The Contrafabulists monitor predictions that technologists and marketers make each week about the future of technology:

“The Language of Dolphins Could Be Translated by 2021,” according to Futurism, which should probably note in the fine print that when it says AI has mastered 40 languages, it doesn’t really mean mastered. Paging William Gibson for this one, because you know the dolphin AI applications are un-good.

“IoT to Represent More Than Half of Connected Device Landscape by 2021,” says Campus Technology, repeating PR from Cisco, which has absolutely zero stake in connectivity I’m sure.