Imagine that we are in 2040 and people protest in the face of White House.
Today a real protest needs police to monitor and protect the White House, but in the future police officers will not be in real danger, because is just virtual.
Based on what people say, when they say, how they move in virtual reality and other data USA Government has about them, the Government will know instant who they are, what they do and if they have increased risks of doing an aggression in real life.
And to estimate our behavior they even don’t need AGI (Artificial General Intelligence), just many narrow software programs that can predict our behavior.
Older people will want to protest in real life but younger ones most probably will prefer an online protest in VR.