Greetings from C.E.S. in Las Vegas, where I moderated today’s fun SAG-AFTRA panel “A.I. Goes to Hollywood.” You can watch the video here, including the part where an A.I. program spat out a movie logline about cats taking over the world.

Today I’m featuring part two of my predictions, predicaments, and preoccupations for 2023, with some news tidbits thrown in… back to regular programming on Sunday…

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Instead of predicting all that, for the second year in a row, I polled sources for more offbeat observations and areas of preoccupation in 2023 that you might not be thinking about, both big picture and small. Some of these are very specific, and some are just representative of trends that I care about heading into the year. Here’s last year’s list, so you can check me (I did OK!). And if you disagree, tell me why at matt@puck.news. This is Part II...