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Way more positive change coming from AI than negative change, at much more rapid rate.

Predictor: Ben Horowitz · ep#232 "Ben Horowitz: xAI Executive Exodus, Apple's AI Crisis, The Pace of AI | EP #232" · source

Prior probability
50.0%
Current probability
42.1%
evolves via intake + LBP
Conviction
3/5
Signal quality
C
Resolution
pending
Window
2028-06-01 – 2028-06-30
Edges in / out
8 / 5
Tickers exposed
33

Prediction text

Way more positive change coming from AI than negative change, at much more rapid rate. | there's way more positive change coming than uh than negative change at a much more rapid rate.

Verbatim quote

From episode "Ben Horowitz: xAI Executive Exodus, Apple's AI Crisis, The Pace of AI | EP #232"
there's way more positive change coming than uh than negative change at a much more rapid rate.

Predictor: Ben Horowitz

κ + Brier as of 2026-05-22
κ (discount)
0.500
Brier
Hits / Misses
0 / 0
Hit rate

Evidence about this node from Ben Horowitz 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 50%2026-04-302026-05-032026-05-10
intake v2milestone miss sweeplbp propagationreference class assignedlegacy v1prior_prob (analyst seed)current = 42.1%

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: 5 fired ✓ · 5 pending
  1. 2026-06-01 → 2028-06-30pendingAnthropic Economic Index or BLS-published AI labor study shows net welfare gain
    How: Anthropic Economic Index, BLS Monthly Labor Review, or peer-reviewed paper concludes aggregate welfare/productivity gain from AI exceeds aggregate displacement losses with quantified bounds (e.g., +1% GDP vs -0.6pp employment)
    Source: Anthropic labor-market research framework + BLS AI projections provide measurement infrastructureconf 40%
  2. 2026-12-01 → 2027-12-31pendingAI-driven scientific discoveries: >=3 Nature/Science papers in 2027 with AI as primary discovery method
    How: Three or more Nature/Science publications in 2027 in which AI system (named, documented) is principal driver of novel finding (vs assistive tool); positive examples like AlphaFold, materials discovery
    Source: Building on AlphaFold/AlphaMissense pattern; cumulative count is positive-change rate proxyconf 85%
  3. 2026-06-01 → 2028-06-30pendingAI-attributable harms: aggregate reported AI-caused fatalities, mass-disinformation events, fraud losses
    How: AI Incident Database, OECD AI Incident Monitor, or equivalent shows AI-attributed fatalities <1000/year cumulative AND fraud/disinfo losses <$50B/year (negative side of ledger)
    Source: OECD AI Incident Monitor + AIID provide negative-impact measurement; ratio test against positive impactsconf 60%
    Notes: Quantifies the negative side of the positive vs negative ratio claim.
  4. 2026-09-01 → 2028-06-30pendingAI-attributable mortality reduction documented: >=2 FDA-approved AI-discovered drugs reach patients
    How: FDA Orange Book or drug-approval announcements show 2+ AI-discovered/AI-designed therapeutics approved for marketing, with peer-reviewed evidence of mortality or morbidity reduction in target population
    Source: Insilico, Recursion, Isomorphic, Atomwise pipelines maturing; FDA approvals are observable positive-impact signalconf 55%
    Notes: Concrete positive impact metric to weigh against negatives.
  5. 2026-09-01 → 2028-06-30pendingMainstream sentiment indicator: Pew/Gallup AI-net-positive survey crosses 50%
    How: Pew Research, Gallup, or YouGov national poll shows >=50% of US adults agreeing AI's net impact on society is positive, vs current ~35-40% baseline
    Source: Public sentiment is messy reflection of net-positive claim; tracks narrative shiftconf 30%

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(live posterior: 42%)

