AI regulatory roles will be filled by Anthropic/OpenAI people bouncing back and forth (like SEC/Goldman Sachs).
Predictor: Dave Blundin · ep#235 "Amazon's $35B AGI Ultimatum to OpenAI & Anthropic Drops AI Safety | EP #235" · source
Prediction text
AI regulatory roles will be filled by Anthropic/OpenAI people bouncing back and forth (like SEC/Goldman Sachs). | What's going to happen next is anthropic people and open AI people are going to actually be the people working in the self-regulating agency. And so the the the people will have to bounce back and forth and they'll do it because they're they're worried.
Watch events: Anthropic ARR updates quarterly; potential Oct 2026 IPO; OpenAI next funding round; IPO timing; revenue disclosures
Verbatim quote
What's going to happen next is anthropic people and open AI people are going to actually be the people working in the self-regulating agency. And so the the the people will have to bounce back and forth and they'll do it because they're they're worried.
Resolution evidence
Anthropic/OpenAI people in AI regulatory roles — some movement (Jack Clark testified to Congress; ex-OpenAI in DoD); not fully SEC/Goldman-style revolving door yet.
Predictor: Dave Blundin
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: regulatory_freeze_window
Major-country regulatory pause/moratorium on AI capability research lasting >6 months
Tetlock-style outside view: at TRF=1 (just predicted), outside view dominates (w_in=0.3). At TRF=0 (deadline), inside view dominates (w_in=1.0). The blend regularizes overconfident inside views toward the historical base rate.
Probability over time
Milestone chain
- 2026-03-03hitAnthropic banned from federal procurement, OpenAI captures contractsHow: Trump executive order or DOD memo phases out Anthropic across federal agencies; OpenAI announces replacement contract (e.g., StateChat GPT-4.1)Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/09/anthropic-was-the-pentagons-choice-for-ai-now-its-banned-and-experts-are-worried.htmlconf 97%Notes: HIT - directly evidences politicized procurement creating revolving-door pressure between labs and government.
- 2026-01-01 → 2027-12-31pendingSenior Anthropic or OpenAI policy lead takes federal AI regulatory roleHow: Public confirmation (LinkedIn, agency press release) of a senior frontier-lab policy/safety hire moving into a federal AI oversight role (NIST, AISI, OSTP, DOJ AI Litigation Task Force)Source: https://www.theailobby.com/ - tracks ex-government AI lobbyists and revolving-door movementsconf 70%
- 2026-01-01 → 2027-12-31pendingFederal AI oversight body or self-regulatory body formally establishedHow: Self-regulatory or federal AI agency (e.g., AI Safety Institute formalization, NIST CAISI, or industry SRO) given staffing and rulemaking authoritySource: https://www.alston.com/en/insights/publications/2025/12/trump-executive-order-state-ai-regulationconf 75%
- 2026-06-01 → 2027-12-31pendingEx-frontier-lab person returns from government to labHow: Former government AI regulator (NIST, FTC, DoD, OSTP) joins or rejoins OpenAI / Anthropic / Google DeepMind in a senior policy roleSource: https://www.theailobby.com/conf 55%Notes: Cascade - completes the SEC/Goldman-style 'bouncing back and forth' dynamic the predictor describes.
What if this resolves?
