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6 tech predictions for 2024: Hard Fork podcast dives into the future
Hard Fork podcasters Kevin Roose and Casey Newton do some work with their crystal balls to reveal their top tech predictions for next year.
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Hard Fork podcasters Kevin Roose and Casey Newton do some work with their crystal balls to reveal their top tech predictions for next year.
Context
As 2023 draws to a close and the world starts prepping for a new year, the hosts of the Hard Fork podcast, Kevin Roose and Casey Newton, donned holiday sweaters to share their tech predictions for 2024. The final Hard Fork episode of the year was a lively and often hilarious affair, with the discussion covering everything from the fate of social media platforms to the potential resurgence of the metaverse. Roose and Newton, two of the most entertaining tech podcasters working today, also reviewed their tech predictions for 2023 from a year ago, to see how right (and how wrong) they were.
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Analysis
For example, anticipated legal developments, such as the Supreme Court upholding social media laws in Texas and Florida, did not come to pass. “I predicted that the Supreme Court will uphold the Texas and Florida social media laws and make content moderation illegal there, and this has not happened yet,” admitted Newton. Roose had predicted that Tiktok would be banned in the USA during 2023, but that did not pan out either. But of most interest were their predictions for 2024, which we have outlined here. Also read: How the fashion industry is using XR tech to unleash a stylish, 21st century revolution
Key Points
- Prediction #1: Threads overtakes X in Daily users
- Prediction #2: Lawless LLM chatbot will get 10 million daily active users
- Prediction #3: Google’s LLM catches up to OpenAI
- Prediction #4: White collar workers will defend against AI-related job losses
- Prediction #5: Apple’s Vision Pro will revive interest in XR and the metaverse
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