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Evidence chain

Every probability update with full Bayesian provenance — chronological, latest first
LBP2026-05-10T02:00:02Z42.1%-1.0pp
Network propagation: 43.2% → 42.1%
6-iter LBP, residual 0.00584 · damping 0.5, w_intrinsic 0.5 · method lbp_v3 · run e5c18d29
LBP2026-05-03T02:00:01Z43.2%-1.5pp
Network propagation: 44.7% → 43.2%
6-iter LBP, residual 0.00677 · damping 0.5, w_intrinsic 0.5 · method lbp_v3 · run 1a683ac9
LBP2026-04-30T16:39:51Z44.7%-2.2pp
Network propagation: 46.9% → 44.7%
5-iter LBP, residual 0.00825 · damping 0.5, w_intrinsic 0.5 · method lbp_v2 · run 0c8a4ea3
LBP2026-04-30T02:18:57Z46.9%-3.1pp
Network propagation: 50.0% → 46.9%
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
prereq234_012
Anthropic revenue will cross OpenAI revenue in middle of 202Peter Diamandis
67.1%0.5000.050-0.072
prereqSEM_042
2025 will be the definitive year that agentic systems finallKevin Weil
73.8%0.5000.050-0.044
prereq235_002
Anthropic will exceed OpenAI in revenue this year (2026).Dave Blundin
74.6%0.5000.050-0.040
prereqSEM_012
Nvidia quadrupled chip production output while only doublingJensen Huang
75.0%0.5000.050-0.037
killerTK03
AI Regulatory Moratorium (EU/US Capability Freeze)
10.0%0.0500.500+0.034

Top outgoing (children)

Predictions THIS node influences

KindNodeTheir probP(c|s=T)P(c|s=F)Δ implied
prereq246_017
Europa Clipper will arrive at Jupiter in 2030, conducting 50Peter Diamandis
37.7%0.6500.050-0.079
prereq247_035
Dario Amodei will solve most/all neurological diseases by enDario Amodei
38.8%0.7000.050-0.068
prereq246_016
Dragonfly nuclear-powered octicopter arrives at Titan in 203Peter Diamandis
35.6%0.6500.050-0.057
prereq235_030
Ray Kurzweil predicts Longevity Escape Velocity (LEV) by 203Ray Kurzweil
39.2%0.7500.050-0.052
prereqSEM_034
True artificial general intelligence will be achieved betweeDemis Hassabis
28.7%0.5500.050-0.030

Ticker exposure

33 ticker(s) linked

Beneficiaries (23)

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Adverse (6)

WNSCHGGCTSHIBMINFYACN

Prerequisites (8)

Predictions that must hit first
TypePredTitleDomainLag
prereq235_002Anthropic will exceed OpenAI in revenue this year (2026).AI
prereqSEM_008Training runs costing $10 billion for a single model will commence sometime in 2025.AI
prereq234_012Anthropic revenue will cross OpenAI revenue in middle of 2026Markets/Stocks
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_0422025 will be the definitive year that agentic systems finally hit the mainstream.AI/Agents
killerTK14Superbubble Pop (S&P 500 -40%, Moonshot Capital Evaporates)
killerTK01AGI Capability Plateau (2026-27 Training Stall)
killerTK03AI Regulatory Moratorium (EU/US Capability Freeze)

Dependents (5)

Predictions enabled by this
TypePredTitleDomainLag
prereq235_030Ray Kurzweil predicts Longevity Escape Velocity (LEV) by 2033.Biotech/Longevity
prereq247_035Dario Amodei will solve most/all neurological diseases by end of decadeBiotech/Longevity
prereq246_017Europa Clipper will arrive at Jupiter in 2030, conducting 50 passes near Europa.Space
prereq246_016Dragonfly nuclear-powered octicopter arrives at Titan in 2034.Space
prereqSEM_034True artificial general intelligence will be achieved between 2032 and 2042 — 'first we solve AI, then use AI to solve everything else'.AI/AGI

Linked documents (2)

Auto-generated by cosine similarity from Polymarket / Manifold / EDGAR / GDELT
SimSourceTitleMarket probPolarityReviewedPublished
0.613arxivNegative Before Positive: Asymmetric Valence Processing in Large Language Modelsmentionspending2026-05-07
0.598arxivNegation Neglect: When models fail to learn negations in trainingmentionspending2026-05-13

Raw metadata

From Thesis_Timeline_v1.0_FINAL workbook
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