2025 Predictions Mid-Year Check-In: What’s Held Up, What Got Worse, and What I Didn't See Coming

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Congratulations on making it through another week and half way through 2025. This week’s episode is a bit of a throwback. If you don't remember or are new here, in January I laid out my top 10 realistic predictions for where AI, emerging tech, and the world of work were heading in 2025. I committed to circling back mid-year, and despite my shock at how quick it came, we’ve hit the halfway point, so it’s time to revisit where things actually stand. If you didn't catch the original, I'd highly recommend checking it out. Now, some predictions have held surprisingly steady. Others have gone in directions I didn’t fully anticipate or have escalated much faster than expected. And, I added a few new trends that weren’t even on my radar in January but are quickly becoming noteworthy. With that, here’s how this week’s episode is structured: ⸻ Revisiting My 10 Original Predictions In this first section, I walk through the 10 predictions I made at the start of the year and update where each one stands today. From AI’s emotional mimicry and growing trust risks, to deepfake normalization, to widespread job cuts justified by AI adoption, this section is a gut check.

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