AI LLMs can run for hours (e.g., dinner to 4am) autonomously creating new solutions
Predictor: Eric Schmidt · ep#241 "Eric Schmidt on the Robotics Race, Singularity Timeline, and Energy Shortage" · source
Prediction text
AI LLMs can run for hours (e.g., dinner to 4am) autonomously creating new solutions | he goes to sleep... When does it finish? Oh, 4:00 in the morning... he sees what's been invented
Watch events: Waymo 1M rides/wk (end-2026); Tesla Robotaxi scaling; NHTSA AV rules
Verbatim quote
he goes to sleep... When does it finish? Oh, 4:00 in the morning... he sees what's been invented
Predictor: Eric Schmidt
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Milestone chain
- 2026-02-12hitCursor launches long-running agents in research previewHow: Cursor releases long-running autonomous agents capable of multi-hour task executionSource: https://ai-tools-aggregator-seven.vercel.app/blog/2026-02-12-cursor-long-running-agentsconf 95%
- 2026-04-15hitGoogle Vertex AI ships long-running agents as named productHow: Google Cloud Next 2026 announces long-running agent product with named SLAs in Gemini Enterprise platformSource: https://addyo.substack.com/p/long-running-agentsconf 95%
- 2026-04-30hitTask duration doubling every 7 months continuesHow: METR or Anthropic publishes data confirming AI task duration capability doubling rate ~7 months, with 2026 mid-year baseline >=2 hoursSource: https://addyosmani.com/blog/long-running-agents/conf 90%
- 2026-09-01 → 2026-12-31pendingMulti-hour autonomous research/engineering agents reach 8-hour workday capabilityHow: At least one frontier agent platform demonstrates reliable 8-hour autonomous task completion in published benchmarkSource: https://zylos.ai/research/2026-01-16-long-running-ai-agentsconf 70%
- 2026-12-31pendingEnterprise agentic deployment grows 8x from early 2025 to end-2026How: Survey or industry analyst data confirms enterprise agent deployment count up >=8x vs early 2025 baselineSource: https://zylos.ai/research/2026-01-16-long-running-ai-agentsconf 65%
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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% | 0.650 | 0.050 | -0.080 |
| prereq | SEM_012 Nvidia quadrupled chip production output while only doubling — Jensen Huang | 75.0% | 0.650 | 0.050 | -0.071 |
| prereq | SEM_008 Training runs costing $10 billion for a single model will co — Dario Amodei | 76.9% | 0.650 | 0.050 | -0.060 |
| killer | TK06 China-Taiwan Military Conflict | 8.0% | 0.050 | 0.650 | +0.035 |
| killer | TK11 Autonomous Regulatory Block (Level 4 Halt) | 10.0% | 0.050 | 0.650 | +0.023 |
Top outgoing (children)
Predictions THIS node influences
| Kind | Node | Their prob | P(c|s=T) | P(c|s=F) | Δ implied |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| prereq | 242_015 Full autonomy achieved within 2 years before Salim's son get — Salim Ismail | 71.2% | 0.920 | 0.050 | -0.174 |
| prereq | 246_039 Autonomous vehicles/flying cars coming by 2028. — Peter Diamandis | 49.2% | 0.650 | 0.050 | -0.106 |
| prereq | 243_031 Uber will have significantly more drivers in 2030 than today — Dara Khosrowshahi | 46.3% | 0.650 | 0.050 | -0.077 |
| prereq | 244_019 Peter's son won't need a driver's license in 2 years — Peter Diamandis | 48.4% | 0.920 | 0.050 | +0.054 |
| 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 | +0.040 |
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Beneficiaries (24)
Adverse (5)
Prerequisites (5)
| Type | Pred | Title | Domain | Lag |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| prereq | SEM_008 | Training runs costing $10 billion for a single model will commence sometime in 2025. | 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 | TK11 | Autonomous Regulatory Block (Level 4 Halt) | — | — |
| killer | TK06 | China-Taiwan Military Conflict | — | — |
Dependents (5)
| Type | Pred | Title | Domain | Lag |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| prereq | 244_019 | Peter's son won't need a driver's license in 2 years | Auto/Transport | — |
| prereq | 242_015 | Full autonomy achieved within 2 years before Salim's son gets driver's license | Auto/Transport | — |
| prereq | 230_020 | Peter's 14-year-old son Milan will never get a driver's license. | Auto/Transport | — |
| prereq | 246_039 | Autonomous vehicles/flying cars coming by 2028. | Auto/Transport | — |
| prereq | 243_031 | Uber will have significantly more drivers in 2030 than today, including in US | Labor/Jobs | — |
Linked documents (1)
| Sim | Source | Title | Market prob | Polarity | Reviewed | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.648 | manifold | LLMs understand language [Convince the Machine #4] | 51% | mentions | pending | 2026-05-03 |
Raw metadata
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