7 Tech Predictions For 2024
Will Robotics have its ChatGPT moment? Will Elon Musk become a Christian? Will the 2024 elections be overcome by artificial images? From multi-model AI to deepening embodied desires, Joel Jacob (Product at Splunck) and Andrew Noble (Pastoral Ministry at Grandview Church) predict what they think might happen in 2024.
0:00 - Intro
1:45 - Cisco bought Joel's company. Is he out of a job?
4:02 - 2023 trend: increasing mental health concerns for teens
5:45 - 2023 trend: rise of AI
6:45 - Prediction 1: Multi-modal AI & Robotics
9:30 - Prediction 2: The Increasing Artificiality of the Internet (and a pull to embodied relationships)
12:25 - Prediction 3: Small Uptick in "Metaverse" Adoption (AR & VR traction via Apple & Meta)
18:09 - Prediction 4: A Big Tech Leader Will Become A Christian (and conversely, the rise of techno-religion)
27:36 - Prediction 5: The Inflection Point For Robotics
31:19 - Prediction 6: A New Analogue Dating App Is Coming (wildly specific prediction from Andrew)
35:06 - Prediction 7: The Crypto Winter Ends (it will become harder to mine Bitcoin
in April 2024)
Links:
- Rex Woodbury's 2024 predictions