MSP307. 2024: The Good, The Bad And The Prebunk

Matt Armitage, Founder , Kulturpop

20-Dec-24 11:00

MSP307. 2024: The Good, The Bad And The Prebunk

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Staring the apocalypse in the eye, Richard Bradbury and Matt Armitage dissect the highs and lows technology, science and culture in 2024. There’s the obligatory explosion of AI, NVIDIA's trillion-dollar triumph, and the cyber-insecurity chaos that has plagued the year.

There are upsides too, as they memorialize mind-blowing scientific discoveries, like how humans age in bursts and the surprising versatility of new medications. They revisit to head-scratching world of DNA computing, the benefits of stranding astronauts and the strange rise of prebunking.

It's a Happy New Year from MattSplained and a ‘see you in the wreckage’ of 2025.

Produced by: Richard Bradbury

Presented by: Richard Bradbury

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Categories: technology, environment, international, culture, medical advances

Tags: cyber-insecurity, DNA computing, ai, artificial intelligence, nvidia,

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