964: In Case You Missed It in January 2026
In this first of the year ICYMI episode, Jon Krohn selects his favorite moments from January’s SuperDataScience interviews. Listen to why incentivizing workers is the best way to get them to disclose their use of AI tools and pave the way for an AI-forward future, how AI continues to mimic human development in its own evolution, the importance of evaluation in building AI systems, and how to keep your best employees (and also: how to know your value) with guests Sadie St. Lawrence, Ashwin Rajeeva, Sinan Ozdemir, Vijoy Pandey, and Ethan Mollick.
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955: Nested Learning, Spatial Intelligence and the AI Trends of 2026, with Sadie St. Lawrence
Sadie St Lawrence joins Jon Krohn to discuss what to expect from the AI industry in 2026. Sadie and Jon talk through what they think will be the five biggest trends in AI, hand out awards for the best moments, comebacks, and disappointments in AI in 2025, and review how their predictions for 2025 played out. Hear Sadie’s five exciting predictions for 2026, from emerging jobs in AI to an important return to the drawing board!
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Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/955
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In this episode you will learn:
(11:36) Recapping Sadie and Jon’s predictions for 2025
(26:54) The SuperDataScience Awards in AI
(49:05) Prediction #1 for AI in 2026
(52:13) Prediction #2 for AI in 2026
(53:33) Prediction #3 for AI in 2026
(57:54) Prediction #4 for AI in 2026
(1:01:01) Prediction #5 for AI in 2026
849: 2025 AI and Data Science Predictions, with Sadie St. Lawrence
Sadie St Lawrence returns for her 4th annual prediction episode on the Super Data Science Podcast. Together with host Jon Krohn, they reflect on 2024’s most transformative trends—like agentic AI and enterprise AI monetization—and predict what's coming in 2025, from AI-driven science to the skills data scientists need to stay ahead.
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In this episode you will learn:
(03:30) 2024 AI trend recap
(19:23) Comeback of the year: Google
(27:29) Wow moment of the year
(40:20) Looking ahead to 2025
Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/849
745: 2024 Data Science Trend Predictions
2024 data science trends take the spotlight in this special episode, where Jon joins Sadie St. Lawrence to analyze last year's predictions and delve into the emerging technologies reshaping the field. From AI hardware accelerators to the transformative role of large language models, this episode is a treasure trove of insights for anyone interested in the future of data science.
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In this episode you will learn:
• Reviewing predictions for 2023 [05:56]
• Sadie's trend predictions for 2024 [20:49]
• 1: Hardware evolution [21:17]
• 2: LLMOS [35:30]
• 3: Slow-thinking model [48:18]
• 4: Tool consolidation [54:46]
• 5: Workforce Upheaval [58:06]
• Jon's predictions [1:06:26]
• 1: AI bubble bursting [1:08:11]
• 2: Breakthroughs in Edge AI [1:12:22]
• Sadie on her productivity planner [1:17:50]
Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/745
641: Data Science Trends for 2023
The top data science trends of 2023 are here. Sadie St. Lawrence joins Jon Krohn to share annual predictions on the future of AI. From the data mesh to multimodal models like ChatGPT, tune in to discover what's next.
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In this episode you will learn:
• A recap of 2022 predictions [5:22]
• Our data science trend predictions for 2023:
- Data as a product [23:36]
- Multimodal A.I. models [32:26]
- The data mesh [42:49]
- Privacy & AI Trust [50:54]
- Environmental Sustainability [54:37]
• Sadie's goals for 2023 [1:16:04]
Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/641
537: Data Science Trends for 2022
Sadie St. Lawrence returns to discuss the biggest data science trends that are set to take over the industry in 2022.
In this episode you will learn:
A look back at data science trends for 2021 [4:03]
Micro and macro data science trends for 2022 [12:30]
AutoML tools [15:20]
The social implications of deepfakes [21:21]
Scalable AI [38:40]
Macro data science trends for 2022 [42:45]
The impact of the remote-working economy in data science [43:21]
Blockchain in data science [50:28]
Data literacy of the global workforce [1:01:07]
Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/537
517: Courses in Data Science and Machine Learning
Sadie St. Lawrence talks in-depth about her extensive work as a data science educator through both online and collegiate courses as well as her organization for diversifying data science careers.
In this episode you will learn:
Sadie’s education work in SQL [4:13]
The popularity of Sadie’s course [13:32]
Sadie’s forthcoming machine learning certificate course [16:29]
Women in Data [25:32]
Sadie’s non-technical background [36:17]
NFTs and VR [46:41]
Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/517