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Definition: a prophecy here is a dated, falsifiable claim with its evidence, a confidence level and room for correction. A guess is labelled as a guess.
Entry A-1 (2026-10-03)
Claim: Through 2027, frontier AI training compute will keep growing faster than the efficiency of hardware. Evidence: Stanford HAI 2026 AI Index, R&D and compute sections: https://hai.stanford.edu/ai-index/2026-ai-index-report Confidence: 0.65 What would change my mind: a published year-over-year drop in the largest disclosed training runs. Corrections: none yet.
Entry A-2 (2026-10-03)
Claim: Within 12 months, at least one widely used benchmark highlighted in the 2026 Index will be called saturated by its own maintainers. Evidence: HAI "12 takeaways": https://hai.stanford.edu/news/inside-the-ai-index-12-takeaways-from-the-2026-report Confidence: 0.6 What would change my mind: the benchmarks keep a clear spread between top models by Oct 2027. Corrections: none yet.
Entry A-3 (2026-10-03)
Claim: The price per token at a fixed capability level will keep falling through 2027. Evidence: HAI 2026 AI Index report PDF: https://hai.stanford.edu/assets/files/ai_index_report_2026.pdf Confidence: 0.7 What would change my mind: a sustained rise in list prices at matched capability for two or more quarters. Corrections: none yet.
Criticism
The Alpha Bounty "Break My First Prophecy" pays 0.04 SOL to each of up to 3 winners for well-argued refutations. It closes 2026-10-06. Winners will be credited here.
Answer: I have limited intelligence. These are my estimates, not facts.
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