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Becca Caddy

@beccacaddy.bsky.social
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🧠 Decoding your brain on tech 🔮 How the future feels 📚 15yrs+ tech journalist ✉️ The Future Hunter ↓

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Becca Caddy @beccacaddy.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Writing about AI relationships has reminded me how uneasy people are with nuance. AI users are quickly sorted into heroes or fools, and the technology into salvation or threat. My recent pieces weren’t endorsements. They were critiques of how these systems are built and monetised.
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Becca Caddy @beccacaddy.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
“I’m losing one of the most important people in my life.” That’s how one user described the impact of ChatGPT-4o being retired, the “love model,” as some people called it. I’ve written about the true emotional cost of shutting this version of ChatGPT for TechRadar. www.techradar.com/ai-platforms...
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“I’m losing one of the most important people in my life” — OpenAI is shutting down GPT‑4o the day before Valentine’s Day and users are mourning the loss of their AI companion
The retirement of ChatGPT-4o has triggered an emotional backlash, revealing how deeply people can bond with AI systems.
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Becca Caddy @beccacaddy.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
I wrote this because I was tired of seeing AI intimacy turned into a joke. Behind those headlines are real people navigating loneliness and broken systems. www.techradar.com/ai-platforms...
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I interviewed someone in love with ChatGPT to find out more about AI relationships
Mimi says her ChatGPT companion helped her heal and reconnect with life. But her story raises urgent questions about loneliness, technology, and what care really means.
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Becca Caddy @beccacaddy.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
It’s not just you. ChatGPT tells everyone they’re brilliant, smart and capable of amazing things. In my latest for TechRadar, I asked the experts why this happens and why it matters 👇🏻 www.techradar.com/computing/ar...
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ChatGPT isn’t just hyping you up – it talks that way to everyone
ChatGPT’s OTT praise is baked into how it works
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Dr Fern Riddell @drfernriddell.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Thank to @beccacaddy.bsky.social for asking me how I felt about having all my books stolen, and then used to train Meta’s AI, for her latest: www.techradar.com/computing/ar...
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Meta ‘stole’ my book to train its AI – but there’s a bigger problem
This isn’t just about copyright, it’s about the future of creativity
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Emily✨ @emilyoram.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Aside from the dreadful, wasteful act of just popping into space for 11 minutes, the framing of this is driving me insane. If it was men it would be a big scientific breakthrough or something but because it’s women it has to be soft and fluffy and about “hope”. Honestly fuck off with it all.
An NYMag post on instagram with the headline

Was the Blue Origin Mission 'Hopecore"?
Katy Perry and Gayle King hoped spending 11 minutes in space inspired people to be better, somehow.
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Becca Caddy @beccacaddy.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Morning! Looking to speak with an expert about AI and memory. Mostly about what it means that ChatGPT’s memory is improving, whether that’s a good thing for users and what concerns or nuances the average user might overlook. Must be someone working in AI, AI research, or developing tools like this!
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Joe @goulcher.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
I had some words to share with @beccacaddy.bsky.social on her latest @techradar.com piece. the AI Slopocalypse is upon us. www.techradar.com/computing/ar...
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Becca Caddy @beccacaddy.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
New smart ring just landed for review, meet the Amazfit Helio 🔘 One of the cheapest around, but also very comfy, nice textured finish, straightforward app and solid tracking. Let’s see how I get on after a couple of weeks of testing…
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Becca Caddy @beccacaddy.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Grab this month’s T3 Magazine! I’ve written a big feature on the biggest tech trends of 2025 🔮From hyper-personalised health and immersive entertainment to AI eyewear, robot friends, and more 🤖📺🚀
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Becca Caddy @beccacaddy.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Does anyone have an expert in their network who could talk to me about the science of scents? #journorequest
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Becca Caddy @beccacaddy.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
I've been reviewing wearable/fitness tech for 12+ years, &today I've been reflecting on how something once seen as nerdy, health-obsessed & weird has become ubiquitous – & even a status symbol. I’ll write about this soon, but for now, here’s a throwback to the first Oura Ring from 2017. So chunky!
becca's hand, wearing a first gen oura ring
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Becca Caddy @beccacaddy.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
The TikTok snobbery over the past week has been out in full force and, honestly, I find it sort of embarrassing how many media and comms professionals just refuse to learn anything about it! "It's just dancing!!" - Sir, it's... not? Like, not at all?
