Oxide and Friends Predictions 2025
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Jan 10, 2025 
Join Mike Cafarella, a tech visionary, and Steve Tuck, an industry analyst, as they dive into a lively discussion about future predictions. They reflect humorously on past tech forecasts, like the missteps around Web3 and Apple’s VR ambitions. The conversation navigates the rising influence of AI agents and their ethics, amusing anecdotes from the industry, and the peculiar challenges of CEO hiring. They also tackle how AI is reshaping journalism and speculate on upcoming trends in self-driving technology and creative fields.
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Intel CEO Search
- Brian Cantrill compares Intel's CEO search to the difficulty of finding a US ambassador to Germany in 1933.
- He suggests qualified candidates will recognize Intel's challenges and decline.
Pulitzer Prize with AI
- Simon Willison predicts Pulitzer Prize-winning journalism using AI tools within three years.
- He believes AI assistance for information work will become commonplace.
Data Training Transparency
- Mike Cafarella explains that tech companies can't definitively know if they've trained models on specific user data.
- Data logs are complex, making it difficult to track usage.