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Dec 2024
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What’s Coming in 2025? Bitcoin, Robots, ...

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About this episode

In this episode, Peter and Salim discuss their 2025 predictions for tech, AI, EVs, Humanoid Robots, and more.


Recorded on Dec 16th, 2024

Views are my own thoughts; not Financial, Medical, or Legal Advice


  • 11:09 | Bitcoin's Future and Its Role in Investment
  • 20:40 | Predictions for AI and AGI in 2025
  • 35:17 | The Future of Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCI)


Salim Ismail is a serial entrepreneur and technology strategist well known for his expertise in Exponential organizations. He is the Founding Executive Director of Singularity University and the founder and chairman of ExO Works and OpenExO. 


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Twitter: https://twitter.com/salimismail 


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