Last year, the corporate-dominated web came alive, much thanks to the help of corporate-owned social media platforms - how long will it take until the open sections of the web do so?
And if that has been achieved: with stuff happening in the digital world that doesn't in the real world, it could actually be worthwile for people to immerse further into the digital world, which up until now was always the problem behind the idea of the "Metaverse" (I'm not necessarily for this; its just something that came to my mind yesterday). Could that be the actual next iteration of the web and realize what was in the past considered the "smart" web or would it be a dystopia?
And one last question that came to my mind: would it be possible to make the LLMs somehow run independently (could the blockchain maybe be finally put to some use here?) and how would all of that be experienced like from the user perspective?
The real world is where things that matter happen. Life, love, nature. The Web is distracting and loud, but it's a big, flimsy illusion. So I don't think there is any chance that Metaverse ideas will take off.
Regarding LLMs: good news! You can already run them at home. Check out KoboldAI. LLMs will become smaller as time goes on, too. There's lots of room for improvement in that field.