Barefoot Bytes: Agents & Robots & Jetpacks, oh my!
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Happy New Year! As one does at the beginning of a new year, I’m reflecting on the year past while very excited to see what 2025 will bring. In this edition, I will be making some predictions about what will happen in the technology landscape in the coming year. Let’s dive in.
AI Agents!
I think that this will be one of the biggest stories of the year, as we see product rollouts and widespread adoption of agents by the end of the year. What is an AI agent? Put very simply, an agent is a system or program that can take actions to complete goals. Many will have tools like web browsing, connecting via third party APIs, or using a computer like a human. Think, “Hey Jeeves - order me a pizza.” I’m going to write in detail about this in February, so stay tuned.
Robots!
I’m not saying we’ll see widespread adoption of home robots this year, but I do think many will be coming to market. These will be multi-purpose that go well beyond sweeping the floor, with features like security cameras, air purification, and even picking up dirty laundry. Here are a couple standouts from CES:
Jetpacks!
Just kidding. I wish. More realistically though, I think we’re going to see a major rollout of autonomous vehicles for public transportation, long-haul trucking, and possibly urban delivery.
Quantum Computing
There were a lot of incremental improvements and even breakthroughs in 2024. The release of Google’s Willow chip in December 2024 was a big breakthrough in error correction. There were a number of quantum supremacy announcements as well, which is when a quantum computer solves a problem that a classical computer cannot. No, I don’t think that quantum computing will decrypt all currently encrypted data this year. But what I do think we’ll see are some narrow, but extremely powerful, breakthroughs in this technology in 2025. Early drug discovery seems to be the leading candidate.
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GenAI in Creator Workflows
This is the year where the large majority of all creators will adopt various generative AI tools into their daily workflows. 2024 was still about experimentation and early adopters. 2025 is where this will become the norm. This includes marketing content creators, musicians, lawyers, video producers, game designers, programmers, and more.
AI in Education
Much like the creators, educators were doing a lot of experimenting in 2024. This is the year where we will see widespread adoption of AI tutor bots, personalized learning agents, automated schedulers, and more. This will impact both the student experience and the administration of educational institutions across the board.
Closing Thought
I’m not a dreamer. Most would not even consider me an optimist. More like a pragmatist. With that being said, I believe we have the potential to pass down a version of utopia to our children in this lifetime. When you combine Artificial Super Intelligence (ASI) + Renewable Energy and Nuclear Fusion + Quantum Computing, you get an entirely different world order. It is our responsibility to make sure that it is one where all can thrive.
Cheers!
Barefoot Solutions, CEO
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