[ddxv]

This is quite fun. I've always enjoyed looking at past predictions of the future. This one seemed quite spot on most of the time as well which is quite interesting. In 2010 it might have looked a bit off, but as the author notes now with LLMs a lot more of these predictions have come true.

And yeah, it's always fun seeing the ones that don't come true, ie the connected fridge that orders food for you, and not for lack of trying.

[Schlagbohrer]

What is it about the fridge that automatically orders food. That prediction has been around since I was a kid and it still sounds like an awful and unwanted idea to me. But then again I dont ever order groceries i just buy them like a normal person so idgi

[edent]

Because when you're a kid, your mum restocks the fridge "automatically".

So much of modern tech is developed by slightly pathetic men wanting their mummies to come back and run their lives. Fill the fridge, vacuum the home, drive them to their friends, deliver perfectly cooked food, etc.