Yesterday a16z published an article in which NYU Professor of Design, AI and Media Theory Ruby Thelot argued that “enshittification,” or the concept that technology platforms get worse after they lock in users, isn’t real. In reality, Thelot says, people use social media more than ever and report that they are satisfied with it.
https://www.404media.co/a16z-says-you-actually-love-social-media-enshittification-isnt-real/
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For every big screen TV and head-turning AI model that emerged out of CES this year, there was a company trying to find a market for something that was just plain odd — at best. Part of the joy of walking the Consumer Electronics Show’s increasingly large floor is stumbling across gadgets that make you stop, stare and, ask “whut??”
https://qz.com/ces-2026-weird-tech-robots-ai-knife-companion
More than three decades ago, the BBC envisioned what today's consumer technology would look like — and their predictions were somehow both astonishingly accurate and hilariously misfired.
https://futurism.com/future-tech-prediction-1987