Over the next 10 years, substantially all important science and engineering problems will get solved
Predictor: Alex Wissner-Gross · ep#234 "Anthropic vs. The Pentagon, Claude Outpaces ChatGPT, and Consulting Gets Replaced" · source
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Over the next 10 years, substantially all important science and engineering problems will get solved | Peter, you and I with our recent book/extended essay, Solve Everything, talk all about how we think over the next 10 years substantially all of the the most important, valuable science and engineering and other problems are going to get solved.
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Peter, you and I with our recent book/extended essay, Solve Everything, talk all about how we think over the next 10 years substantially all of the the most important, valuable science and engineering and other problems are going to get solved.
Predictor: Alex Wissner-Gross
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Milestone chain
- 2026-02-10hitAlphaFold 3 / IsoDDE solves major drug-discovery bottleneckHow: AI model achieves >50% improvement over AlphaFold 3 on drug discovery benchmarks; widely integrated into pharma pipelinesSource: Isomorphic Labs IsoDDE Feb 2026; Genesis Molecular AI Pearl 40% improvement over AF3conf 99%
- 2027-01-01 → 2032-12-31pendingAI solves at least one Millennium Prize problem or equivalent open math problemHow: AI system independently produces verified proof of one of the seven Clay Millennium Prize problems, or analogous-difficulty open problem (Riemann, Hodge, Yang-Mills mass gap)Source: Reference class: AlphaProof Olympiad gold 2024; FunSearch math discoveries; DeepMind/Anthropic mathematical reasoning roadmapsconf 30%Notes: 'All major science problems' requires major math anchor; Millennium proof is canonical bar.
- 2027-06-01 → 2033-12-31pendingAI-led breakthrough in fusion energy net Q>10How: Tokamak/laser/ICF fusion experiment achieves net energy gain (Q>10) with AI plasma control and design as headline-credited contributionSource: DeepMind tokamak control 2022; Commonwealth Fusion / TAE / Helion AI integration; ITER first plasma timelineconf 40%
- 2027-10-01 → 2034-12-31pendingNobel Prize awarded for AI-led scientific discoveryHow: Nobel Prize (Physics, Chemistry, Physiology/Medicine) awarded to discovery where AI is explicitly credited as primary enabling technologySource: Reference class: Hassabis/Jumper 2024 Chemistry Nobel for AlphaFold — establishes precedent for AI-led discovery recognitionconf 55%Notes: Already partially observed (AlphaFold 2024). 'Substantially all' requires multiple recognitions across decade.
- 2028-01-01 → 2034-12-31pendingAI room-temperature superconductor or analogous materials breakthroughHow: Peer-reviewed materials discovery (room-T superconductor, ambient-pressure HT superconductor, or analogous Nobel-class materials breakthrough) credited to AI designSource: GNoME Google DeepMind 2023 — millions of new materials predicted; reference class for AI-led materials discoveryconf 35%
- 2029-01-01 → 2034-12-31pendingMajor engineering grand challenge solved end-to-endHow: At least one NAE Grand Challenge (carbon sequestration at scale, personalized learning, urban infrastructure, energy from fusion) reaches deployment-readiness with AI as primary enabling technologySource: NAE Grand Challenges; Solve Everything book referenceconf 40%Notes: Book title 'Solve Everything' anchors the engineering side of the prediction.
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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 | SEM_042 2025 will be the definitive year that agentic systems finall — Kevin Weil | 73.8% | 0.500 | 0.050 | -0.057 |
| prereq | SEM_012 Nvidia quadrupled chip production output while only doubling — Jensen Huang | 75.0% | 0.500 | 0.050 | -0.050 |
| prereq | SEM_008 Training runs costing $10 billion for a single model will co — Dario Amodei | 76.9% | 0.500 | 0.050 | -0.042 |
| prereq | 238_009 Recursive self-improvement is already happening now (no long — Alex Wissner-Gross | 78.1% | 0.500 | 0.050 | -0.037 |
| killer | TK14 Superbubble Pop (S&P 500 -40%, Moonshot Capital Evaporates) | 20.0% | 0.050 | 0.500 | -0.025 |
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Predictions THIS node influences
| Kind | Node | Their prob | P(c|s=T) | P(c|s=F) | Δ implied |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| prereq | 244_029 Combustion engines largely gone in 20 years but world will b — Dara Khosrowshahi | 35.4% | 0.550 | 0.050 | -0.091 |
| prereq | 240_036 TEPCO's restarted reactor will support 20% of Japan's electr — Peter Diamandis | 34.3% | 0.650 | 0.050 | -0.038 |
| prereq | 232_047 Mass drivers on the moon will shoot AI satellites into deep — Elon Musk | 30.0% | 0.550 | 0.050 | -0.037 |
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Prerequisites (7)
| Type | Pred | Title | Domain | Lag |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| prereq | 238_009 | Recursive self-improvement is already happening now (no longer three years out) | AI | — |
| prereq | SEM_008 | Training runs costing $10 billion for a single model will commence sometime in 2025. | AI | — |
| prereq | SEM_042 | 2025 will be the definitive year that agentic systems finally hit the mainstream. | AI/Agents | — |
| 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 | — |
| 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 (3)
| Type | Pred | Title | Domain | Lag |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| prereq | 240_036 | TEPCO's restarted reactor will support 20% of Japan's electric needs by 2040 | Energy | — |
| prereq | 232_047 | Mass drivers on the moon will shoot AI satellites into deep space; self-sustaining lunar city will follow. | Space | — |
| prereq | 244_029 | Combustion engines largely gone in 20 years but world will be very different | Energy | — |
Linked documents (2)
| Sim | Source | Title | Market prob | Polarity | Reviewed | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.725 | manifold | Will some Millennium Prize Problem be solved before 2028? | 49% | mentions | pending | 2026-06-01 |
| 0.664 | manifold | Will 50% or more of the Erdos problems be solved at the end of 2030? | 68% | mentions | pending | 2026-04-29 |
Raw metadata
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