(2018-01-01) Azhar18 Predictions For2018146

Azeem Azhar: 18 predictions for 2018 (issue #146)

International relations, the political economy and governance, will desperately need new design patterns as we enter a new phase of the digital revolution.

While Silicon Valley leads, both innovation and scaling increasingly occur across the globe.

More money will flow into technology but it will be concentrated at later stages

The AI software stack will continue to diverge from traditional software.

Artificial intelligence will be the technology investment priority for large firms.

We will increasingly demonstrate how AI is augmenting human capabilities.

The discussion on how AI will impact employment will shift from solely focusing on the elimination of jobs to how best to help workers accommodate the inevitable change.

Crypto technologies will become more important & start to demonstrate their utility.

Sordid revelations in cryptocurrency speculation will be outweighed by the wall of money entering the asset class.

The Knight Industries Two Thousand will remain the gold standard for autonomous vehicles.

Healthcare becomes increasingly interesting for entrepreneurs.

A novel cyberattack, in terms of scale or quality, will emerge.

The US mid-term elections will be a focus of systematic information warfare, with the advantage with the perpetrators.

Augmented reality will continue to simmer rather than boil.

Digital advertising has been invasive for far too long, and this year ad tech will suffer.

Crypto mining’s hunger for energy will overshadow the growth of renewables.

Ethics will increasingly drive consumer choice and investing strategy.

Buddha, Aristotle, Hayek and Marx make a comeback.