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Handmade/human art will be astronomically more valuable in the future.

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

Prior probability
60.0%
Current probability
49.5%
evolves via intake + LBP
Conviction
4/5
Signal quality
B
Resolution
pending
Window
2030-06-01 – 2030-06-30
Edges in / out
10 / 5
Tickers exposed
37

Prediction text

Handmade/human art will be astronomically more valuable in the future. | Wholeheartedly believe it'll have astronomically higher value. Uh human touch, it will be so rare and so valuable, but also abundance of capital will be unbelievable. And so I expect artwork, you know, current artwork is one of the best investments you can make right now, but going forward it is a category. It will go up tremendously in value

Verbatim quote

From episode "AI CEOs Come Online: Sam Altman's Replacement Plan, Job Loss & 'Solve Everything' Launches |EP #230"
Wholeheartedly believe it'll have astronomically higher value. Uh human touch, it will be so rare and so valuable, but also abundance of capital will be unbelievable. And so I expect artwork, you know, current artwork is one of the best investments you can make right now, but going forward it is a category. It will go up tremendously in value

Predictor: Dave Blundin

κ + Brier as of 2026-05-22
κ (discount)
0.821
Brier
0.0491
excellent
Hits / Misses
3 / 2
of 9 resolved
Hit rate
33.3%
Calibration plot (stated vs observed)

Evidence about this node from Dave Blundin 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

Not linked

This node isn't linked to a reference class. The Bayesian update applies without outside-view blending.

Probability over time

4 prob_history rows
0%25%50%75%100%prior 60%2026-04-302026-05-032026-05-10
intake v2milestone miss sweeplbp propagationreference class assignedlegacy v1prior_prob (analyst seed)current = 49.5%

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: 6 fired ✓ · 4 pending
  1. 2025-11-30hitKlimt Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer sets Modern art world record at $236.3M
    How: Sotheby's sells Gustav Klimt's Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer (1914-16) for $236.3M, establishing new world record for any work of Modern art.
    Source: MutualArt — 2025 Art Market Year in Reviewconf 95%
    Notes: HIT — top-end record-setting print supports Blundin's 'astronomically higher value' for top-tier human-made works specifically.
  2. 2025-12-31hitGlobal art market reaches $59.6B in 2025; auction sales +9% to $20.7B
    How: Art Basel + UBS Global Art Market Report or Bank of America Spring 2026 Update document 2025 global art sales of approximately $59.6B, with public auction sales increasing 9% to $20.7B YoY.
    Source: Bank of America Private Bank — Art Market Update Spring 2026: Trends and Analysisconf 95%
    Notes: HIT — established baseline for tracking 'astronomical value increase' for human/handmade work.
  3. 2025-12-31 → 2027-12-31pendingAuction-house guarantee rate exceeds 50% for post-war evening sales
    How: Sotheby's, Christie's, and Phillips disclose that more than 50% of post-war / contemporary evening-sale lots are guaranteed in any single auction season.
    Source: Bank of America — Art Market Update Spring 2026conf 65%
    Notes: Auction-house guarantees are how houses lock in 'certainty'. Rising rates = more capital chasing scarce human-made trophy assets.
  4. 2026-06-01 → 2028-06-30pendingFirst public museum / mainstream art-fair restricts AI-generated art entries
    How: A major art fair (Art Basel, Frieze, FIAC) or major public museum (MoMA, Tate, Louvre) introduces formal policy distinguishing 'human-made' vs. 'AI-generated' work for collections / programming.
    Source: Anticipated — major art-fair admission policies, museum acquisition policiesconf 50%
    Notes: Direct institutional differentiation between human and AI work — required for 'human touch will be so rare' premium to be priced.
  5. 2027-01-01 → 2030-12-31pendingTop-50 living-artist average price exceeds $5M (from $1-2M)
    How: Artprice / Artnet annual reports show the top 50 living artists' average primary or secondary auction price has more than tripled vs. 2025 baseline.
    Source: Anticipated — Artprice Annual Report, Artnet Indicesconf 30%
    Notes: Cascade — specific quantitative test of 'astronomically higher value' for current artwork as investment category.

