In 2015, I was concerned AI/bots might take our jobs, but maybe we'd reap benefits of that bot labor & all become artists.

In 2022, the virus has taken our workers, the energy transition is giving us more jobs than we can fill, but AI is definitely assaulting the art industry. So AI is doing art & HELP WANTED signs are everywhere.

Oh, and the Nazis are back.

Also: "gaslight" and "hopepunk" were both added to the dictionary this year like some kind of literary battle to claw back reality.