“I think we’re on the cusp of something exhilarating and terrifying”: When David Bowie gave an amazingly accurate prediction of how the internet would change everything - and even hinted at AI

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Across his storied career, David Bowie’s surprising left-turns and radical spirit of invention have, in hindsight, often been regarded as ahead of the curve.

Whether it was prefiguring synth-pop’s dominance in the 1980s with his late '70s 'Berlin trilogy', or when his stint inhabiting the role of alien messiah Ziggy Stardust was later treated as year zero for the UK’s New Romantic movement, who adorned themselves in similar garb, David Bowie had made an enviable living by anticipating what was coming next.

In many of these cases, however, Bowie wasn’t just an antenna for hypothetical future musical trends, but the direct instigator.