Pillar 8
The Future of Storytelling
Predictive and speculative pieces on where narrative is going.
Clusters
8.1
Near-term forecasts (1–3 years)
The next twelve months, what's still hard in 2027, the 24-month cost curve, high-probability predictions.
8.2
Medium-term scenarios (3–10 years)
Fiction in 2032, the convergence of AI fiction with gaming and TV, the end of the season finale, audio-first AI fiction, holographic fiction.
8.3
Long-term (10–25 years)
AI fiction in 2050, the audience-of-one society, the last human-written bestseller.
8.4
Speculative formats
Immersive AI fiction, VR/AR, generative film, the Holodeck question, personalized canon and shared universes.
8.5
What won't change
Why we'll still want stories, the structural invariants of narrative, what humans want that machines can't change.
No published pieces in this pillar yet.