Civilizational left turns will hit us in the next 1-2 years
Predictor: Alex Wissner-Gross · ep#234 "Anthropic vs. The Pentagon, Claude Outpaces ChatGPT, and Consulting Gets Replaced" · source
Prediction text
Civilizational left turns will hit us in the next 1-2 years | there are so many civil civilizational left turns that are going to hit us in the next year or two.
Verbatim quote
there are so many civil civilizational left turns that are going to hit us in the next year or two.
Predictor: Alex Wissner-Gross
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Probability over time
Milestone chain
- 2026-04-30hitStimson/Time Top-10 Global Risks for 2026 confirms multiple civilizational disruption vectorsHow: Stimson Center, Time, or equivalent risk-forecasting outlet publishes 2026 risk list including >=5 vectors framed as civilizational/structuralSource: https://www.stimson.org/2026/top-ten-global-risks-for-2026/conf 95%
- 2026-06-01 → 2027-12-31pendingPRC Taiwan-readiness deadline reaffirmed for 2027How: US DoD or IC publicly reaffirms PRC military Taiwan-readiness target of 2027 in major report (annual China Military Power, NIE, etc.)Source: https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/east-asia-semiconductors-will-decide-the-next-us-china-arms-race/conf 85%
- 2026-06-01 → 2028-06-30pendingAI-enabled disinformation campaign against Taiwan election documented at state-actor scaleHow: USG/EU report or peer-reviewed research documents PRC AI-enabled disinformation operation targeting Taiwan or US elections at attributable state-actor scaleSource: https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/dispatches/eight-ways-ai-will-shape-geopolitics-in-2026/conf 75%
- 2027-01-01 → 2028-10-31pending>=1 major civilizational shock resolves in 2027-2028 window (kinetic, AI-political, financial)How: >=1 named geopolitical/AI/economic event in 2027-2028 framed as 'civilizational' inflection by >=3 mainstream outlets (CFR, FT, Atlantic Council)Source: https://time.com/7343169/top-10-global-risks-2026/conf 55%
- 2027-01-01 → 2028-10-31pendingTaiwan kinetic conflict or quarantine eventHow: PRC executes kinetic action, blockade, or quarantine against Taiwan triggering Section 1, US allied responseSource: https://www.mindcast-ai.com/p/ai-us-china-taiwanconf 15%Notes: Low-probability but high-magnitude civilizational left turn. Critic view (Mindcast) argues 2027 narrative misprices actual industrial readiness.
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Evidence chain
Network propagation neighbors
Top incoming (parents)
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 |
Top outgoing (children)
Predictions THIS node influences
| 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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Beneficiaries (23)
Adverse (6)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.597 | manifold | How long will Trump and Xi shake hands when they meet? [Polymarket] | — | mentions | pending | 2026-05-11 |
| 0.567 | manifold | Will Trump or Biden Live longer? | — | mentions | pending | 2026-05-15 |
Raw metadata
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