Super intelligence will discover new laws of physics and transformative inventions.
Predictor: Alex Wissner-Gross · ep#232 "Ben Horowitz: xAI Executive Exodus, Apple's AI Crisis, The Pace of AI | EP #232" · source
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Super intelligence will discover new laws of physics and transformative inventions. | I am incredibly bullish that we'll be able to with super intelligence discover any new laws of physics discover transformative inventions
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I am incredibly bullish that we'll be able to with super intelligence discover any new laws of physics discover transformative inventions
Predictor: Alex Wissner-Gross
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Milestone chain
- 2025-04-30hitAI system autonomously rediscovers a known physical law (Kepler/relativity tier)How: Peer-reviewed paper documents AI system (e.g., AI-Hilbert, AI-Newton) rediscovering Kepler's Third Law or comparable physical law without prior physical knowledgeSource: https://arxiv.org/html/2504.01538v1conf 90%Notes: HIT — AI-Newton (arXiv 2504.01538) demonstrated concept-driven physical-law discovery without prior knowledge.
- 2026-04-22hitAI system discovers novel non-trivial physical phenomenon (not just rediscovery)How: Peer-reviewed publication documents AI-discovered particle interaction, plasma behavior, or other physical phenomenon not previously theorizedSource: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/04/260422044635.htmconf 85%Notes: HIT — ScienceDaily reports AI discovered new physics in dusty plasma (fourth state of matter).
- 2027-01-01 → 2028-06-30pendingWissner-Gross's Physical Superintelligence platform announces transformative inventionHow: Physical Superintelligence PBC (PSI) publicly announces a new invention/material/process attributable to its AI-driven discovery stackSource: https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/physical-superintelligenceconf 45%
- 2027-06-01 → 2028-06-30pendingOpenAI / DeepMind / Anthropic claim 'significant scientific discovery' from frontier modelHow: Frontier lab publicly announces and Nature/Science publishes peer-reviewed AI-driven discovery of meaningful new physical law or fundamental constantSource: https://www.adwaitx.com/ai-progress-recommendations-openai-2026-2028-timeline/conf 50%Notes: OpenAI explicitly forecasted 'significant discoveries' by 2028.
- 2028-01-01 → 2028-12-31pendingAI-derived physical principle replicated in independent lab (validation)How: Independent experimental group replicates AI-derived physical phenomenon in peer-reviewed paperSource: https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/new-ai-models-trained-on-physics-not-words-are-driving-scientific-discoveryconf 40%Notes: Cascade — replication is the threshold between 'AI suggests' and 'AI discovers'.
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Edges that influence THIS node's belief
| Kind | Node | Their prob | P(c|s=T) | P(c|s=F) | Δ implied |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| prereq | 234_012 Anthropic revenue will cross OpenAI revenue in middle of 202 — Peter Diamandis | 67.1% | 0.500 | 0.050 | -0.072 |
| prereq | SEM_042 2025 will be the definitive year that agentic systems finall — Kevin Weil | 73.8% | 0.500 | 0.050 | -0.044 |
| prereq | 235_002 Anthropic will exceed OpenAI in revenue this year (2026). — Dave Blundin | 74.6% | 0.500 | 0.050 | -0.040 |
| prereq | SEM_012 Nvidia quadrupled chip production output while only doubling — Jensen Huang | 75.0% | 0.500 | 0.050 | -0.037 |
| killer | TK03 AI Regulatory Moratorium (EU/US Capability Freeze) | 10.0% | 0.050 | 0.500 | +0.034 |
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| Kind | Node | Their prob | P(c|s=T) | P(c|s=F) | Δ implied |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| prereq | 246_017 Europa Clipper will arrive at Jupiter in 2030, conducting 50 — Peter Diamandis | 37.7% | 0.650 | 0.050 | -0.079 |
| prereq | 247_035 Dario Amodei will solve most/all neurological diseases by en — Dario Amodei | 38.8% | 0.700 | 0.050 | -0.068 |
| prereq | 246_016 Dragonfly nuclear-powered octicopter arrives at Titan in 203 — Peter Diamandis | 35.6% | 0.650 | 0.050 | -0.057 |
| prereq | 235_030 Ray Kurzweil predicts Longevity Escape Velocity (LEV) by 203 — Ray Kurzweil | 39.2% | 0.750 | 0.050 | -0.052 |
| prereq | SEM_034 True artificial general intelligence will be achieved betwee — Demis Hassabis | 28.7% | 0.550 | 0.050 | -0.030 |
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Prerequisites (8)
| Type | Pred | Title | Domain | Lag |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| prereq | 235_002 | Anthropic will exceed OpenAI in revenue this year (2026). | AI | — |
| prereq | SEM_008 | Training runs costing $10 billion for a single model will commence sometime in 2025. | AI | — |
| prereq | 234_012 | Anthropic revenue will cross OpenAI revenue in middle of 2026 | Markets/Stocks | — |
| prereq | SEM_012 | Nvidia quadrupled chip production output while only doubling human headcount — achieved by deploying AI coding tools (Cursor, Claude Code) across engineering. | AI/Manufacturing | — |
| prereq | SEM_042 | 2025 will be the definitive year that agentic systems finally hit the mainstream. | AI/Agents | — |
| killer | TK14 | Superbubble Pop (S&P 500 -40%, Moonshot Capital Evaporates) | — | — |
| killer | TK01 | AGI Capability Plateau (2026-27 Training Stall) | — | — |
| killer | TK03 | AI Regulatory Moratorium (EU/US Capability Freeze) | — | — |
Dependents (5)
| Type | Pred | Title | Domain | Lag |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| prereq | 235_030 | Ray Kurzweil predicts Longevity Escape Velocity (LEV) by 2033. | Biotech/Longevity | — |
| prereq | 247_035 | Dario Amodei will solve most/all neurological diseases by end of decade | Biotech/Longevity | — |
| prereq | 246_017 | Europa Clipper will arrive at Jupiter in 2030, conducting 50 passes near Europa. | Space | — |
| prereq | 246_016 | Dragonfly nuclear-powered octicopter arrives at Titan in 2034. | Space | — |
| prereq | SEM_034 | True 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)
| Sim | Source | Title | Market prob | Polarity | Reviewed | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.544 | arxiv | Jordan Frame in Supergravity and Cosmology | — | mentions | pending | 2026-05-05 |
| 0.527 | arxiv | Novel $\mathcal{N}=2$ higher-spin supercurrents | — | mentions | pending | 2026-06-03 |
Raw metadata
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"context": "so I am incredibly bullish that we'll be able to with super intelligence discover any new laws of physics discover transformative inventions for uh for disclosure purposes Since we're playing the disclosure game, I have a portfolio company, physical super intelligence, that's working on these issues as well.",
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