[Ride Home] Simon Willison: Things we learned about LLMs in 2024
About this episode
From the show’s notesDue to overwhelming demand (>15x applications:slots), we are closing CFPs for AI Engineer Summit NYC today. Last call! Thanks, we’ll be reaching out to all shortly! The world’s top AI blogger and friend of every pod, Simon Willison, dropped a monster 2024 recap: Things we learned about LLMs in 2024. Brian of the excellent TechMeme Ride Home pinged us for a connection and a special crossover episode, our first in 2025.
The target audience for this podcast is a tech-literate, but non-technical one. You can see Simon’s notes for AI Engineers in his World’s Fair Keynote.
Read the show’s notes in full
Timestamp * 00:00 Introduction and Guest Welcome * 01:06 State of AI in 2025 * 01:43 Advancements in AI Models * 03:59 Cost Efficiency in AI * 06:16 Challenges and Competition in AI * 17:15 AI Agents and Their Limitations * 26:12 Multimodal AI and Future Prospects * 35:29 Exploring Video Avatar Companies * 36:24 AI Influencers and Their Future * 37:12 Simplifying Content Creation with AI * 38:30 The Importance of Credibility in AI * 41:36 The Future of LLM User Interfaces * 48:58 Local LLMs: A Growing Interest * 01:07:22 AI Wearables: The Next Big Thing * 01:10:16 Wrapping Up and Final Thoughts
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