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230_009predictionMacro/Economyeconomy

US GDP growth will hit triple-digit (100%+) within 5 years per Elon Musk.

Predictor: Elon Musk · ep#230 "AI CEOs Come Online: Sam Altman's Replacement Plan, Job Loss & 'Solve Everything' Launches |EP #230" · source

Prior probability
55.0%
Current probability
46.4%
evolves via intake + LBP
Conviction
4/5
Signal quality
B
Resolution
pending
Window
2026-01-01 – 2031-12-31
Edges in / out
5 / 5
Tickers exposed
31

Prediction text

US GDP growth will hit triple-digit (100%+) within 5 years per Elon Musk. | We saw Elon in our conversation with him saying, uh, we're going to get to tripledigit IPO, I mean GDP growth within 5 years. It it's something our economy has never seen.

Verbatim quote

From episode "AI CEOs Come Online: Sam Altman's Replacement Plan, Job Loss & 'Solve Everything' Launches |EP #230"
We saw Elon in our conversation with him saying, uh, we're going to get to tripledigit IPO, I mean GDP growth within 5 years. It it's something our economy has never seen.

Resolution evidence

Status: pending

Triple-digit (100%+) GDP growth within 5y. Even more extreme than 10x-in-10y. Elon walked this back at Abundance Summit to 'possible' vs 'expected'.

Predictor: Elon Musk

κ + Brier as of 2026-05-22
κ (discount)
0.688
Brier
0.0142
excellent
Hits / Misses
1 / 0
of 3 resolved
Hit rate
33.3%
Calibration plot (stated vs observed)

Evidence about this node from Elon Musk is multiplied by κ in /api/intake. Lower κ = less weight; floors at 0.10 (effectively silenced) and caps at 1.00 (full weight).

Reference class: ipo_trillion_plus

Linked via embedding similarity 0.612

Trillion-dollar private company IPO at announced valuation within 12 months of S-1

Base rate
50.0%
2/4 historical
Inside weight
Outside weight
no pull
inside 46.4% → blend 46.4% 0.0pp)

Tetlock-style outside view: at TRF=1 (just predicted), outside view dominates (w_in=0.3). At TRF=0 (deadline), inside view dominates (w_in=1.0). The blend regularizes overconfident inside views toward the historical base rate.

Probability over time

5 prob_history rows
0%25%50%75%100%prior 55%2026-04-302026-04-302026-05-03
intake v2milestone miss sweeplbp propagationreference class assignedlegacy v1prior_prob (analyst seed)current = 46.4%

Milestone chain

Pre-event signals (upstream prereqs + window checkpoints) → resolution event → downstream cascades. Status/dates update from linked nodes; re-derive nightly via scripts/ops/derive_milestones.py.
Leading chain: 8 pending
  1. 2027-01-17pendingQ1 window check-in (25%)
  2. 2026-09-01 → 2028-06-30pendingUS real GDP YoY growth exceeds 4.0% for two consecutive quarters
    How: BEA Q-on-Q SAAR or YoY real GDP exceeds 4.0% for two consecutive prints (vs. 2024-2026 baseline of 2-3%)
    Source: deep_research_enrichedconf 40%
  3. 2026-12-01 → 2028-12-31pendingCBO or major IB upgrades 2030 GDP path by >=20% citing AI/automation
    How: CBO long-term outlook or Goldman/JPM/Morgan Stanley publishes upward revision to 2030 US GDP forecast of >=20% explicitly citing AI productivity
    Source: deep_research_enrichedconf 45%
  4. 2028-02-02pendingQ2 window check-in (50%)
  5. 2027-01-01 → 2029-12-31pendingProductivity growth (BLS nonfarm) breaks above 4.0% YoY
    How: BLS nonfarm business labor productivity exceeds 4.0% YoY in at least one quarterly print
    Source: deep_research_enrichedconf 40%
  6. 2027-01-01 → 2029-12-31pendingG20 official statement names AI/robotics as primary driver of GDP outperformance
    How: G20 communique or IMF World Economic Outlook explicitly names AI/automation as primary driver of growth-rate revision >50bps
    Source: deep_research_enrichedconf 55%
  7. 2027-06-01 → 2029-12-31pendingTesla bot or Optimus generates >$10B in segment revenue annualized
    How: Tesla 10-Q breaks out humanoid/robotics segment with >=$10B run-rate, validating Musk's productivity-revolution thesis
    Source: deep_research_enrichedconf 30%
  8. 2029-02-17pendingQ3 window check-in (75%)

What if this resolves?

