US GDP per capita growing up up up because of AI
Predictor: Andrew Yang · ep#236 "Andrew Yang: UBI Before UHI, Solving Job Loss, and the Future of Work | #236" · source
Prediction text
US GDP per capita growing up up up because of AI | GDP right now is around $84,000 ahead. Uh it's going up up up because of AI.
Verbatim quote
GDP right now is around $84,000 ahead. Uh it's going up up up because of AI.
Predictor: Andrew Yang
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Probability over time
Milestone chain
- 2026-01-31hitSt. Louis Fed AI-contribution-to-GDP nowcast Jan 2026How: St Louis Fed publishes AI-contribution-to-GDP analysis quantifying AI capex shareSource: St. Louis Fed — Tracking AI's Contribution to GDP Growthconf 99%Notes: HIT — but Fed analysis showed AI 15% of Q2/Q3 2025 GDP growth and <5% of GDP overall — softens 'up up up because of AI' framing. Productivity gains still pending.
- 2026-04-25 → 2026-05-30overdueBEA real GDP per capita Q1 2026 printsHow: BEA advance/second estimate of Q1 2026 real GDP per capita posted on FRED A939RX0Q048SBEASource: FRED A939RX0Q048SBEA / BEA news releaseconf 99%Notes: Print due late April / May 2026 — directly observable comparison vs 2025 print.
- 2026-01-26hitAI-related capex categories rank top-2 driver of US GDP growth in any quarterHow: AI-linked categories (info processing equipment + software) rank #1 or #2 contributor to quarterly real GDP growth in BEA decompositionSource: CNBC — AI spending wasn't biggest engine of US GDP growth in 2025conf 85%Notes: HIT — AI capex was #2 driver after consumption; Q1 IPE contribution 0.90pp (above dot-com peak).
- 2026-06-01 → 2026-12-31pendingUS nominal GDP per capita crosses $90,000 in 2026How: BEA-reported US nominal GDP per capita exceeds $90,000 in any 2026 quarterly printSource: BusinessTats / BEA — US 2026 GDP $29T figures imply ~$87-90K per capitaconf 78%Notes: Yang's stated $84K aligns with 2024-25 nominal; growth path puts 2026 at >$87K, not yet 'up up up'.
- 2026-06-01 → 2027-03-31pendingProductivity growth (nonfarm business output/hour) >2% YoY for 2026 sustainedHow: BLS nonfarm business sector productivity prints >=2% YoY for 3 consecutive quartersSource: BLS productivity seriesconf 45%Notes: Cascade — required for AI-driven GDP per capita 'up up up' to materialize in measurable form.
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Raw metadata
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| Kind | Node | Their prob | P(c|s=T) | P(c|s=F) | Δ implied |
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| killer | TK10 $100T Sovereign Debt Crisis | 12.0% | 0.050 | 0.600 | +0.102 |
| killer | TK07 Labor Political Backlash (UBI Mandate / AI Tax) | 18.0% | 0.050 | 0.600 | +0.069 |
| killer | TK14 Superbubble Pop (S&P 500 -40%, Moonshot Capital Evaporates) | 20.0% | 0.050 | 0.600 | +0.058 |
| killer | TK04 Macro Recession 2026-27 (Structural Deleveraging) | 25.0% | 0.050 | 0.600 | +0.031 |
| killer | TK05 Rate Regime Persistence (10y > 5% through 2028) | 30.0% | 0.050 | 0.600 | +0.003 |
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| killer | TK05 | Rate Regime Persistence (10y > 5% through 2028) | — | — |
| killer | TK04 | Macro Recession 2026-27 (Structural Deleveraging) | — | — |
| killer | TK14 | Superbubble Pop (S&P 500 -40%, Moonshot Capital Evaporates) | — | — |
| killer | TK07 | Labor Political Backlash (UBI Mandate / AI Tax) | — | — |
| killer | TK10 | $100T Sovereign Debt Crisis | — | — |
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Raw metadata
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