Pleased New 12 months! It’s the day you’ve all been ready for: the 2024 model of Fletch Predicts!
I’ve been on a reasonably good roll – AI was the buzzword for 2023 identical to I assumed it could be, and I hit on one sports activities decide too. And charges just about did what I predicted as properly. Now onto 2024.
Sports activities first: for soccer, let’s go along with a rematch of a brilliant bowl of my youth: San Francisco 49ers vs. the Miami Dolphins. It’s not Dan Marino vs Joe Montana this time, nevertheless it must be enjoyable. And in a reversal of final time, a Miami win!
*Word that I do write these just a little forward of time, so I hope each are nonetheless alive when this publishes!
In Baseball, I picked the Braves final 12 months, they usually rewarded me with an awesome common season that crashed and burned within the playoffs. However not this 12 months – this 12 months our locals take it! For an American league finalist, let’s go along with the Baltimore Orioles to take the subsequent step and make the world collection.
Basketball… I hit with Denver final 12 months, however this 12 months I’m going old fashioned Celtics. They’ll beat Denver (who makes it to the finals once more.)
Hockey – the toughest to foretell. The NY Rangers look mighty robust although, in order that’s my decide. Let’s go along with them vs the Vancouver Canucks in one other old-time rematch.
Okay, onto economics: Charges are going to begin to come down in 2024. What number of charge cuts stay to be seen. The Federal reserve has stated maybe three, however I’m going to place just a little warning there and say two. Final spring and mid-autumn.
I additionally count on the US financial system to be pretty secure, assuming world occasions don’t get out of hand. I additionally assume our presidential election in November to take every week to resolve. That appears to be the best way transferring ahead. Hopefully you’re pleased with the end result!
Okay, sufficient politics – onto extra enjoyable stuff. AI goes to proceed to dominate, because it adjustments all the pieces. We’re already seeing this in search engine outcomes. I do count on just a little pushback although as we grow to be more and more uncomfortable with sure features of it. For instance, I simply noticed a brand new AI know-how from NVidia that makes it so your eyes are at all times trying on the digital camera throughout a video name. Yea, neat… but additionally not actual. So are we happy with what we’re seeing not being actual? It’s a bizarre space for positive. However I do count on the “enjoyable and helpful” components of AI to be extra prevalent than the creepy ones.
We’ll additionally begin to see AI mixed with robotics, which can reshape whole industries. I used to be speaking with a pal who paints homes, and he talked about how arduous steep roofs could make portray. Then he stated “I can’t wait to purchase an AI managed drone to do it”. It doesn’t exist but, however he expects it to come back. Possibly not this 12 months, however we’ll begin seeing issues like that an increasing number of.
I’m fairly optimistic about 2024, and I hope you’re too. When you take a look at how issues actually are, and never how they’re portrayed on social media, there’s a LOT to love.
Bye 2023 – it was actual. Hiya 2024. Let’s do that.
