Bryan Cantrill

And, um, and I think that that is, so I think there will be some good things that come out of it, um, because it's not going to be a lock on the post undergraduate education or employment. Um, and I, I just, I think that it's going to fall, I think in six years, it's going to be below $70,000 a year. That only puts it actually back to 2015 levels.

And, um, and I think that that is, so I think there will be some good things that come out of it, um, because it's not going to be a lock on the post undergraduate education or employment. Um, and I, I just, I think that it's going to fall, I think in six years, it's going to be below $70,000 a year. That only puts it actually back to 2015 levels.

I think it could actually fall a lot further than that. The reason that's a six-year prediction is because there's a four-year lag. I think people are going to realize that... This is if there's a job that's going to be where LOM-based automation is going to really affect the kind of the demand for full-time folks in this, it's going to be computer science.

I think it could actually fall a lot further than that. The reason that's a six-year prediction is because there's a four-year lag. I think people are going to realize that... This is if there's a job that's going to be where LOM-based automation is going to really affect the kind of the demand for full-time folks in this, it's going to be computer science.

And I think also to put an optimistic spin on it, Simon, you said this earlier. But people are going to realize, wait a minute, I don't need to get a degree in computer science. I actually want to be a journalist. I can actually take some computer science courses and then use this stuff to generate these things to get the rest of the way there to use this as a tool to do my other work.

And I think also to put an optimistic spin on it, Simon, you said this earlier. But people are going to realize, wait a minute, I don't need to get a degree in computer science. I actually want to be a journalist. I can actually take some computer science courses and then use this stuff to generate these things to get the rest of the way there to use this as a tool to do my other work.

Yeah, and I would say that I think Linux audio is still a hill on a distant horizon. I don't have the guts to make that a six-year prediction, but I did use ChatGPT to resolve a Linux printing issue the other day, and that felt like the future is here. The future is now. I can actually use... ChatGPT gave me some very good things to go do, and ultimately it worked.

Yeah, and I would say that I think Linux audio is still a hill on a distant horizon. I don't have the guts to make that a six-year prediction, but I did use ChatGPT to resolve a Linux printing issue the other day, and that felt like the future is here. The future is now. I can actually use... ChatGPT gave me some very good things to go do, and ultimately it worked.

I got this goddamn thing printing, but it was pretty frustrating.

I got this goddamn thing printing, but it was pretty frustrating.

Yes. Yeah, it's great. I will never again read an FFmpeg. I have read an FFmpeg manual for the last time in my life. I will only generate FFmpeg invocations with ChatGPT. There's no way. I'm not going to sully myself with it anymore. All right, well, that's a good roundup.

Yes. Yeah, it's great. I will never again read an FFmpeg. I have read an FFmpeg manual for the last time in my life. I will only generate FFmpeg invocations with ChatGPT. There's no way. I'm not going to sully myself with it anymore. All right, well, that's a good roundup.

The dreaded neutral zone. What is it that makes an LLM go neutral? Well, that's good. I think that's good. I guess the M in LLM stands for milk toast, apparently. Mike, you probably use this term regularly, but I think Adam and I both heard it for the first time last year from you. It's a very norm core answer. Yeah. Sorry, say that again, Brian?

The dreaded neutral zone. What is it that makes an LLM go neutral? Well, that's good. I think that's good. I guess the M in LLM stands for milk toast, apparently. Mike, you probably use this term regularly, but I think Adam and I both heard it for the first time last year from you. It's a very norm core answer. Yeah. Sorry, say that again, Brian?

You described ChatGPT or LLMs as being very good to give you a norm core answer to any problem. So I think we've got the very norm core interpretation of our predictions. All right, any last predictions from anybody? Yeah.

You described ChatGPT or LLMs as being very good to give you a norm core answer to any problem. So I think we've got the very norm core interpretation of our predictions. All right, any last predictions from anybody? Yeah.

Okay. Wow. That's exciting. That's exciting. We got a XServe, the return of XServe from Ian, who again, your six-year prediction in 23 is pretty good. So we can take that one seriously. So, all right. The return of XServe. Rackscale compute from our friends at Apple, perhaps. Don't worry. With the coming chips crisis, we're sitting pretty here at Oxide.

Okay. Wow. That's exciting. That's exciting. We got a XServe, the return of XServe from Ian, who again, your six-year prediction in 23 is pretty good. So we can take that one seriously. So, all right. The return of XServe. Rackscale compute from our friends at Apple, perhaps. Don't worry. With the coming chips crisis, we're sitting pretty here at Oxide.

Well, I think it's just a little too logical, I think, for Apple. I agree on the logic, but... We shall see, but a good three-year prediction. Folks in the chat definitely want to get your predictions. Adam, should the folks put out PRs against the show notes for their predictions? That would be awesome. Please give us some PRs, get your predictions in there, and looking forward to a great 2025.

Well, I think it's just a little too logical, I think, for Apple. I agree on the logic, but... We shall see, but a good three-year prediction. Folks in the chat definitely want to get your predictions. Adam, should the folks put out PRs against the show notes for their predictions? That would be awesome. Please give us some PRs, get your predictions in there, and looking forward to a great 2025.