EP38: 2025 Year in Review, A Look Back at Our 2025 AI Predictions, The Reasoning Revolution
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Mark Thompson and Steve Little review their AI predictions for 2025 and compare them to the actual advancements that occurred.
Co-hosts Mark Thompson and Steve Little present a special year-end episode, comparing their 2025 AI predictions to what actually unfolded in 2025. This episode is a great review of the top AI advancements in 2025! The hosts examine which predictions hit the mark, including the agentic AI hype cycle, plummeting AI costs driven by DeepSeek, and the dethroning of OpenAI as the top AI model. They also explore predictions that proved partially accurate, such as the shift to local language models and the adoption of AI in social media. Mark and Steve have a good laugh over their biggest misses, including breakthroughs in text-in-image generation, image restoration, and vibe coding. They highlight how reasoning models were the transformative force behind nearly every major AI advancement in 2025. The episode closes with a preview of next week's 2026 predictions episode. Timestamps: 03:30 Agents, Agents, Everywhere: Deep Research and Agentic Browsers 09:49 Cost of AI Drops Like a Rock: DeepSeek Disrupts the Market 12:26 OpenAI Dethroned: Gemini and Anthropic Rise 18:46 Local Language Models 23:54 AI Invades Social Media 28:24 AI-Enhanced Writing: From Grammar Checking to Ghost Writers…
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