| - AI startups crash and burn. OpenAI raises prices dramatically. ChatGPT and Bard start subtly adding product ads into their responses. - Quality of life in the US continues to decline. Shantytowns start springing up in California. Rule of law shows cracks and gang-controlled zones expand. - Entrepreneurs stop immigrating from China/India and prefer to stay there and build. - Israel declares victory in Gaza and most people forget about the whole thing. - Russia stops advancing, digs in. Ukraine continues sending drones in, but human casualties essentially stop. Turkey, Poland, and Scandinavian countries become more friendly with Russia. - TSMC continues moving its operations from Taiwan to mainland China. - Oil and gas production boom in the US, many tech workers end up working on the pipelines. |