-old's Facebook profile as he hosted a public question and answer session.
More than 51,340 comments have been made on the post and questions were posed from Facebook users, scientists including Stephen Hawking, Richard Branson as well as celebrities Arnold Schwarzenegger and Shakira.
The question about Facebook's future was posted by Marcel Rukeltukel.
Mr Zuckerberg said there were a number of important trends in human communication that Facebook hopes to improve and believes video will soon be even more important than photos.
'After that, immersive experiences like VR will become the norm,' he continued.
'And after that, we'll have the power to share our full sensory and emotional experience with people whenever we'd like.'
Elaborating on this, the Californian developer added: 'One day, I believe we'll be able to send full rich thoughts to each other directly using technology.
'You'll just be able to think of something and your friends will immediately be able to experience it too if you'd like. This would be the ultimate communication technology.'
Plus, with more access to advanced communication tools he said people will be 'more informed and can make better decisions collectively as a society.
'This increase in the power people have to share is one of the major forces driving the world today.'
Physicist Stephen Hawking said he would like to know a unified theory of gravity and the other forces and asked Mr Zuckerberg: 'Which of the big questions in science would you like to know the answer to and why?'
Mr Zuckerberg revealed he is most interested in what will enable people to live forever, how to cure diseases and how the brain works.
'I'm also curious about whether there is a fundamental mathematical law underlying human social relationships that governs the balance of who and what we all care about. I bet there is,' he continued.
Unsurprisingly, former body builder and Terminator actor Arnold Schwarzenegger's question was about how Mr Zuckerberg has time to stay fit.
He also asked if the machines would win.
Mr Zuckerberg replied: 'I make sure I work out at least three times a week - usually first thing when I wake up.
'I also try to take my dog running whenever I can, which has the added bonus of being hilarious because that basically like seeing a mop run.
'And no, the machines don't win.'
However, Facebook user Ben Romberg wanted Mr Zuckerberg to discuss this more and questioned him about the artificial intelligence initiatives Facebook is already working on.
Most of our AI research is focused on understanding the meaning of what people share,' Mr Zuckerberg said.
'In order to do this really well, our goal is to build AI systems that are better than humans at our primary senses: vision, listening, etc.'
For vision, he said Facebook is building systems that can recognise everything that's in an image or a video.
This includes people, objects, scenes, and Mr Zuckerberg said these systems need to understand the context of the images and videos as well as whatever is in them.
'For listening and language, we're focusing on translating speech to text, text between any languages, and also being able to answer any natural language question you ask,' he added.
But stressed this was a 'pretty basic overview' and 'there's a lot more we're doing and I'm looking forward to sharing more soon'.
Mr Zuckerberg recently set his salary at just $1, and the philanthropist revealed the reasons behind this decision.
'I've made enough money,' he said.
'At this point, I'm just focused on making sure I do the most possible good with what I have.
'Too many people die unnecessarily and don't get the opportunities they deserve. There are lots of things in the world that need to get fixed and I'm just lucky to have the chance to work on fixing some of them.'
On the subject of how he defines happiness, Mr Zuckerberg said: 'I think lots of people confuse happiness with fun.
'I don't believe it is possible to have fun every day. But I do believe it is possible to do something meaningful that helps people people every day.
'As I've grown up, I've gained more appreciation for my close relationships -- my wife, my partners at work, my close friends.
Nobody builds something by themselves. Long term relationships are very important.'
And when questioned why he invented the Facebook Poke, he quipped: 'It seemed like a good idea at the time.'
(dailymail.co.uk)
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