Tech industry analysts, journalists, and experts discuss predictions for Mastodon's popularity, the future of smart assistants, Amazon's chances, Apple and Google's plans for foldable devices, billionaire bets, and nostalgia for floppy disks. They also talk about their social media presence and online platforms.
The tech demo in 1968 featuring the mouse and audio-visual interaction set the stage for future advancements but was subsequently ignored.
Predictions about increased enrollment in humanities due to GPT and generative AI models did not come true.
Deep dives
Tech Demo, Productivity, and Computing Agenda
The podcast episode discusses a tech demo that showcases usual tech devices and productivity tasks. It mentions the significance of a pointing device called the mouse and the ability to connect different devices for audio and visual interaction. The demo occurred in 1968 and set the computing agenda for the next half-century. However, it was subsequently ignored. The episode highlights the impact of the tech demo on future advancements.
Predictions and Their Outcomes
The episode features a discussion on the panelists' predictions made in 2022 for 2023 and their subsequent outcomes. It covers the accuracy of various predictions regarding the popularity and future developments of platforms like Mastodon and Amazon's Alexa. The panelists reflect on their success and failure in predicting technological trends and express their views on the factors that influenced the outcomes.
Humanities and Social Sciences Enrollment
One of the panelists predicted an increase in enrollment in the humanities and social sciences due to the rise of chat GPT and generative AI models. However, the podcast mentions that the available data from 2022 indicates a decline in humanities enrollment, suggesting that the prediction may not have come true. The panelists discuss the reasons behind the lack of growth in humanities enrollment and the potential impact of technology on academic disciplines.
Open Source Software and Nostalgia for Floppy Disks
The episode touches upon the rise of open source software and discusses predictions related to its adoption. While the panelists note that open source software continues to gain traction, its growth does not meet the expectations set by the predictions. Additionally, the idea of floppy disks making a nostalgic comeback is addressed, with the panelists acknowledging that the evidence is inconclusive, although some articles suggest an ongoing interest in floppy disks.
It's the 2023 DTNS Predictions Results episode. This is where we look back on the predictions we made about technology and the tech industry in the year 2023 back in December of 2022 to see how they actually turned out! Who came out on top?
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Will Smith, Andrea Jones-Rooy, Iyaz Akhtar, Roger Chang