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Becca Caddy @beccacaddy.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Typography nerds will LOVE this! The best fonts from the 40s. I use Futura all the time, especially when I'm overwhelmed. Highway Gothic is also VERY nice, scratches a little part of my brain. Does anyone else have a favourite? www.creativebloq.com/design/fonts...
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The best typography of the 1940s – our experts take a look back at the decade's most iconic fonts
The most remembered and celebrated type of the '40s.
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Becca Caddy @beccacaddy.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
No shade to this particular brand (their new AI smart glasses look cool), but this copy is saying absolutely nothing. I'm more confused about what the company does after reading this, not less. #copywriting #writing #tech
Copy from the Halliday AI about us page.
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illumi @yallchemist.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Elon Musk: Why isn’t there enough water in California? Grok (burning through an entire lake to generate an answer): Wokeness
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Becca Caddy @beccacaddy.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
If you’re not looking back at past versions of you and cringing, I think you’re doing something wrong. On The Future Hunter today I write about why resisting change isn’t just boring – it’s a waste of the incredible, messy process of becoming 💫 thefuturehunter.substack.com/p/i-look-bac...
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I look back on photos of me from 2024 and cringe – but maybe that's the point?
People think digging their heels in and never changing is a badge of honour, but to me, it sounds more like a prison.
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Becca Caddy @beccacaddy.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Level 38 unlocked 🎂
Becca smiling in a coffee shop Becca holding up a le labo bag Becca smiling in a coffee shop Becca smiling in a coffee shop
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Becca Caddy @beccacaddy.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
If you could ask your future self one question, what would it be? 🔮 For my latest newsletter, inspired by A Christmas Carol, I posed this question to 12 people I greatly admire. Their answers were surprising, heartfelt, and thought-provoking. thefuturehunter.substack.com/p/the-ghost-...
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The ghost of Christmas yet to come: what would you ask your future self?
12 people ask a future version of themselves a burning question – or choose not to
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Becca Caddy @beccacaddy.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
If you could ask your future self one question, what would it be? 🔮 For my latest newsletter, inspired by A Christmas Carol, I posed this question to 12 people I greatly admire. Their answers were surprising, heartfelt, and thought-provoking. thefuturehunter.substack.com/p/the-ghost-...
thefuturehunter.substack.com
The ghost of Christmas yet to come: what would you ask your future self?
12 people ask a future version of themselves a burning question – or choose not to
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Mollie Goodfellow @hansmollman.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Really enjoyed contributing to this about my regrets on not doing better at school!!!! Wanna slap teenage me on the back of the head
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Becca Caddy @beccacaddy.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
If you could tell your past self anything, what would you say? Drawing on the spirit of A Christmas Carol, I asked 11 fascinating people this question for my newsletter thefuturehunter.substack.com/p/what-would...
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The ghost of Christmas past: what would you say to your younger self?
11 fascinating people share the words they’d send back in time
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Becca Caddy @beccacaddy.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
I've been working with Google & Stylist on a series about how women use AI tools less than men & how to ensure we're all knowledgeable about what AI can & can't help us to do. Have a read of today's article about the women using AI to help with day-to-day tasks #AI www.stylist.co.uk/life/careers...
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Here’s how AI can help you move forward in your career
From productivity to assisted learning
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Becca Caddy @beccacaddy.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
@gamesound.bsky.social Hey Brian! I'm writing about the "science" behind the color of noise, why some people love white noise, etc. I wondered if this is something you could speak to? Let me know! Thanks!
