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231_050predictionMacro/EconomyAI-scaling

New economy built with AI agents will work around old economy rather than through it.

Predictor: Dave Blundin · ep#231 "Top AI News: Sonnet 4.6, Grok 4.2, Gemini 3 Deep Think, and OpenClaw | EP #231" · source

Prior probability
70.0%
Current probability
53.4%
evolves via intake + LBP
Conviction
5/5
Signal quality
A
Resolution
pending
Window
2028-06-01 – 2028-06-30
Edges in / out
17 / 5
Tickers exposed
37

Prediction text

New economy built with AI agents will work around old economy rather than through it. | This is also a bellweather of a trend that that I think is inevitable now where the new economy built with the AI agents is going to work around the old economy rather than through it.

Verbatim quote

From episode "Top AI News: Sonnet 4.6, Grok 4.2, Gemini 3 Deep Think, and OpenClaw | EP #231"
This is also a bellweather of a trend that that I think is inevitable now where the new economy built with the AI agents is going to work around the old economy rather than through it.

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 70%2026-04-302026-05-032026-05-10
intake v2milestone miss sweeplbp propagationreference class assignedlegacy v1prior_prob (analyst seed)current = 53.4%

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 fired ✓ · 2 missed ✗ · 2 pending
  1. 2025-09-30hitStripe launches Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP) — agents transact directly
    How: Stripe publicly launches first standard for AI agents to execute commerce flows bypassing legacy clicks
    Source: Stripe blog: Introducing the Agentic Commerce Suiteconf 99%
    Notes: HIT — ACP launched Sept 2025. First live standard for AI agents to programmatically transact, bypassing the human-clickstream economy.
  2. 2026-04-15hitChatGPT daily commerce queries surpass 50M
    How: OpenAI or third-party analytics confirm >=50M daily purchase-intent queries inside ChatGPT
    Source: Opascope: AI Shopping Assistant Guide 2026conf 85%
    Notes: HIT — ~53M daily commerce queries inside ChatGPT confirms agent-mediated commerce is bypassing search/Amazon legacy paths.
  3. 2026-04-01hitWalmart and Target integrate into agent-ready commerce protocols
    How: Walmart and Target publicly announce ACP / AP2 / MCP integration for AI-agent purchasing
    Source: Stripe newsroom; Forrester: Agentic Payments in B2C Commerceconf 85%
    Notes: HIT — major retailers announced agent-protocol integrations Q1 2026, accommodating new economy directly.
  4. 2026-04-15hitCompeting protocol war emerges: ACP vs AP2 vs MPP vs x402
    How: Multiple non-trivially-adopted agentic-commerce protocols (Stripe ACP, Google AP2, Cloudflare x402, others) compete for default rails
    Source: CCN: AI Agents Need Payment Rails — MPP, ACP, AP2, x402 explained; PayRam: Protocol Warsconf 90%
    Notes: HIT — full protocol war underway, evidencing entirely separate rails being built around legacy retail/payments stack.
  5. 2027-06-01 → 2028-06-30pendingAgent-mediated transactions reach >=10% of US e-commerce GMV
    How: US Census / Adobe Analytics / Salesforce confirm >=10% of e-commerce GMV originated from AI-agent-driven transactions
    Source: Adobe Digital Economy, US Census quarterly e-commerce reportsconf 45%
    Notes: Strongest test of 'new economy works around old' in Blundin's target window. Direct GMV measurement.

What if this resolves?

