Ask Me Anything

In the year’s final Live with Tim O’Reilly, Tim hosted an AMA to pull together some of the threads that have emerged during his conversations with guests who, as he put it, “know way more than me”—and think through how they may play out next year. “With AI, regardless of what happens with scaling, we now have a set of new capabilities that really challenge our thinking and our understanding about the role of human expertise,” he explained in his introduction. In his audience-guided talk, Tim explored the ramifications on our jobs and responsibilities, open source, and building participatory markets writ large. Watch now to hear Tim’s perspective—illustrated by examples and anecdotes drawn from his long involvement in the tech industry—on why we’re still waiting to see an explosion of software productivity; developing (and sharing) skills and products as a side-hustle; what’s surprised him about AI this year; whether we’re moving toward personalized software; how to keep up-to-date with the speed of innovation; the growing AI backlash; how new technologies like MCP are informing the evolution of the AI industry; grappling with the bitter lesson; and much more.