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January 5th, 2025

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The Lightcone 2025 Forecast

2024 witnessed some of the most transformative technological developments in history. If the pace continues, what can we expect to see this year? In this mini-episode, the Lightcone hosts ring in 2025 with their predictions for startups, AI, crypto, and more.

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  1. DOOM CAPTCHA (doom-captcha.vercel.app)
    1270 points by denysvitali | 266 comments

  2. Things we learned about LLMs in 2024 (simonwillison.net)
    957 points by simonw | 565 comments

  3. I am rich and have no idea what to do (vinay.sh)
    909 points by vhiremath4 | 1573 comments

  4. One of my papers got declined today (mathstodon.xyz)
    836 points by GavCo | 280 comments

  5. Can LLMs write better code if you keep asking them to “write better code”? (minimaxir.com)
    772 points by rcarmo | 432 comments

  6. AI companies cause most of traffic on forums (pod.geraspora.de)
    733 points by ta988 | 439 comments

  7. I keep turning my Google Sheets into phone-friendly webapps (arstechnica.com)
    688 points by cpeterso | 224 comments

  8. Static search trees: faster than binary search (curiouscoding.nl)
    635 points by atombender | 222 comments

  9. Self driving 1993 Volvo with open pilot (practicapp.com)
    614 points by trainsarebetter | 136 comments

  10. Databases in 2024: A Year in Review (www.cs.cmu.edu)
    594 points by avinassh | 206 comments
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