Hopes society will adjust as work is augmented and new work shows up
Predictor: Dara Khosrowshahi · ep#244 "Uber's Robotaxi Playbook, End of Human Driving & $10B Bet on Robots | Dara Khosrowshahi (Uber CEO)" · source
Prediction text
Hopes society will adjust as work is augmented and new work shows up | as some work has been augmented or replaced, new work shows up, etc. That is my hope as it relates to our society as well.
Verbatim quote
as some work has been augmented or replaced, new work shows up, etc. That is my hope as it relates to our society as well.
Predictor: Dara Khosrowshahi
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Milestone chain
- 2026-09-01 → 2027-09-30pendingEntry-level white-collar unemployment in 20-30 age cohort stops risingHow: BLS reports two consecutive quarters where 20-30 cohort tech-occupation unemployment rate is flat or declining vs 2025-2026 trendSource: Goldman: 'unemployment among 20-30 in tech-exposed up ~3pp since start of 2025'conf 45%
- 2026-12-01 → 2027-12-31pendingUS unemployment rate stabilizes or declines despite AI rolloutHow: BLS U-3 unemployment rate stable in 4.0-4.7% band or trending lower for 6+ consecutive months despite ongoing AI deploymentSource: Goldman Sachs 4.5% 2026 unemployment projection; Yale Budget Lab analysisconf 55%
- 2026-09-01 → 2028-03-31pendingMajor reskilling-program scale-up by federal/state governments tied to AI displacementHow: US Department of Labor or comparable agency announces reskilling appropriation >5B USD explicitly tied to AI-displacement adjustmentSource: Yale Budget Lab AI labor-market policy frameworkconf 45%
- 2027-03-01 → 2028-06-30pendingBLS reports first quarter where AI-related new occupations exceed displacementsHow: BLS quarterly job-creation data shows new AI-augmented or AI-supervisory occupation hires exceeding net displacement in any quarterSource: Goldman Sachs: 6-7% transitional displacement framework with eventual offsetconf 50%
- 2027-12-31pendingIf unemployment rises above Amodei 10-20% scenario by end-2027, society-adjustment thesis failsHow: BLS U-3 >10% sustained for 2+ quarters by 2027-12-31 means society has not adjusted, contradicting predictionSource: Anthropic Dario Amodei 10-20% unemployment scenarioconf 55%
- 2027-06-01 → 2028-09-30pendingFirst peer-reviewed empirical study confirms net job creation in AI-augmented occupationsHow: NBER/AEA paper confirms positive net employment in occupations where AI-augmentation rate >=50%Source: JP Morgan 'job destroyer' framework analysisconf 45%
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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 | S_AGI_MID_2029 AGI mid: Kurzweil 2029 path | 35.0% | 0.550 | 0.050 | -0.200 |
| killer | TK03 AI Regulatory Moratorium (EU/US Capability Freeze) | 10.0% | 0.050 | 0.550 | +0.075 |
| killer | TK01 AGI Capability Plateau (2026-27 Training Stall) | 15.0% | 0.050 | 0.550 | +0.050 |
| killer | TK14 Superbubble Pop (S&P 500 -40%, Moonshot Capital Evaporates) | 20.0% | 0.050 | 0.550 | +0.025 |
| prereq | 238_009 Recursive self-improvement is already happening now (no long — Alex Wissner-Gross | 78.1% | 0.550 | 0.050 | +0.011 |
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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 | -0.055 |
| prereq | 235_030 Ray Kurzweil predicts Longevity Escape Velocity (LEV) by 203 — Ray Kurzweil | 39.2% | 0.750 | 0.050 | -0.049 |
| prereq | 240_036 TEPCO's restarted reactor will support 20% of Japan's electr — Peter Diamandis | 34.3% | 0.650 | 0.050 | -0.041 |
| prereq | 239_008 Moon base will exist in 10 years — Elon Musk | 28.8% | 0.550 | 0.050 | -0.029 |
| prereq | SEM_034 True artificial general intelligence will be achieved betwee — Demis Hassabis | 28.7% | 0.550 | 0.050 | -0.028 |
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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 | 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 | 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 | — |
| prereq | S_AGI_MID_2029 | AGI mid: Kurzweil 2029 path | agi_general_capability | — |
| 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 | 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)
| Sim | Source | Title | Market prob | Polarity | Reviewed | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.600 | github_release | facebookresearch/balance 0.14.0 | — | mentions | pending | 2025-12-14 |
| 0.581 | manifold | During Manifest @marysmith will... | — | mentions | pending | 2026-06-04 |
| 0.565 | manifold | Will I do something interesting this week according to me | 48% | mentions | pending | 2026-04-28 |
| 0.565 | manifold | Will I do something interesting this week according to me | 63% | mentions | pending | 2026-05-06 |
| 0.530 | github_release | facebookresearch/facestar paper_materials | — | mentions | pending | 2022-03-28 |
Raw metadata
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