The next king of the hill

F#, R, D, Go.

Which will dominate the industry in the future?

If you know C and keep up with the news you should already have a good guess.

>>17
Strong AI ...
Mainstream? there's not even a strong AI that's niche at the moment.

>>18
What if, rather than slowing, it just stays at the relatively same level to where it is now instead, perhaps a bit better?