State of AI Report 2025
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·October 13, 2025blibble
iLoveOncall
Yeah, even without taking that into account, the bias is obvious and extreme.
scyzoryk_xyz
They bought a cool url gotta give em that.
looking up stateof.lol
mNovak
A lot of fair criticisms of the splash page here. But, I'll say the slide deck has a nice comprehensive review of research headlines over the year, at least.
cs702
I find the deck remarkably comprehensive and in-depth for what it is.
The negativity here is a bit shocking. I mean, we're talking about a deck!
nextworddev
Meta observation: this has to be the third most hated rally I have seen, only topped by Tesla and EVs in 2020 and crude oil in 2007
noosphr
When one's job is potentially on the line one becomes a Luddite rather quickly.
nextworddev
lol this. No one wants to admit this when it comes to explaining why AI adoption is slow
xnx
Everyone wants to use AI themselves so they can work less. No one wants their boss to use AI to replace them.
GolfPopper
Butlerian, surely.
CaptainOfCoit
What profession do you have that made you a Luddite based on the current state of LLMs and AI?
I'm an artist, programmer and musician, and is no closer to being a Luddite today than five years ago, not sure why others would either. Anti-capitalist or Anti-fascist I'd understand, considering the state of the world and the current direction.
noosphr
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zkmon
Quite a comprehensive report. But things look too rosy when the phenomenon is at the peak of hype cycle. So I was curious to see what the Predictions tab has to say. It has disappointed me with the "current-state" news again, not really any predictions.
jeetsundareep
We are reading this report in the best tech circles of IIT Mumbai. E = MC2+ AI
bgwalter
It does hold for AI==0. I like it!
dingnuts
> E = MC2+ AI
this is so cringy
jeetsundareep
On the contrary; it is prominent to leverage the synergy of ontological orthogonalities to maximize a diverse approach.
sponnath
This is peak pseudo-intellectualism.
oxqbldpxo
The state of Ai: perplexity replaced google.
nextworddev
Anecdotally perplexity scaled back their plans to sell ads, because no one was interested in..
1970-01-01
Opening with is the most widely read and trusted analysis of key developments in AI.
Automatic and instant reject.
dgfitz
The headline is flawed, nothing that exists today is relatively close to “AI” unfortunately.
mercurialsolo
da hype is real
cs702
This is fantastic.
Highly recommended reading for anyone here interested in the state of AI.
It covers multiple fronts, including research, applications, politics, and safety.
Thank you for sharing this on HN!
CaptainOfCoit
Worth keeping in mind this is made by a "AI investor", so obviously comes with a lot of bias. It's also a relatively tiny survey, seems only 1.2K people answered.
An example of the bias:
> shows that 95% of professionals now use AI at work or home
Obviously 95% of professionals don't use AI at work or home, and these results are heavily skewed.
Insanity
And what does it mean to "use AI at home or work". Firing off the occasional ChatGPT? Using one of the many chatbots that's integrated everywhere?
There's a big difference between using it like Google and really enhancing your workflow with it by automating parts of your work.
CaptainOfCoit
The question just says "Do you use generative AI tools in your work?", which would probably include 100% of office workers today, directly or indirectly.
Maybe the 33 people who said "No" doesn't know the implementation details so they assume it's not used anywhere in their daily professional life.
Ekaros
Okay I do toy with local image generation when I get extremely bored...
But other than that only AI use is when google forces it on me. And then gets things wrong... Which is easily found out by comparing it's output and synopsis on the links it give...
maffyoo
just a quick point here; 1.2K is highly statistically significant, even for a national level poll/survey. The issue here is the potential for selection bias, which seems primarily to be driven by people who want to do the survey not sure how this ultimately skews the results but 1.2K is easily an adequate sample size
CaptainOfCoit
> not sure how this ultimately skews the results but 1.2K is easily an adequate sample size
I'd wager at least 90% of the survey respondents are Americans or live in the US, so that already skews the data a ton!
ourguile
I agree there is some implicit bias in this reporting, particularly because Nathan is colleagues (or at the very least previous colleagues) with Ian Hogarth, who is currently the chair of the UK AI Safety Institute, recently renamed to the "AI Security Institute".
So, I would have to take reporting on safety with a grain of salt. That said, I do think there are a lot of other interesting insights throughout the presentation.
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noosphr
In my circles it is obviously 100%.
trenchpilgrim
I mean, does a Google search count as "using AI"?
> Produced by AI investor
I'll pass
good to know on the front page though, thanks