Amount of change between now and 2028 will be like nothing we've ever seen
Predictor: Dave Blundin · ep#236 "Andrew Yang: UBI Before UHI, Solving Job Loss, and the Future of Work | #236" · source
Prediction text
Amount of change between now and 2028 will be like nothing we've ever seen | the amount of change between here and 2028 is going to be like nothing we've ever seen, too.
Verbatim quote
the amount of change between here and 2028 is going to be like nothing we've ever seen, too.
Predictor: Dave Blundin
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Probability over time
Milestone chain
- 2026-06-01 → 2027-12-31pendingAutonomous coding agents handle full PR cycle (test + fix + refactor) at scaleHow: At least 2 mainstream IDE/coding tools (Cursor, Devin, Claude Code, Copilot) ship autonomous mode that completes >=80% of bug-fix tickets without human interventionSource: https://markaicode.com/ai-coding-predictions-2027/ - 2027 IDEs running tests, fixing bugs, refactoring autonomouslyconf 70%
- 2026-06-01 → 2027-12-31pendingAI 2027 forecast tracking: pace remains within 50-150% of predicted trajectoryHow: AI Futures Project (or independent benchmark tracker) publishes update showing actual progress vs AI 2027 quantitative predictions in 50-150% rangeSource: https://blog.aifutures.org/p/grading-ai-2027s-2025-predictions - early 2026 progress at ~65% of AI 2027 anticipated paceconf 60%
- 2026-09-01 → 2027-12-31pendingGoldman Sachs / IMF models start showing AI-driven GDP boost in 2027 forecastsHow: Goldman Sachs (or equivalent IB) publicly raises US GDP forecast for 2027 explicitly citing AI productivity contributionSource: https://www.goldmansachs.com/insights/articles/ai-may-start-to-boost-us-gdp-in-2027 - Goldman models forecast AI GDP impact starting 2027 US, 2028 ROWconf 75%
- 2027-06-30pendingFrontier training runs reach 2e28 FLOP scale (~1000x GPT-4)How: Public reporting (epoch.ai or model cards) confirms a frontier model trained at >=2e28 FLOPSource: https://ai-2027.com/research/compute-forecast - by early 2027 frontier runs ~2e28 FLOP, ~10 trillion active paramsconf 65%
- 2027-06-01 → 2028-09-30pendingSuperintelligence takeoff signals (sustained recursive self-improvement claims)How: OpenAI / Anthropic / DeepMind / xAI publishes credible claim of self-improving agent generating training data or model improvements without human authoringSource: https://ai-2027.com/ - takeoff projected late 2027 to mid 2029conf 40%
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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 | TK09 Energy Grid Cap (Data Center Power Wall) | 35.0% | 0.050 | 0.600 | -0.088 |
| prereq | SEM_015 Nvidia agreed to remit 15% of China chip-sale revenue direct — Jensen Huang | 66.3% | 0.600 | 0.050 | -0.076 |
| prereq | SEM_027 Nvidia Data Center revenue +66% YoY, contributing ~90% of $5 — Joseph Moore | 68.3% | 0.600 | 0.050 | -0.075 |
| killer | TK05 Rate Regime Persistence (10y > 5% through 2028) | 30.0% | 0.050 | 0.600 | -0.060 |
| killer | TK03 AI Regulatory Moratorium (EU/US Capability Freeze) | 10.0% | 0.050 | 0.600 | +0.050 |
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 | -0.035 |
| prereq | 247_035 Dario Amodei will solve most/all neurological diseases by en — Dario Amodei | 38.8% | 0.700 | 0.050 | -0.021 |
| prereq | 246_016 Dragonfly nuclear-powered octicopter arrives at Titan in 203 — Peter Diamandis | 35.6% | 0.650 | 0.050 | -0.013 |
| 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 | -0.004 |
| prereq | 240_036 TEPCO's restarted reactor will support 20% of Japan's electr — Peter Diamandis | 34.3% | 0.650 | 0.050 | +0.000 |
Ticker exposure
Beneficiaries (24)
Adverse (6)
Prerequisites (10)
| 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 | — |
| 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 | 247_035 | Dario Amodei will solve most/all neurological diseases by end of decade | Biotech/Longevity | — |
| prereq | 230_020 | Peter's 14-year-old son Milan will never get a driver's license. | Auto/Transport | — |
| 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 | 240_036 | TEPCO's restarted reactor will support 20% of Japan's electric needs by 2040 | Energy | — |
Linked documents (10)
| Sim | Source | Title | Market prob | Polarity | Reviewed | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.662 | manifold | Will @subquadratic 's SubQ "breakthrough" end up mattering in any meaningful way, in 2026? | 5% | mentions | pending | 2026-05-05 |
| 0.657 | manifold | Will I be alive at the end of 2029? | 91% | mentions | pending | 2026-05-11 |
| 0.608 | manifold | Will Xi Jingping visit US before 2027? | 86% | mentions | pending | 2026-05-11 |
| 0.594 | manifold | How many Prime ministers will the UK have before 2028? | — | mentions | pending | 2026-05-15 |
| 0.586 | polymarket | Will Nikki Haley win the 2028 US Presidential Election? | 1% | mentions | pending | 2025-07-08 |
| 0.585 | gdelt | 202604301048537199 | — | mentions | pending | 2026-04-30 |
| 0.578 | manifold | My current relationship lasts >6 months (1 Jan to 1 Jul 2026) | 75% | mentions | pending | 2026-05-05 |
| 0.578 | gdelt | 202604300943375752 | — | mentions | pending | 2026-04-30 |
| 0.573 | polymarket | Will no next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom be appointed in 2026? | 24% | mentions | pending | 2026-02-05 |
| 0.572 | manifold | Will 200 or more ships cross the straight of Hormuz in a day in 2026? | 47% | mentions | pending | 2026-05-27 |
Raw metadata
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