* GPT4 blows everyone's mind and is a full step above ChatGPT
* A giant leap happens with self-driving cars, making them finally viable.
* Meta continues to implode, Zuck is forced out or brings in someone else to act as CEO.
* Elon gets bored of his new toy (Twitter) and moves on to other things
* Car production finally gets back to 100% and 30% of new cars sold are Electric by Q4.
* Due to Elon's damage to the brand, Hyundai and Ford take the lead from Tesla.
* Apple does not reveal their VR/AR project as they don't see it as having broad appeal.
* There is an open-source version of ChatGPT/GPT3 like there was with DALL-E and StableDiffusion.
* ChatGPT/Transformers become integrated into our daily lives and become invaluable tools. Google/Bing/DDG starts using it (in some form) for search.
* With the implosion of streaming products, Hollywood goes into a recession, making a fraction of the projects they did in the last couple of years.
* At least one big player merges / get bought by another. (i.e. AMC/Paramount)
* There starts to be a return to the office. Especially in urban cores, this is partially spurred by younger singles that want to be more social.
* Californians get fed up with homelessness / crime and implement some draconian measures to get a handle on it. (i.e. much tougher sentencing for car break-ins, making street camping illegal)
* Trump becomes a clear 2nd to DeSantis in the GOP primary, but he continues to sell his brand to his followers, The GOP mostly abandons him.
* While Putin is out of the country there is a Palace Coup.
* People continue to wear masks just like they do today.
* Frustrated by the US lead ban on tech licensing and equipment to China. Xi gets very close to invading Taiwan, but it doesn't happen in 2023