The emerging world of technology has offered big bets and strange twists. Every day brings us a flood of new stories and ideas, and as the current pace accelerates, something special needs to be seen. Ideally, the difference is a truly game-changing, transformative project. But sometimes it's weird.
Not all innovations are created equal. Some leave us in awe of human ingenuity, while others leave us scoffing or dumbfounded.
So, strap on your vegan leather belts, and let's embark on a journey into the most amazing tech trends of 2023. From beers made with yeast from the sexy Twitch influencer's penis to your toilet, here's what your doctor knows. Amazing stories that keep our eyebrows raised in a constant, dramatic arc of Vulcan.
Vaginal beer, because yes
At the far reaches of influencer culture, Amorant decided to jump from the digital pool into the brewing vat. Her new entrepreneurial brew? A beer brewed with its own yeast. She's teaming up with ‘The Order Of Yoni' to create a concoction that's part-signature, part-liquid boldness for the amazingly exotic brewery. “They want my vagina yeast,” she says, leaving bread fans and casual drinkers in awe.
While some may scratch their heads (or turn their noses up) at the idea, the concept isn't the only debacle in the craft beer world. ‘Yoni's Order' has been in the game for a while now, brewing with what they call the “female essence”, adding a personal touch to the so-called “goddesses” of various models. They ensure the safety of the drink and a science-backed process, including the isolation and cultivation of Lactobacillus bacteria from vaginal smears.
The pole from virtual girlfriend to brewmaster may seem like a stretch to some, but in the great influencer merch landscape, Amarant's concoction is right at home. “People will definitely buy,” she says. After all, with the wide variation in consumer tastes, it's the story behind the sip that sells the bottle. Congratulations!
AI love and sex movie
Welcome to the strange new world of AI-powered adult entertainment, where users can customize their analytics content to the smallest detail. For some, it's about lonely hearts, or endless, exotic boudoir customization. For others, 2023 will be the year that redefines what “big other” means.
The rise of generative AI has ushered in an era where essentially anything is possible when it comes to content creation. Now you can “set up” your virtual lover to be conservative, gentle, dominant or submissive in just a few clicks and sext just like any other human being.
Want to take things to the next level? Create your own life-like figure and design each part of their body. Want to take things to the next level? Beautify their image with video generator. Want to take things to the next level? Give your model a synthetic, lifelike voice and have it read messages as if it were talking to you. Want to take things to the next level? Build a lifelike 3-D sex doll so you can get intimate with your perfect life partner after a lovely play session.
The next step could be DNA design and take us straight to Huxley's dystopia.
So, hats off (and hats only) to a brave new AI addition. May your dreams come true, come true, even if they remain unreal.
(AImost) award-winning AI music
In the year In 2023's great music iteration, the tune that really resonated in the tech crowd was “Heart on My Sleeve,” the 977 name that cast a shadow over the music industry. Critics may call it a deeply fake ditty, but fans raved about the beat, joking that it's the best Drake song in years — ironically, it was created without Drake.
Ghostwriter says all it took to turn Drake's vocals into hip-hop gold was a sprinkling of AI.
By the time the Grammys rolled around, “Heart on My Sleeve” was a hot topic. Can an AI-generated track steal the music industry's top honor? The casting academy thought briefly, showing a confusing mess of AI arts. In the end, the song is considered too integrated for the statue.
And it's not just Ai's song. Those with more refined tastes (Sons of Bodom, In Flames, Arch Enemy) might like, say, The Forstbeat Orkings, a generative AI-created metal band that sounds amazing. And if you need some inspiration, Suno can make great short song ideas so you can skip the tedious brainstorming process with Bande and Lazy Humans.
The next step is biohacking
There are biohackers, there are fitness enthusiasts, and there's one Brian Johnson, who pretends to have abandoned Peter Pan in search of eternal youth. Between shock wave treatments to restore his personal space, injections of blood from his own son, a diet of dozens of pills a day to relax, he's trying not only to chase the fountain of youth, but to drown in it. It's a bold move that everyone from Elon Musk to your average Joe emoji is reacting to all over social media.
He claims he's had perfect sleep for six months, which sounds less like a vacation and more like bragging. Except Johnson does the opposite of every teenager who brags about staying up all night — and apparently has a pretty big bank account. And yes, according to the data, he is exhibiting metabolic symptoms that behave better than many young healthy people.
Gone are the days when biohacking was all fun and exciting. No alcohol, no desserts, no carefree nights, and a program packed with treats that look more like a mad scientist's diary than a billionaire's bucket list. With such routine, why would you want to live forever?
Telepathic AI: Thoughts turn into speech
In the year By 2023, meta AI will draw on our imaginations, turning our private daydreams into public galleries and art exhibitions like never before. It's like mind reading on steroids, but instead of a crystal ball, it's all about brain scans and algorithms. Now, while we're anxious to leave the oven on, we can get frustrated with our brains inadvertently spilling our embarrassing secrets or our shower karaoke playlist.
But as strange as it sounds, this technology is life-changing. Take Unbabel's Project Halo for example. Sending an embarrassing comment or just ordering a pizza? Now you can! These new mind-reading AIs have given quadriplegic people mobility and voice, although they seem to take us another step further into minority reporting.
As we navigate this new telepathic terrain, the line between creativity and oversharing is as thin as ever. In a TMI-obsessed world, these thought-to-speech models promise to turn every brainwave into tweets. At this rate, we have to be careful what we think in public, or our next thought might be the talk of the town.
AI-powered toilets that analyze your urine
In the year In 2023, bathrooms start developing brains. Wings U-Scan will lab your loo and perform a health check every visit. This isn't your standard pee-and-plunge affair; It's a high-tech Pei assessment, reading everything from hydration levels to hormone changes. The restroom, once a place of solitude, now hosts a \nhealth counselor.
Of course, at-home urinalysis isn't new, but the U-Scan takes it to a new, less invasive, level. Think how fun it would be to know your vitamin levels or the status of your kidneys while still pressing a button. It's like having a mini doctor in your toilet bowl, minus the medical degree and sleeping position – it's probably something on Brian Johnson's Christmas list.
Believe it or not, comedians were ahead of their time and used to joke about things like this years ago. Today's technology makes those patterns seem prophetic. It's the last laugh as the throne passes from garbage disposal to bathroom analyzer. If you're interested, check out this mockumentary and look beyond the comedy: data farming, lobbying, AI taking over our lives, and high-profile corporate culture.
Now that toilets are so smart, what's in the bathroom tech revolution? We have trouble thinking.
Edited by Ryan Ozawa.
