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Friday, 2 January 2026

Patrick Wood: 2026 will be a rocky year; keep your wits about you

 By the end of 2026, AI is expected to have advanced 128 times since Trump’s inauguration and improvements in deep fakes will turn society on its head.

This year will also see the rise of the robots, the risk of the food chain collapsing will increase, free speech will be under attack like never before and we could see the rise of a state religion.

What’s ahead is hard to describe because much of it will be unprecedented. Let’s dig in.

Since Trump’s inauguration on 23 January 2025, AI has advanced almost 16 times. By the end of 2026, it will have advanced 128 times. Deepfakes (pictures and videos), which are almost perfect today, will be ready for prime time by the midterm elections. Unless legislation is created to stop deep fakes altogether, they will turn society on its head, where people will believe anything or nothing....<<<Read More>>>...