Ask HN: Predictions for 2025?

Post by arvinsim » Sun, Dec 29, 2024, 4:50 AM UTC

Freedom2 wrote: post #515

dominicrose wrote: post #380

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Yes. People are not stupid. It's one thing to have a phone in your purse. It's another to have something on your head and eyes, like how is anyone going to agree to that? Sure if it was very cheap you'd find some interested folks.

I remember being called outdated, a contrarian and 'in the way of progress' on this site when I expressed doubt that the Vision Pro would be 'the next iPhone', as people on this site put it. I was told that our way of working would change within the year and that everybody would be scrambling to emulate Apple. I don't mind enthusiasm and excitement, but for others to directly make such bold claims then put others dow…

Post by satvikpendem » Mon, Dec 30, 2024, 9:57 AM UTC

jasondigitized wrote: post #500

abetusk wrote: post #167

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> ... i think google will take the lead here as they just have monopoly on dataset ... I think there's plenty of data for people to train substantial models, either drawing directly from the public domain or scraping content. The cost of compute and disk space will continue to drop exponentially fueling the ability of small businesses and amateurs. Compute is still following Moore's law, more or less, when you allow…

Regarding the video generation stuff, I can foresee a Canva style UI that allows you to define the position of your camera, movement, lighting etc. coupled with a prompt. Or a catalog of exiting movie scenes that you can select as a starting point to define the setting, cinematography, etc.

Post by anastasiaess » Mon, Dec 30, 2024, 11:57 AM UTC

idiot_predictor wrote: post #586

mattkenefick wrote: post #553

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For real. It's always a headscratcher when I see these weird takes against it. Amazon has been working with Anthropic which at the very least will create a much more comprehensive Alexa. > expensive talking fidget spinners Like Alexa, Siri, and Hey Google? Which are used A LOT and will only be used more when they're natural, smarter, and conversational? Always a strange take.

Alexa Google assistant and Siri were all significantly down sized in the last year or so (teams, product). Turns out the top queries billions of dollars went into were to set timers or to play a song. I would love to be proven wrong though.

Post by armchairhacker » Mon, Dec 30, 2024, 9:38 PM UTC

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