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(live posterior: 46%)

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Evidence chain

Every probability update with full Bayesian provenance — chronological, latest first
LBP2026-05-03T02:00:01Z46.4%-1.8pp
Network propagation: 48.2% → 46.4%
6-iter LBP, residual 0.00677 · damping 0.5, w_intrinsic 0.5 · method lbp_v3 · run 1a683ac9
LBP2026-04-30T16:39:51Z48.2%-3.5pp
Network propagation: 51.7% → 48.2%
5-iter LBP, residual 0.00825 · damping 0.5, w_intrinsic 0.5 · method lbp_v2 · run 0c8a4ea3
legacy v12026-04-30T16:13:50Z51.7%+3.5pp
reference_class_assigned bayesian_v2 inside=0.550 blend=0.517 w_in=0.34 ipo_trillion_plus
LBP2026-04-30T02:18:57Z48.2%-3.5pp
Network propagation: 51.7% → 48.2%
5-iter LBP, residual 0.00825 · damping 0.5, w_intrinsic 0.5 · method lbp_v1 · run 592311ef
legacy v12026-04-30T01:56:50Z51.7%-3.3pp
reference_class_assigned bayesian_v2 inside=0.550 blend=0.517 w_in=0.34 ipo_trillion_plus

Network propagation neighbors

Top edges sorted by latest LBP cross-impact
All propagation →

Top incoming (parents)

Edges that influence THIS node's belief

KindNodeTheir probP(c|s=T)P(c|s=F)Δ implied
killerTK05
Rate Regime Persistence (10y > 5% through 2028)
30.0%0.0500.550-0.064
killerTK04
Macro Recession 2026-27 (Structural Deleveraging)
25.0%0.0500.550-0.039
killerTK10
$100T Sovereign Debt Crisis
12.0%0.0500.550+0.026
killerTK14
Superbubble Pop (S&P 500 -40%, Moonshot Capital Evaporates)
20.0%0.0500.550-0.014
killerTK07
Labor Political Backlash (UBI Mandate / AI Tax)
18.0%0.0500.550-0.004

Top outgoing (children)

Predictions THIS node influences

KindNodeTheir probP(c|s=T)P(c|s=F)Δ implied
prereq246_003
Global economy will grow 10x in 10 years (cited from Elon MuElon Musk
37.3%0.5500.050-0.096
prereq248_009
Elon Musk's economy will grow 10x in about 10 years.Elon Musk
37.3%0.5500.050-0.096
prereq230_035
GDP will 2x or 3x year-over-year in early 2030s if everythinAlex Wissner-Gross
32.0%0.4500.050-0.089
prereq239_027
Diamandis cites Musk: triple-digit GDP growth in 5+ yearsElon Musk
34.0%0.5000.050-0.085
prereq239_001
Global economy will be 10x its current size in 10 yearsElon Musk
37.7%0.6000.050-0.077

Ticker exposure

31 ticker(s) linked

Beneficiaries (23)

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Adverse (7)

KKRJNKAPOHYGKREXLYXHB

Prerequisites (5)

Predictions that must hit first
TypePredTitleDomainLag
killerTK05Rate Regime Persistence (10y > 5% through 2028)
killerTK04Macro Recession 2026-27 (Structural Deleveraging)
killerTK14Superbubble Pop (S&P 500 -40%, Moonshot Capital Evaporates)
killerTK07Labor Political Backlash (UBI Mandate / AI Tax)
killerTK10$100T Sovereign Debt Crisis

Dependents (5)

Predictions enabled by this
TypePredTitleDomainLag
prereq239_001Global economy will be 10x its current size in 10 yearsMacro/Economy
prereq246_003Global economy will grow 10x in 10 years (cited from Elon Musk).Macro/Economy
prereq248_009Elon Musk's economy will grow 10x in about 10 years.Macro/Economy
prereq239_027Diamandis cites Musk: triple-digit GDP growth in 5+ yearsMacro/Economy
prereq230_035GDP will 2x or 3x year-over-year in early 2030s if everything goes well.Macro/Economy

Linked documents (10)

Auto-generated by cosine similarity from Polymarket / Manifold / EDGAR / GDELT
SimSourceTitleMarket probPolarityReviewedPublished
0.683polymarketWill Elon Musk post 1000-1039 tweets in April 2026?0%mentionspending2026-02-24
0.679polymarketWill Elon Musk post 80-99 tweets from April 28 to May 5, 2026?1%mentionspending2026-04-25
0.674polymarketWill Elon Musk post 100-119 tweets from April 28 to May 5, 2026?0%mentionspending2026-04-25
0.674polymarketWill Elon Musk post 420-439 tweets from April 28 to May 5, 2026?0%mentionspending2026-04-25
0.673polymarketWill Elon Musk post 60-79 tweets from April 28 to May 5, 2026?0%mentionspending2026-04-25
0.673polymarketWill Elon Musk post 360-379 tweets from April 24 to May 1, 2026?0%mentionspending2026-04-21
0.673polymarketWill Elon Musk post 360-379 tweets from April 28 to May 5, 2026?0%mentionspending2026-04-25
0.672gdelt20260429001332mentionspending2026-04-30
0.672polymarketWill Elon Musk post 40-59 tweets from April 28 to May 5, 2026?0%mentionspending2026-04-25
0.672polymarketWill Elon Musk post 80-99 tweets from June 5 to June 12, 2026?0%mentionspending2026-06-02

Raw metadata

From Thesis_Timeline_v1.0_FINAL workbook
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