Jon Krohn Recaps 2025 AI Successes and Looks Ahead to 2026

Agentic AI: Buzzword or Breakthrough?

• 💡 Agentic AI was a major theme in 2025, though often criticized as an overhyped buzzword, its power is undeniable.
• 🚀 Leading proprietary LLMs are now capable of replacing humans on complex tasks like software development and ML engineering with 50% accuracy.
• ⚠️ The pace of AI development is rapid, with task duration capabilities doubling every seven months, emphasizing the need for prepared data, security, and governance.

Super Data Science Podcast Growth in 2025

• 🎧 The podcast team focused on overhauling operations to support video platforms like YouTube, historically an audio-first medium.
• 📈 This strategic shift led to a tenfold increase in daily YouTube watch time within two months of implementation in August.
• 🌟 YouTube subscribers surged from 25,000 to over 140,000 in the past year.

Notable Episodes and Guests

• 🎤 The year featured exceptional episodes with guests like Azimar, Andre Burkoff, and Carl Benedict Frey.
• 🌟 A personal highlight was filming an episode in New Zealand with Aurelian Giron, author of best-selling machine learning books, in front of a live audience.
• 🧠 Giron, who rarely speaks publicly, shared insights on AI tooling, AGI, and the future of society.

Reflections and Hopes for 2026

• 😔 The past year presented challenges, including job security impacts from AI, ongoing wars, and personal losses.
• 🙏 The host expresses deep gratitude for listeners' time and commitment to the podcast amidst these difficulties.
• ✨ The Super Data Science podcast aims to build on its rapid growth in 2026 to deliver an even better show, with special plans for the upcoming 1,000th episode.
• 💬 Listeners are encouraged to share feedback and suggestions via LinkedIn posts.