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| killer | TK03 AI Regulatory Moratorium (EU/US Capability Freeze) | 10.0% | 0.050 | 0.650 | +0.086 |
| killer | TK02 AI Compute Supply Shock (TSMC/Taiwan Disruption) | 12.0% | 0.050 | 0.650 | +0.074 |
| killer | TK09 Energy Grid Cap (Data Center Power Wall) | 35.0% | 0.050 | 0.650 | -0.064 |
| prereq | SEM_014 Nvidia's Arizona-based TSMC factory successfully fabricated — Jensen Huang | 86.1% | 0.650 | 0.050 | +0.057 |
| killer | TK01 AGI Capability Plateau (2026-27 Training Stall) | 15.0% | 0.050 | 0.650 | +0.056 |
Top outgoing (children)
Predictions THIS node influences
| Kind | Node | Their prob | P(c|s=T) | P(c|s=F) | Δ implied |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| prereq | 232_057 First person to arrive on moon/Mars will find bed made by Op — Dave Blundin | 34.8% | 0.600 | 0.050 | -0.016 |
| prereq | 240_036 TEPCO's restarted reactor will support 20% of Japan's electr — Peter Diamandis | 34.3% | 0.650 | 0.050 | +0.015 |
| prereq | 230_020 Peter's 14-year-old son Milan will never get a driver's lice — Peter Diamandis | 34.7% | 0.650 | 0.050 | +0.010 |
| prereq | 242_023 World will have 10x more wealth around 2034-2036 — Dave Blundin | 34.2% | 0.600 | 0.050 | -0.010 |
| prereq | 246_016 Dragonfly nuclear-powered octicopter arrives at Titan in 203 — Peter Diamandis | 35.6% | 0.650 | 0.050 | +0.001 |
Ticker exposure
Beneficiaries (24)
Adverse (6)
Prerequisites (11)
| Type | Pred | Title | Domain | Lag |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| prereq | SEM_011 | Nvidia became the world's first $5 trillion company (late 2025), operating a near-monopoly on advanced AI chips. | Capital Markets | — |
| prereq | SEM_027 | Nvidia Data Center revenue +66% YoY, contributing ~90% of $57B fiscal Q3 revenue; >$4.5T market cap entirely underpinned by AI silicon. | Capital Markets | — |
| prereq | SEM_014 | Nvidia's Arizona-based TSMC factory successfully fabricated cutting-edge semiconductors on US soil for first time in decades (October 2025). | Manufacturing | — |
| 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_015 | Nvidia agreed to remit 15% of China chip-sale revenue directly to US government in exchange for reversing specific AI chip export bans. | Policy/Semis | — |
| correlate | S_AI_PAUSE_2028 | AI pause beginning 2028 | ai_regulatory_pause | — |
| killer | TK09 | Energy Grid Cap (Data Center Power Wall) | — | — |
| killer | TK05 | Rate Regime Persistence (10y > 5% through 2028) | — | — |
| killer | TK01 | AGI Capability Plateau (2026-27 Training Stall) | — | — |
| killer | TK02 | AI Compute Supply Shock (TSMC/Taiwan Disruption) | — | — |
| killer | TK03 | AI Regulatory Moratorium (EU/US Capability Freeze) | — | — |
Dependents (5)
| Type | Pred | Title | Domain | Lag |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| prereq | 230_020 | Peter's 14-year-old son Milan will never get a driver's license. | Auto/Transport | — |
| prereq | 246_016 | Dragonfly nuclear-powered octicopter arrives at Titan in 2034. | Space | — |
| prereq | 240_036 | TEPCO's restarted reactor will support 20% of Japan's electric needs by 2040 | Energy | — |
| prereq | 232_057 | First person to arrive on moon/Mars will find bed made by Optimus robots; robots not astronauts lead exploration. | Robotics | — |
| prereq | 242_023 | World will have 10x more wealth around 2034-2036 | Macro/Economy | — |
Expected milestones (1)
| Expected by | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 2031-03-31 | [Geopolitics 2031-03] [235_047] Anthropic ARR updates quarterly; potential Oct 2026 IPO; OpenAI next funding round; IPO timing; reve [248_030] FDA will be first government agency forced to get out of the way; government mus [231_01 | pending |
Linked documents (2)
| Sim | Source | Title | Market prob | Polarity | Reviewed | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.721 | manifold | Will an OpenAI or Anthropic employee comment on this market first? | — | mentions | pending | 2026-06-01 |
| 0.714 | manifold | Will OpenAI and Anthropic’s S1s be a “massacre” for AI model companies? | 18% | mentions | pending | 2026-06-03 |
Raw metadata
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"context": "Right now, nothing is happening at the White House. David Saxs is there, though. You got one brilliant guy. What's going to happen next is anthropic people and open AI people are going to actually be the people working in the self-regulating agency. And so the the the people will have to bounce back and forth and they'll do it because they're they're worried.",
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