When you don’t know what to call yourself, you used to be able to call yourself a futurist. This was a nice, tidy brush to paint yourself with. Over the decades, I have had a lot of ideas about what’s happening in computing and technology. And, if you get my attention, I will let you know what they are. Beyond the OS, for example, I made some good predictions and bets.
But today, I am thinking of myself as more of a “Todayist,” as that feels more accurate.
AI is moving faster than I thought. Predicting next week feels like sci-fi; predicting tomorrow feels ambitious. Frankly, anticipating anything beyond today is like guessing the plot of Stranger Things season 5.
Forget the grand future; I’m just trying to digest today’s AI news before tomorrow’s headlines. At this rate, “Hourlyist” is probably next. Just focusing on the now… until the next now arrives.