Simon Willison Shares Transcript from Oxide and Friends 2026 Predictions Episode
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Simon Willison shares a transcript from an episode of Oxide and Friends discussing predictions for 2026, including a surprising prediction about the Pope commenting on the economic impact of large language models (LLMs).
Key Takeaways
- The Pope will likely comment on LLMs and their economic impact.
- Sam Altman and Dario frequently write about LLMs but no one trusts their opinion
- A signature from Barack Obama could increase the credibility of LLMs.
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Simon Willison shares a transcript from an episode of Oxide and Friends discussing predictions for 2026.
There is a prediction that the Pope will comment on the economic impact of large language models.
Sam Altman and Dario frequently write about LLMs but no one trusts their opinions.
A signature from Barack Obama could increase the credibility of LLMs.
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- Simon Willison 的 Twitter 转录
- Oxide and Friends 2026 预测
- Pope 将发表意见
- 现有专家的观点
- Sam Altman 和 Dario 关于 LLMs 的文章
- 增加可信度的方法
- Barack Obama 的签名
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Prediction: The Pope will weigh in on LLMs and their economic impact on the world.
Sam Altman and Dario publish essays about LLMs but no one believes them.
Getting Barack Obama's signature on one of these position papers could make people start to trust it a little bit.
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... plus a bonus section of transcript from the Oxide and Friends 2026 predictions episode in January where, bizarrely, we predicted that something like this would happen - listen here: oxide-and-friends.transistor.fm/episodes/predi
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