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(live posterior: 53%)

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Evidence chain

Every probability update with full Bayesian provenance — chronological, latest first
LBP2026-05-10T02:00:02Z53.4%-1.7pp
Network propagation: 55.2% → 53.4%
6-iter LBP, residual 0.00584 · damping 0.5, w_intrinsic 0.5 · method lbp_v3 · run e5c18d29
LBP2026-05-03T02:00:01Z55.2%-3.1pp
Network propagation: 58.3% → 55.2%
6-iter LBP, residual 0.00677 · damping 0.5, w_intrinsic 0.5 · method lbp_v3 · run 1a683ac9
LBP2026-04-30T16:39:51Z58.3%-4.6pp
Network propagation: 62.9% → 58.3%
5-iter LBP, residual 0.00825 · damping 0.5, w_intrinsic 0.5 · method lbp_v2 · run 0c8a4ea3
LBP2026-04-30T02:18:57Z62.9%-7.1pp
Network propagation: 70.0% → 62.9%
5-iter LBP, residual 0.00825 · damping 0.5, w_intrinsic 0.5 · method lbp_v1 · run 592311ef

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
prereq231_018
Blitz will switch to next generation model in late March 202Dave Blundin
29.8%0.7000.050-0.295
prereq231_002
Grok 5 launches in March with massive expansion in training Dave Blundin
29.8%0.7000.050-0.295
killerTK03
AI Regulatory Moratorium (EU/US Capability Freeze)
10.0%0.0500.700+0.101
killerTK02
AI Compute Supply Shock (TSMC/Taiwan Disruption)
12.0%0.0500.700+0.088
prereqSEM_014
Nvidia's Arizona-based TSMC factory successfully fabricated Jensen Huang
86.1%0.7000.050+0.070

Top outgoing (children)

Predictions THIS node influences

KindNodeTheir probP(c|s=T)P(c|s=F)Δ implied
prereq240_036
TEPCO's restarted reactor will support 20% of Japan's electrPeter Diamandis
34.3%0.6500.050+0.022
prereq230_020
Peter's 14-year-old son Milan will never get a driver's licePeter Diamandis
34.7%0.6500.050+0.018
prereq232_057
First person to arrive on moon/Mars will find bed made by OpDave Blundin
34.8%0.6000.050-0.009
prereq246_016
Dragonfly nuclear-powered octicopter arrives at Titan in 203Peter Diamandis
35.6%0.6500.050+0.009
prereq242_023
World will have 10x more wealth around 2034-2036Dave Blundin
34.2%0.6000.050-0.003

Ticker exposure

37 ticker(s) linked

Beneficiaries (24)

MUWULFIRENEQIXALABAPLDASMIYASMLPLABNVDANBISCRWVAAPLAMTAMZNDELLGOOGLIRMLNVGYMETAMSFTORCLSFTBYSTX

Adverse (6)

ACNGENCHGGIBMWNSLRN

Prerequisites (17)

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
prereq231_002Grok 5 launches in March with massive expansion in training set, parameters, and capability.AI
prereq231_018Blitz will switch to next generation model in late March 2026.AI
correlateS_AGI_MID_2029AGI mid: Kurzweil 2029 pathagi_general_capability
correlateS_AGI_FAST_2027AGI fast: drop-in remote worker by 2027-09agi_general_capability
correlateS_AGI_SLOW_2031AGI slow: Schmidt/Hassabis 5-10 year pathagi_general_capability
correlateS_NO_RECESSION_5YNo NBER recession through 2031macro_recession
correlateS_AGI_WINTER_2036PLUSAGI delayed: capability plateau or AI winteragi_general_capability
killerTK05Rate Regime Persistence (10y > 5% through 2028)
killerTK04Macro Recession 2026-27 (Structural Deleveraging)
killerTK01AGI Capability Plateau (2026-27 Training Stall)
killerTK02AI Compute Supply Shock (TSMC/Taiwan Disruption)
killerTK03AI Regulatory Moratorium (EU/US Capability Freeze)

Dependents (5)

Predictions enabled by this
TypePredTitleDomainLag
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
prereq240_036TEPCO's restarted reactor will support 20% of Japan's electric needs by 2040Energy
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

Expected milestones (1)

From Sheet 17 Monitoring Triggers
Expected byDescriptionStatus
2031-03-31[Capital Markets 2031-03] [231_050] New economy built with AI agents will work around old economy rather than throug [234_014] Top market cap milestones: $10T single stock; $20T; $50T [236_008] Top market cap milestones: $10T single stpending

Raw metadata

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