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Evidence chain

Every probability update with full Bayesian provenance — chronological, latest first
LBP2026-05-10T02:00:02Z49.5%-1.2pp
Network propagation: 50.7% → 49.5%
6-iter LBP, residual 0.00584 · damping 0.5, w_intrinsic 0.5 · method lbp_v3 · run e5c18d29
LBP2026-05-03T02:00:01Z50.7%-2.2pp
Network propagation: 52.9% → 50.7%
6-iter LBP, residual 0.00677 · damping 0.5, w_intrinsic 0.5 · method lbp_v3 · run 1a683ac9
LBP2026-04-30T16:39:51Z52.9%-2.9pp
Network propagation: 55.8% → 52.9%
5-iter LBP, residual 0.00825 · damping 0.5, w_intrinsic 0.5 · method lbp_v2 · run 0c8a4ea3
LBP2026-04-30T02:18:57Z55.8%-4.2pp
Network propagation: 60.0% → 55.8%
5-iter LBP, residual 0.00825 · damping 0.5, w_intrinsic 0.5 · method lbp_v1 · run 592311ef

Network propagation neighbors

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Top incoming (parents)

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prereqSEM_015
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66.3%0.6000.050-0.076
prereqSEM_027
Nvidia Data Center revenue +66% YoY, contributing ~90% of $5Joseph Moore
68.3%0.6000.050-0.075
killerTK05
Rate Regime Persistence (10y > 5% through 2028)
30.0%0.0500.600-0.060
killerTK03
AI Regulatory Moratorium (EU/US Capability Freeze)
10.0%0.0500.600+0.050

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Ticker exposure

37 ticker(s) linked

Beneficiaries (24)

MUWULFIRENEQIXALABAPLDASMIYASMLPLABNVDANBISCRWVAAPLAMTAMZNDELLGOOGLIRMLNVGYMETAMSFTORCLSFTBYSTX

Adverse (6)

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Prerequisites (10)

Predictions that must hit first
TypePredTitleDomainLag
prereqSEM_011Nvidia became the world's first $5 trillion company (late 2025), operating a near-monopoly on advanced AI chips.Capital Markets
prereqSEM_027Nvidia Data Center revenue +66% YoY, contributing ~90% of $57B fiscal Q3 revenue; >$4.5T market cap entirely underpinned by AI silicon.Capital Markets
prereqSEM_014Nvidia's Arizona-based TSMC factory successfully fabricated cutting-edge semiconductors on US soil for first time in decades (October 2025).Manufacturing
prereqSEM_012Nvidia quadrupled chip production output while only doubling human headcount — achieved by deploying AI coding tools (Cursor, Claude Code) across engineering.AI/Manufacturing
prereqSEM_015Nvidia agreed to remit 15% of China chip-sale revenue directly to US government in exchange for reversing specific AI chip export bans.Policy/Semis
killerTK09Energy Grid Cap (Data Center Power Wall)
killerTK05Rate Regime Persistence (10y > 5% through 2028)
killerTK01AGI Capability Plateau (2026-27 Training Stall)
killerTK02AI Compute Supply Shock (TSMC/Taiwan Disruption)
killerTK03AI Regulatory Moratorium (EU/US Capability Freeze)

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prereq230_020Peter's 14-year-old son Milan will never get a driver's license.Auto/Transport
prereq246_016Dragonfly nuclear-powered octicopter arrives at Titan in 2034.Space
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prereq232_057First person to arrive on moon/Mars will find bed made by Optimus robots; robots not astronauts lead exploration.Robotics
prereq242_023World will have 10x more wealth around 2034-2036Macro/Economy

Linked documents (4)

Auto-generated by cosine similarity from Polymarket / Manifold / EDGAR / GDELT
SimSourceTitleMarket probPolarityReviewedPublished
0.609manifoldWill someone buy 1 block today on mysterybox.art?19%mentionspending2026-06-05
0.604manifoldWill I comment on this market?17%mentionspending2026-05-28
0.604manifoldWill I comment on this market? [Creator won't bet]35%mentionspending2026-06-01
0.596manifoldWill this market appear on a mug?26%mentionspending2026-05-06

Raw metadata

From Thesis_Timeline_v1.0_FINAL workbook
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