Gemini 3 Flash, GPT-Image-1.5, Skills vs MCPs, and Our 2025 Model Reviews - EP99.29

About this episode

The episode discusses the latest advancements in AI models, including Gemini 3 Flash and GPT Image 1.5, along with predictions for 2025.

The Gift of Simtheory: https://simtheory.ai --- 2025 Model Timeline: https://simulationtheory.ai/5fd0e964-4c41-4f9a-bbb3-2a398d8500f0 It's the long-anticipated holiday special... except Mike and Kris forgot to prepare so it's just a normal episode. 🎅 This week: Gemini 3 Flash drops and it's actually incredible - cheap, fast, and weirdly smarter than Gemini 3 Pro at tool calling. We put GPT Image 1.5 head-to-head against Nano Banana Pro using hobo photos (spoiler: Google wins again). Plus, FireCrawl Agent is the research tool we've been waiting for, Anthropic launches Skills as an open standard, and we do a full 2025 model timeline recap. Also featuring: Best and Worst Model of the Year awards, 2026 predictions where Mike bets on OpenAI (controversial), and the full holiday musical outro where AI sings about what an "average" year it's been. CHAPTERS 00:00 Intro - Holiday Special That Isn't 00:55 Shipping Gemini 3 Flash While Looking Like a "Sophisticated Programming Hobo" 02:52 Gemini 3 Flash Review: Cheap, Fast, Surprisingly Smart 06:31 The Unreliable Frontier Model Problem 10:45 GPT Image 1.5 vs Nano Banana Pro Showdown 17:04 FireCrawl Agent: Research That Actually Works 25:56…

People in this episode

Hosts: Michael Sharkey, Chris Sharkey

Topics covered

• AI models
• technology review
• 2025 predictions
• holiday special
• GPT comparison
• research tools

Keywords

• Gemini 3 Flash
• GPT Image 1.5
• Nano Banana Pro
• FireCrawl Agent
• AI predictions
• 2025 model timeline
• OpenAI
• Anthropic
• holiday special

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Google, Anthropic, OpenAI

Products: Gemini 3 Flash, Gemini 3 Pro, GPT Image 1.5, Nano Banana Pro, FireCrawl Agent

Books & works: The Gift of Simtheory

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