It can be tech-related or not. So far we’ve had the .com bubble, Bitcoin bubble, NFT bubble and now AI (probably) bubble. What do you think the next bubble will be?
All the bubbles you have pointed out have sprouted from the latest revolution: the information revolution. Did it start with the transistor or the computer? It doesn’t matter, it’s part of the same technological progression.
So what’s next in the IT world? My guess is that compute power is only going to get higher, faster, more efficient. If we can manage to make chips on a diamond substrate instead of silicon for instance, the thermals dissipation gains will be absolutely huge.
The next bubble is going to be about how to use that huge amount of compute power with no tangible added value for the common people, just like cryptos, NFTs have been. (It’s unclear to me if AI is adding value or not).
Metaverse has already died before being born so I can’t bet on that anymore. Like others have said, maybe something related to quantum chips though my previous thought makes it dead on arrival as well.
Looks like “Private Credit” is next but who knows.
We’ve not done Tulips in a while.
You haven’t even finished this one yet.
Honey finish the bubble on your plate before starting another one please
Water
Food.
Oil bubble.
We can always hope.
Plastics. That bubble is going to pop if this Iran thing doesn’t get fixed.
We get plenty of plastic feedstock from shale, and it’s super cheap because it’s considered a by-product of extracting the natural gas. So cheap that it’s severely hampered the adoption of recycling plastics, even the easy stuff.
If plastic feedstock goes up in price, then recycling starts becoming economically viable and limiting how high it can go, creating a soft price ceiling
I could make a lot of money if I knew. I just don’t and neither does anyone else.
Lemmy
Housing bubble, again.
They said next bubble, not one of the 4-5 current bubbles.
Fyi, this is meant to be light hearted. I considered adding “/s”, but it doesn’t quite fit
Whatever is going to solve the upcoming energy crisis I guess.
Collapse?
Simulations, Future-prediction machines
Could be nuclear fusion if China keeps making progress and is fine to keep pumping cash into it
There’s a bunch of US companies hyping it, too. A free claiming they’ll be selling power as soon as 2028 (such as Helion in their deal with Microsoft)
Haha whats the old saying? “Its just 30 years away”
Yes that’s the joke because saying decades means you’re not close and can’t really guess as to how far of you are.
Usually, saying it’s 2 years out, means they have something workable but scaling to production is still in progress.
We’ll have to see if this is just marketing hype or not.
I predict (from my unlimited wisdom):
Personal Avatars.
Since the chat messaging apps must become interoperable now, people will create their virtual “self” across different platforms.
I would say probably more likely to be a personal AI assistant, that handles all PC/cell phone interactions for you. Like Star Trek: “Computer, do my taxes!”
Of course that relies heavily on AI becoming more reliable then it is now.
No one wants an AI summery of their e-mails if it’s full of hallucinations, or their tax returns to get them into prison.
personal AI assistant
I think it needs a few more years before they are good enough to be used by the masses.
I’m out of the loop, how do chat applications have to become interoperable?
Metaverse 2.0?