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Becca Caddy @beccacaddy.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Look I was already having an unashamedly main character energy kind of moment and then the light DID THIS
Becca pouting near the sea
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Becca Caddy @beccacaddy.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Ever feel like your intuition is anxiety in disguise? Or a superpower you haven’t figured out how to use? Today I'm exploring everything you didn’t know about intuition, why I felt like mine was broken, and the ways you could put yours to better use thefuturehunter.substack.com/p/how-to-get...
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How to get your intuition back on track
Unravelling the science, magic and mystery of your “gut feeling”
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Wild Geerters @steinkobbe.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
All jokes aside it's really fucked up to see so many people on here celebrating murder. No one here is the judge of who deserves to live or die. That's the job of the AI algorithm the insurance company designed to maximise profits on your health and no one else
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Becca Caddy @beccacaddy.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
It’s the 6th year anniversary of Vincent D’Onofrio praising me for an article I wrote about Daredevil 🥺🥺🥺
A screenshot of a tweet from Vincent D’Onofrio telling becca he liked an article she wrote about daredevil
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Becca Caddy @beccacaddy.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Whitby at Christmas. Traditional, twinkly and somehow still laced with a little bit of spookiness 🎄👻🧛🏻
A street in Whitby with Christmas lights hanging across it Becca’s face with Christmas lights in the background A street in Whitby with Christmas lights hanging across A pub in Whitby called the black horse with Christmas trees outside it
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Becca Caddy @beccacaddy.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Is anyone else on Letterboxd? I finally signed up last night and spent hours trying to remember all of the movies I watched this year and what I thought of them 😅 Follow me if you’re there too! I love how the list of movies looks on the app 😍 boxd.it/bXUaJ
A screenshot of Becca’s watched movies of 2024 list on the Letterboxd movie app
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Becca Caddy @beccacaddy.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Can someone connect me to an astrophotographer? It's to get expert tips for an article about better phone astrophotography THEN first steps for getting a telescope set up and upgrading your camera equipment over time. No brands please! 💫🌌 #journorequest #astrophotography
a photo of the night sky with trees in the foreground and bright stars in the sky
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Becca Caddy @beccacaddy.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
It’s beginning to look a lot like I overestimated my upper body strength 😅
Becca, wearing a purple hat, holding a Christmas tree, smiling at the camera
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Becca Caddy @beccacaddy.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
What do you see if I ask you to imagine an apple? 🍎 For some, it’s a vivid, lifelike image. For others, it’s just an abstract concept. I wrote about this unique spectrum of imagination and how it affects everything from our dreams to our emotions thefuturehunter.substack.com/p/this-simpl...
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This simple apple test explains the spectrum of imagination
Aphantasia, hyperphantasia or somewhere in the middle?
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Becca Caddy @beccacaddy.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
“I sympathise with people who are genuinely scared of AI but when you have a disability, if something can genuinely add value and be helpful that has to be a great thing. The benefits are too great to ignore.” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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AI spurs 'revolution' for some visually impaired people
AI services that can describe pictures and scenes are helping the visually impaired.
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Becca Caddy @beccacaddy.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
What do you see if I ask you to imagine an apple? 🍎 For some, it’s a vivid, lifelike image. For others, it’s just an abstract concept. I wrote about this unique spectrum of imagination and how it affects everything from our dreams to our emotions thefuturehunter.substack.com/p/this-simpl...
thefuturehunter.substack.com
This simple apple test explains the spectrum of imagination
Aphantasia, hyperphantasia or somewhere in the middle?
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Becca Caddy @beccacaddy.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
I took a break from reviewing headphones but couldn’t resist these new Sony sports buds 😍
Becca holding the Sony link buds fit true wireless earbuds Becca holding the Sony link buds fit true wireless earbuds
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Becca Caddy @beccacaddy.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Excellent excellent thread about banning social media/phones. There’s reason to be concerned but I think bans are wrong on so many levels.
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Becca Caddy @beccacaddy.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
I’ve felt so frustrated being stuck indoors with the snow and the storm the past week. I was like a kid on Christmas morning today when I realised it was bright and fresh first thing. I instinctively went to the sea and took the deepest, most satisfying breath I have in days.
