Sunday 31st December 2023

Topics:

• Wrapping up 2023 trends in technology, business, and the economy, and making 2024 predictions.
• 2023 trends:
  1. Online search pivoting from ten blue links to AI chat bots.
  2. No large-scale return to the office.
  3. Social media algorithms remain broken, AI is making it worse.
  4. The political Left are rejecting technology.
  5. Online confirmation bias is more deeply embedded than ever.
• 2024 predictions:
  1. e/acc versus decel will become more vocal.
  2. Nuclear will make a comeback.
  3. Main stream media will be gamed by generative AI.
  4. The EU will continue to regulate tech.
  5. Free speech restrictions will drive more people to VPNs and anonymous services.
• What I am working on this week:
  • Designing my own web indexer to replace Apache Nutch.
• Media I am enjoying this week:
  • Shift by Hugh Howey
  • Aegeon Science Fiction Illustrated issue 2
  • Cyberpunk 2077
• Happy New Year!

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