Convergence by Amy Webb

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Synthetic biology just had its ChatGPT moment. Nobody noticed.
A generative AI + biology model just wrote a complete, functional genome from scratch.
Aug 9 • Convergence by Amy Webb
Called It? The Rolling Stones are dead, but they’re making new music.
The Scorecard, No. 1 — grading a 2017 scenario from The Big Nine.
Aug 5 • Convergence by Amy Webb
AGITA is the new FOMO
You might have AGI-Triggered Anxiety. Read on.
Aug 4 • Convergence by Amy Webb

July 2026

The Consensus Algorithm
Nobody wrote it. Nobody voted on it. Everyone's executing it anyway — and a 160-year-old buried novel saw it coming.
Jul 13 • Convergence by Amy Webb
Bikes are learning to see
Edge AI, radar, and a helmet that sees your crash coming. Physical AI is coming for cycling.
Jul 3 • Convergence by Amy Webb
Waymo getaway cars
Burglary in the age of agentic AI
Jul 3 • Convergence by Amy Webb
Generating human eggs
Creating human eggs out of stem cells.
Jul 3 • Convergence by Amy Webb
You need to rehearse your futures
Sorry, folks. There's more work to be done.
Jul 3 • Convergence by Amy Webb
Trends are weather. Convergence is the storm.
How to see what's about to become inevitable, before it looks inevitable to everyone else.
Jul 3 • Convergence by Amy Webb

June 2026

Start Here
Foundational essays, strategic forecasts, and practical frameworks for understanding the future before it arrives.
Jun 6 • Convergence by Amy Webb
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