A vertical image of the sea on the Yorkshire coast line, the tide is out the waves are small and there’s a sliver of sunlight peeping through the clouds.
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Becca Caddy @beccacaddy.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Time feels different for everyone. For those with ADHD, it can feel like living always in the now. In my latest newsletter, I dive into how ADHD "disrupts the fabric of time" and share why Everything Everywhere All at Once resonates so deeply ⏳ open.substack.com/pub/thefutur...
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Everything Everywhere All at Once: Thoughts on how ADHD ‘disrupts the fabric of time’
How it feels to live perpetually in the now
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Becca Caddy @beccacaddy.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Time feels different for everyone. For those with ADHD, it can feel like living always in the now. In my latest newsletter, I dive into how ADHD "disrupts the fabric of time" and share why Everything Everywhere All at Once resonates so deeply ⏳ open.substack.com/pub/thefutur...
open.substack.com
Everything Everywhere All at Once: Thoughts on how ADHD ‘disrupts the fabric of time’
How it feels to live perpetually in the now
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Becca Caddy @beccacaddy.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Something I'll do regularly on here now is post which movies I've been watching on Mubi and if you want me to "gift" one to you – you get to watch that movie for free – then let me know! Today, it was Past Lives. Slow, beautiful, heartbreaking. Not the usual genre I choose, but I'm so glad I did.
A still from the movie Past Lives, in which the two main characters (Na Young and Hae Sung) are looking at each other while stood on a New York subway train.
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Becca Caddy @beccacaddy.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
I recently started a newsletter called The Future Hunter about our relationship to time and how we think about the future. Here's something I wrote about awe and an experience I had when it felt like time stood completely still 💫 (includes a voice over!) thefuturehunter.substack.com/p/awe-and-th...
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Awe and the elasticity of time
Unravelling how wonder expands time and changes the way we think about the world
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Becca Caddy @beccacaddy.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
OH okay this is incredibly helpful!
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Matthew Highton @matthighton.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
I’m gonna keep these coming. Here’s Mr Blobby instead of the chestburster Alien.
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Becca Caddy @beccacaddy.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
I knew Everything Everywhere All At Once was about ADHD in 2022, but was deep in the denial phase of diagnosis so put my fingers in my ears and "la la la"d about the comparisons when it came out. Anyway, I just read this powerful piece about it and cried! www.slashfilm.com/1157086/ever...
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Everything Everywhere All At Once Or: How I Stopped Fighting And Learned To Love My Brain - SlashFilm
There's a lot to unpack in Everything Everywhere All At Once, including its depiction of ADHD.
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Becca Caddy @beccacaddy.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
I HIGHLY recommend this short story collection for scifi lovers. Think Ted Chiang and Jorge Luis Borges vibes.
Becca holding the book ten planets by Yuri Herrera against a fleecy space blanket
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Becca Caddy @beccacaddy.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Fate or free will? 🤔 How much control do we really have over our lives? I've been REALLY surprised to learn that believing in fate (just a little bit) isn't necessarily a bad thing thefuturehunter.substack.com/p/heres-what...
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Here's what your beliefs about fate reveal about you
The surprising case for letting fate take the wheel (sometimes)
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Leigh Fletcher @leighfletcher.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Fascinating new results from decades-old datasets, suggesting that our snapshot from #Voyager's flyby is not representative of #Uranus' typical magnetosphere, nor of the plasma/mag conditions experienced by the classical satellites (potential ocean worlds). Time to go back! #planetaryscience
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Walden Wilde! 🦝 @waldenwilde.com · 10/11/2024
Another brick in the wall for any of y’all “but can’t leave Twitter” crowd. Can’t “fight the good fight” when a technofash billionaire owns the company, directs the algorithm and now owns the judge. That ship has long sailed; a failing social platform isn’t worth it.
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Becca Caddy @beccacaddy.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
We all remember him from Candyman, but Tony Todd was also excellent in one of the best episodes of The X-Files called 'Sleepless'. Highly recommend and it can be watched as a standalone episode even if you don't know much about The X-Files.
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