[HN Gopher] State of AI Report 2025
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       State of AI Report 2025
        
       Author : SMAAART
       Score  : 61 points
       Date   : 2025-10-13 02:08 UTC (3 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.stateof.ai)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.stateof.ai)
        
       | cs702 wrote:
       | 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 wrote:
         | 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.
        
           | ourguile wrote:
           | 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.
        
           | Insanity wrote:
           | 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 wrote:
             | 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.
        
           | trenchpilgrim wrote:
           | I mean, does a Google search count as "using AI"?
        
           | maffyoo wrote:
           | 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 wrote:
             | > 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!
        
           | noosphr wrote:
           | In my circles it is obviously 100%.
        
           | Ekaros wrote:
           | 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...
        
       | mercurialsolo wrote:
       | da hype is real
        
       | blibble wrote:
       | > Produced by AI investor
       | 
       | I'll pass
       | 
       | good to know on the front page though, thanks
        
         | iLoveOncall wrote:
         | Yeah, even without taking that into account, the bias is
         | obvious and extreme.
        
           | scyzoryk_xyz wrote:
           | They bought a cool url gotta give em that.
           | 
           | looking up stateof.lol
        
       | zkmon wrote:
       | 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.
        
       | 1970-01-01 wrote:
       | Opening with _is the most widely read and trusted analysis of key
       | developments in AI._
       | 
       | Automatic and instant reject.
        
       | nextworddev wrote:
       | 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 wrote:
         | When one's job is potentially on the line one becomes a Luddite
         | rather quickly.
        
           | GolfPopper wrote:
           | Butlerian, surely.
        
           | CaptainOfCoit wrote:
           | 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.
        
           | nextworddev wrote:
           | lol this. No one wants to admit this when it comes to
           | explaining why AI adoption is slow
        
             | xnx wrote:
             | Everyone wants to use AI themselves so they can work less.
             | No one wants their boss to use AI to replace them.
        
               | nextworddev wrote:
               | Exactly. Which is why businesses want to get rid of
               | middle management, since middle managers thrive on having
               | HC
        
               | smallnix wrote:
               | But then upper management becomes middle management. Or
               | headcount is consolidated and still quantifies a mega-
               | middlemanagers worth.
        
               | nextworddev wrote:
               | Gotta start at some tree depth..
        
       | oxqbldpxo wrote:
       | The state of Ai: perplexity replaced google.
        
         | nextworddev wrote:
         | Anecdotally perplexity scaled back their plans to sell ads,
         | because no one was interested in..
        
       | mNovak wrote:
       | 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 wrote:
         | 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_!
        
         | bigbuppo wrote:
         | And their highlights conveniently ignored any and all negatives
         | except for the one they could spin into a positive. It's almost
         | like it's in their best interest to sell you a future so bright
         | you gotta' wear million dollar shades.
        
       | jeetsundareep wrote:
       | We are reading this report in the best tech circles of IIT
       | Mumbai. E = MC2+ AI
        
         | dingnuts wrote:
         | > E = MC2+ AI
         | 
         | this is so cringy
        
           | jeetsundareep wrote:
           | On the contrary; it is prominent to leverage the synergy of
           | ontological orthogonalities to maximize a diverse approach.
        
             | sponnath wrote:
             | This is peak pseudo-intellectualism.
        
         | bgwalter wrote:
         | It does hold for AI==0. I like it!
        
         | parliament32 wrote:
         | Context:
         | https://old.reddit.com/r/LinkedInLunatics/comments/13tbfqm/w...
        
       | dgfitz wrote:
       | The headline is flawed, nothing that exists today is relatively
       | close to "AI" unfortunately.
        
       | spaceman_2020 wrote:
       | The state of AI as an end user is that despite language being its
       | primary tool, AI is a pretty terrible writer
       | 
       | Even the best models write like mediocre fiction writers at best
        
         | tsunamifury wrote:
         | I love how delusional normalized users get. 3 years ago the
         | idea of an AI writing as a mediocre writer was world changing
         | 
         | It still is.
        
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