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Something really bad will happen if OpenAI catches up/Grok 5 releases (forced mythos out the door).

Predictor: Dave Blundin · ep#246 "SpaceX Goes Public, Claude's Mythos Release, and the US Data Center Delay | EP #246" · source

Prior probability
55.0%
Current probability
45.4%
evolves via intake + LBP
Conviction
3/5
Signal quality
B
Resolution
pending
Window
2026-06-01 – 2026-06-30
Edges in / out
10 / 5
Tickers exposed
37

Prediction text

Something really bad will happen if OpenAI catches up/Grok 5 releases (forced mythos out the door). | if if OpenAI catches up or Grock 5, where the hell is Grock 5?... So, there's no pressure on Dario at the moment, but if there were, yeah, you'd have to raise it out the door. Something really bad's going to happen.

Watch events: OpenAI next funding round; IPO timing; revenue disclosures; Grok 5 launch (Q2 2026 consensus)

Verbatim quote

From episode "SpaceX Goes Public, Claude's Mythos Release, and the US Data Center Delay | EP #246"
if if OpenAI catches up or Grock 5, where the hell is Grock 5?... So, there's no pressure on Dario at the moment, but if there were, yeah, you'd have to raise it out the door. Something really bad's going to happen.

Predictor: Dave Blundin

κ + Brier as of 2026-05-22
κ (discount)
0.821
Brier
0.0491
excellent
Hits / Misses
3 / 2
of 9 resolved
Hit rate
33.3%
Calibration plot (stated vs observed)

Evidence about this node from Dave Blundin is multiplied by κ in /api/intake. Lower κ = less weight; floors at 0.10 (effectively silenced) and caps at 1.00 (full weight).

Reference class

Not linked

This node isn't linked to a reference class. The Bayesian update applies without outside-view blending.

Probability over time

4 prob_history rows
0%25%50%75%100%prior 55%2026-04-302026-05-032026-05-10
intake v2milestone miss sweeplbp propagationreference class assignedlegacy v1prior_prob (analyst seed)current = 45.4%

Milestone chain

Pre-event signals (upstream prereqs + window checkpoints) → resolution event → downstream cascades. Status/dates update from linked nodes; re-derive nightly via scripts/ops/derive_milestones.py.
Leading chain: 4 fired ✓
  1. 2026-04-15 → 2026-12-31pendingGrok 5 publicly launches
    How: xAI releases Grok 5 publicly via X Premium / xAI API / open weights; benchmarks reach or surpass Claude 4.7 / GPT-5 on Artificial Analysis composite
    Source: https://overchat.ai/ai-hub/grok-5-release-dateconf 55%
  2. 2026-05-01 → 2026-12-31pendingAnthropic accelerates next-gen model release calendar (Claude 5 / Opus 5)
    How: Anthropic announces Claude 5 / Opus 5 release date or model card within 2 quarters of OpenAI/xAI competitive release; verified via anthropic.com release notes
    Source: https://sacra.com/c/anthropic/conf 55%
  3. 2026-05-01 → 2027-06-30pendingOpenAI catches up to Anthropic in benchmark performance on >=2 of {SWE-bench Verified, ARC-AGI, GPQA-Diamond}
    How: OpenAI releases model (GPT-5.5, GPT-6, or named successor) that matches or exceeds Anthropic's leading model on at least 2 of {SWE-bench Verified, ARC-AGI, GPQA-Diamond}; verified via Artificial Analysis or Epoch AI public leaderboard
    Source: https://www.neuralbuddies.com/p/gpt-5-5-vs-claude-opus-4-7-vs-grok-5conf 70%
  4. 2026-06-01 → 2027-12-31pendingAnthropic safety / alignment incident reported during accelerated release pressure
    How: Anthropic discloses (Model Card, Responsible Scaling Policy report, blog) or major outlet reports an alignment-spec violation or safety-rollback incident on a model released under explicit competitive-pressure release pacing
    Source: https://www.anthropic.com/newsconf 40%
  5. 2026-09-01 → 2027-12-31pendingCascade: Anthropic loses pricing power; commercial deals re-priced down >10%
    How: Anthropic publicly cuts API pricing >10% on flagship models, or major customer (AWS, Cursor, GitHub, Notion) discloses Anthropic price concession; confirmed via Anthropic pricing page diff or major outlet
    Source: https://stocktwits.com/news-articles/markets/equity/anthropic-annualized-revenue-26-billion-2026/ch6F2pqR3N6conf 40%
  6. 2026-09-01 → 2027-12-31pendingCascade: Dario Amodei or Anthropic exec publicly addresses competitive-pressure release tradeoffs
    How: Dario Amodei, Daniela Amodei, or Anthropic president directly addresses tradeoff between competitive pressure and safety-deployment cadence in podcast, congressional testimony, or open letter; quoted in major outlet
    Source: https://www.anthropic.com/newsconf 55%

What if this resolves?

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(live posterior: 45%)

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Evidence chain

Every probability update with full Bayesian provenance — chronological, latest first
LBP2026-05-10T02:00:02Z45.4%-1.1pp
Network propagation: 46.5% → 45.4%
6-iter LBP, residual 0.00584 · damping 0.5, w_intrinsic 0.5 · method lbp_v3 · run e5c18d29
LBP2026-05-03T02:00:01Z46.5%-2.0pp
Network propagation: 48.5% → 46.5%
6-iter LBP, residual 0.00677 · damping 0.5, w_intrinsic 0.5 · method lbp_v3 · run 1a683ac9
LBP2026-04-30T16:39:51Z48.5%-2.6pp
Network propagation: 51.2% → 48.5%
5-iter LBP, residual 0.00825 · damping 0.5, w_intrinsic 0.5 · method lbp_v2 · run 0c8a4ea3
LBP2026-04-30T02:18:57Z51.2%-3.8pp
Network propagation: 55.0% → 51.2%
5-iter LBP, residual 0.00825 · damping 0.5, w_intrinsic 0.5 · method lbp_v1 · run 592311ef

Network propagation neighbors

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killerTK03
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10.0%0.0500.550+0.046

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Ticker exposure

37 ticker(s) linked

Beneficiaries (24)

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Adverse (6)

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Prerequisites (10)

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Raw metadata

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