AI systems eventually won't have the ability to do completely new things
Predictor: Eric Schmidt · ep#241 "Eric Schmidt on the Robotics Race, Singularity Timeline, and Energy Shortage" · source
Prediction text
AI systems eventually won't have the ability to do completely new things | It'll get to the point where you don't have the ability to do completely new things
Verbatim quote
It'll get to the point where you don't have the ability to do completely new things
Predictor: Eric Schmidt
Calibration plot (stated vs observed)
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Probability over time
Milestone chain
- 2026-05-01 → 2026-06-15overdueFrontier model release with novel scientific discovery (e.g., new theorem, materials, drug target)How: Peer-reviewed paper or preprint co-authored with frontier lab claims AI-originated discovery without human prompt-engineered hypothesisSource: Schmidt thesis benchmark; Anthropic/OpenAI/DeepMind release cadenceconf 45%
- 2026-04-30 → 2026-06-21overdueARC-AGI-2 or Frontier Math Tier 4 leaderboard plateau (no >5pp gain in 60 days)How: Public ARC Prize or Epoch AI leaderboard shows top model score not improving >5 percentage points over rolling 60-day window before display_dateSource: ARC Prize 2026 leaderboard; Epoch AI FrontierMathconf 40%
- 2026-05-01 → 2026-06-21overduePublic Schmidt restatement or adjacent expert (Hassabis, Amodei) endorses novelty-ceiling thesisHow: On-record interview, op-ed, or conference talk by Schmidt or top-3 frontier-lab CEO explicitly states AI cannot do completely new thingsSource: futurist:Eric Schmidt prior statementconf 35%
- 2026-05-15 → 2026-09-30pendingMajor frontier lab publicly walks back AGI/superintelligence timelinesHow: OpenAI, Anthropic, DeepMind, or xAI leadership publicly extends prior AGI ETA by >12 months in earnings call, blog, or interviewSource: training-window inferenceconf 30%
- 2026-07-01 → 2026-12-31pendingCapex slowdown signal: at least one hyperscaler trims 2027 AI capex guidanceHow: MSFT/META/GOOGL/AMZN CFO publicly reduces forward AI infrastructure capex by >5% YoY in earnings guidanceSource: macro cascade if novelty ceiling validatesconf 25%
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Evidence chain
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| killer | TK03 AI Regulatory Moratorium (EU/US Capability Freeze) | 10.0% | 0.050 | 0.550 | +0.117 |
| killer | TK01 AGI Capability Plateau (2026-27 Training Stall) | 15.0% | 0.050 | 0.550 | +0.092 |
| killer | TK14 Superbubble Pop (S&P 500 -40%, Moonshot Capital Evaporates) | 20.0% | 0.050 | 0.550 | +0.067 |
| prereq | 238_009 Recursive self-improvement is already happening now (no long — Alex Wissner-Gross | 78.1% | 0.550 | 0.050 | +0.053 |
| prereq | SEM_008 Training runs costing $10 billion for a single model will co — Dario Amodei | 76.9% | 0.550 | 0.050 | +0.047 |
Top outgoing (children)
Predictions THIS node influences
| Kind | Node | Their prob | P(c|s=T) | P(c|s=F) | Δ implied |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| prereq | 231_013 Math is cooked (will be solved), physics cooked, biology cha — Alex Wissner-Gross | 35.4% | 0.620 | 0.050 | -0.068 |
| prereq | 241_043 ASI will arrive within 2 years to 5 years to this next decad — Peter Diamandis | 35.9% | 0.650 | 0.050 | -0.060 |
| prereq | CMQ_002 By 2028, AI systems will reach 'independent researcher' leve — Sam Altman | 31.4% | 0.550 | 0.050 | -0.057 |
| prereq | 235_030 Ray Kurzweil predicts Longevity Escape Velocity (LEV) by 203 — Ray Kurzweil | 39.2% | 0.750 | 0.050 | -0.052 |
| prereq | 232_055 We're exiting the industrial age permanently as recursive se — Peter Diamandis | 35.5% | 0.700 | 0.050 | -0.035 |
Ticker exposure
Beneficiaries (23)
Adverse (6)
Prerequisites (9)
| Type | Pred | Title | Domain | Lag |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| prereq | 238_009 | Recursive self-improvement is already happening now (no longer three years out) | AI | — |
| prereq | SEM_008 | Training runs costing $10 billion for a single model will commence sometime in 2025. | AI | — |
| prereq | 234_012 | Anthropic revenue will cross OpenAI revenue in middle of 2026 | Markets/Stocks | — |
| 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 | — |
| correlate | S_NO_AI_PAUSE_5Y | No major AI pause through 2031 | ai_regulatory_pause | — |
| 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) | — | — |
Dependents (5)
| Type | Pred | Title | Domain | Lag |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| prereq | 235_030 | Ray Kurzweil predicts Longevity Escape Velocity (LEV) by 2033. | Biotech/Longevity | — |
| prereq | 232_055 | We're exiting the industrial age permanently as recursive self-improvement unfolds. | AI | — |
| prereq | 241_043 | ASI will arrive within 2 years to 5 years to this next decade | AI | — |
| prereq | 231_013 | Math is cooked (will be solved), physics cooked, biology char broiled. | AI | — |
| prereq | CMQ_002 | By 2028, AI systems will reach 'independent researcher' level — driving autonomous scientific discoveries without human intervention. | AI | — |
Linked documents (4)
| Sim | Source | Title | Market prob | Polarity | Reviewed | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.763 | manifold | Will AI continue to improve? | 84% | mentions | pending | 2026-06-01 |
| 0.754 | manifold | Is ai going to be self repairing? | 10% | mentions | pending | 2026-05-25 |
| 0.693 | manifold | Will artificial intelligence change everyday life more than the internet did | 52% | mentions | pending | 2026-06-05 |
| 0.638 | manifold | Change my view: artificial superintelligence is not as serious of a risk as Eliezer Yudkowsky claims it to be. | 37% | mentions | pending | 2026-05-17 |
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