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Comment by Havoc

4 years ago

- Tesla struggles to compete against old school manufacturers that have a grip on quality and make advances on the EV tech side

- At least one instance of serious grid instability in Europe. Comes close to complete cascading collapse, but few people in mainstream notice/understand how serious it was

- Various real estate markets dive 40%. Canada, UK, Ireland, nordics

- Something in US politics breaks in a serious fashion (think capital riot) cause by the widening left/right split spiralling further out of control

- Russia gets a new leader

- China moves aggressively against Taiwan, but not a full frontal assault. Blockade of some sort. US backs down

- Major oil price drama from strait of hormuz or that general part of the world

- Robots/Drones that are 100% AI controlled and armed with lethal weapons are used for area denial patrol type in corridor fashion

- Revolution in sea unmanned navigation via AI, both underwater and above. Mostly cargo for above, military for under.

- Multiple major humanitarian crisis in Africa, mix environmental and socioeconomic/structural

- Knock-off ChatGPT style bots become a widely available but they are inferior to the openai one. aws/gcp/azure all have a go at it

Directionally agree with all your points, except for real estate (said governments will forever prop it up to satisfy their boomer-ish electorate)

ChapGpt is most likely to be disrupted by openai itself

  • > said governments will forever prop it up to satisfy their boomer-ish electorate

    Agreed. Prediction here is essentially that they run out of room to do so with sufficient force to counteract market forces

    > ChapGpt is most likely to be disrupted by openai itself

    Good point. They do have a head start for next wave