The hottest Gen Z tech trend? Anti-AI
People should still get to choose the attention and data they give away.
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Going analogue has been trendy forever, but this isn’t about nostalgia.
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Catherine Thorbecke
My favourite tech trend so far this year has nothing to do with artificial intelligence.
It’s the cool girls making their own “cyberdecks” – strange, DIY and highly customisable personal computers that explicitly reject AI. They look like props from a cyberpunk movie, usually built on a Raspberry Pi base and spare parts.

