Let’s Get Physical

Here's a contrarian prediction for 2025: the rise of physical spaces.

This shift will be a response to the rise of AI. For every reaction, a counter reaction.

Here are a few things I noticed that nudged me in this direction.

1. Chat GPT recently created 1000 online replicas of real people and let them loose on social media. Digital twins nearly indistinguishable from the real thing. In the future, we could view this time as a golden age where you could mostly trust you were interacting with real people online. The search for authentic connection will push people to meet more in real life.

2. Monocle magazine reported that employers are becoming overwhelmed by identical AI-generated CVs and cover letters. It's got so bad, many are returning to in-person meetings as the best way to assess candidates.

3. The Times newspaper wrote that people in the UK were leaving dating apps in their droves.

There's lots more evidence of this shift if you keep your eyes peeled.

As AI grows like knotweed through our digital lives, look out for a growing back-lash. Online was so yesterday (he says writing on substack 😁 ) Physical spaces are where it's at.