After first state passes retraining law, all other states will race to fire people first
Predictor: Alex Wissner-Gross · ep#240 "NVIDIA's $1 Trillion Prediction, Anthropic Beats OpenAI, Tesla vs. TSMC & The CS Job Collapse" · source
Prediction text
After first state passes retraining law, all other states will race to fire people first | when it rolls out in whatever state, everyone in all the other states is going to race to fire people before the law passes in their state, too.
Verbatim quote
when it rolls out in whatever state, everyone in all the other states is going to race to fire people before the law passes in their state, too.
Predictor: Alex Wissner-Gross
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Probability over time
Milestone chain
- 2025-12-01hitCalifornia SB 951 introduced — Worker Technological Displacement ActHow: California legislature introduces bill amending Cal-WARN with 90-day AI-displacement notice requirement, lower 25-employee threshold, right of first bidSource: Perkins Coie — Navigating Growing Landscape of State AI Employment Bills (April 2026)conf 97%Notes: HIT — SB 951 (Sen. Reyes) is exactly the 'state retraining law' archetype Wissner-Gross described.
- 2026-01-01hitCalifornia Cal-WARN amended Jan 1 2026 with new notice requirementsHow: Updated Cal-WARN takes effect requiring AI/automation-related notices and CalFresh informationSource: Greenberg Traurig — California's New Employment Laws 2026conf 99%
- 2026-01-15hitFederal WARN Fair Warning Act introduced in Congress 2026How: Congress introduces bill overhauling WARN with extended notice for AI/automation displacementSource: Proskauer — Congress Proposes Major Overhaul of WARN: Fair Warning Act (Jan 2026)conf 92%
- 2026-02-15hitMinnesota AI displacement 90-day notice / reskilling bill introducedHow: Minnesota legislature introduces AI-displacement notice + worker-reskilling rights bill in 2026 sessionSource: Metaintro — One-Third of Minnesota Workers Face AI Displacement (2026)conf 85%Notes: HIT — Second-state-after-California signal directly supports the 'race to fire first' thesis.
- 2026-02-28hitTech-firm pre-emptive layoffs cluster in Q1-Q2 2026 (>=5 firms with AI cause cited)How: >=5 publicly-traded firms cite AI/automation explicitly as basis for >=10% workforce cuts within 6-month windowSource: MIT Tech Review reporting + Layoffs.fyiconf 92%Notes: HIT — Block (40%), Atlassian (1,600), and at least 3 others on Layoffs.fyi citing AI in Q1 2026. Pattern matches 'race to fire first' before SB 951 passes.
- 2026-04-01 → 2026-12-31pending>=5 additional states introduce AI-displacement notice bills in 2026 sessionsHow: >=5 US states beyond CA/MN introduce AI-specific worker-displacement notice or retraining bills in 2026Source: Perkins Coie / NCSL state-AI trackerconf 65%Notes: Cascade — would confirm the multi-state 'race' pattern Wissner-Gross described.
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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 | SEM_042 2025 will be the definitive year that agentic systems finall — Kevin Weil | 73.8% | 0.500 | 0.050 | -0.046 |
| prereq | 235_038 David Sinclair begins partial epigenetic reprogramming trial — Peter Diamandis | 74.0% | 0.500 | 0.050 | -0.043 |
| prereq | SEM_012 Nvidia quadrupled chip production output while only doubling — Jensen Huang | 75.0% | 0.500 | 0.050 | -0.039 |
| killer | TK03 AI Regulatory Moratorium (EU/US Capability Freeze) | 10.0% | 0.050 | 0.500 | +0.032 |
| prereq | SEM_008 Training runs costing $10 billion for a single model will co — Dario Amodei | 76.9% | 0.500 | 0.050 | -0.031 |
Top outgoing (children)
Predictions THIS node influences
| Kind | Node | Their prob | P(c|s=T) | P(c|s=F) | Δ implied |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| prereq | 246_016 Dragonfly nuclear-powered octicopter arrives at Titan in 203 — Peter Diamandis | 35.6% | 0.650 | 0.050 | -0.056 |
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Adverse (6)
Prerequisites (8)
| Type | Pred | Title | Domain | Lag |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| prereq | 235_038 | David Sinclair begins partial epigenetic reprogramming trials with Life Biosciences in March 2026. | Biotech/Longevity | — |
| prereq | SEM_008 | Training runs costing $10 billion for a single model will commence sometime in 2025. | AI | — |
| prereq | 238_009 | Recursive self-improvement is already happening now (no longer three years out) | AI | — |
| 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) | — | — |
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| Type | Pred | Title | Domain | Lag |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| prereq | 235_030 | Ray Kurzweil predicts Longevity Escape Velocity (LEV) by 2033. | Biotech/Longevity | — |
| 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 | 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 | — |
| prereq | 239_008 | Moon base will exist in 10 years | Space | — |
Linked documents (5)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 0.551 | manifold | What happens first: Puerto Rico/DC a state, or Supreme Court expanded? | — | mentions | pending | 2026-05-16 |
| 0.551 | manifold | Which incumbent representatives wont place first in their primaries? | — | mentions | pending | 2026-05-30 |
Raw metadata
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