Well, we certanly didn't hit the "apppocalypse", iPads didn't fully replace desktop computing and phones haven't ended up equalizing wealth inequality. A lot of breathless BS that was spoken around those technologies didn't come to pass - they became tools. Great tools, but just tools that fit into our lives where it made sense.

Same for the internet - things changed, but the breathless predictions that retails stores are dead and everyone will be WFH haven't happened. It became a tool.

So will ChatGPT - I look forward to good autocomplete and a nice bullshitter-in-a-box tool to generate these HN comments. But most jobs aren't improved or more productive by adding a faster bullshit generator. The bullshit generators in suits are already really good at that.

Well, pursuant to the original discussion:

(2009) https://www.computerworld.com/article/2525229/study--interne...

(2015) https://venturebeat.com/mobile/mobile-technology-has-created...

(2021) https://www.iab.com/news/study-finds-internet-economy-grew-s...