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Around Prince William: What will Prince William look like in 2032?

I recently came across a video on social media depicting a futuristic intersection on Minnieville Road in Woodbridge. It featured wide highways, sweeping curves, pedestrian walkways, modern buildings, and plenty of automobiles. The caption explained that this engineering marvel would open in 2032. What will Prince William County really look like in 2032, and will we need all those roads? For decades, Prince William’s growth has been driven by a relatively simple economic formula. The federal government hires people. Defense contractors and other businesses hire people to support the government. Those employees buy houses, automobiles, groceries, restaurant meals and just about everything else. We build roads to accommodate them, schools to educate their children and shopping centers to collect their money. It’s been a pretty good arrangement. But what happens when artificial intelligence begins replacing the people who make that arrangement work? Thousands of employees spend their days processing paperwork, reviewing contracts, analyzing information, preparing reports and administering programs. Much of that work is increasingly within AI’s capabilities. The same applies to government contractors. Companies employing hundreds of analysts, programmers, accountants, administrative personnel and support staff may discover they can accomplish the same work with considerably fewer employees. I’m not

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