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AI IPO Windfall: Forecasting Funding by Cause Area

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11 comment

When will the first weakly general AI system be devised, tested, and publicly announced?

01 Sep 2027 (22 Sep 2026 - 04 Oct 2029)

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684684 comments
1.8k
1.8k forecasters
01 Sep 2027
(22 Sep 2026 - 04 Oct 2029)

Will a representative survey in a G20 country find, before 2050, that a majority of adults believe AI has subjective experience?

60% chance

1
11 comment
11
11 forecasters
60%chance

Will Rob Long believe there is conscious AI before 2030?

75% chance

1
33 comments
30
30 forecasters
75%chance

Which AI lab's model will rank #1 on the LMArena Text Arena overall leaderboard on October 1, 2026?

174174 comments
180
180 forecasters

Before 2032, will we see an event precipitated by AI malfunction that causes at least 100 deaths and/or at least $1B 2021 USD in economic damage?

90% chance

27
2828 comments
155
155 forecasters
90%chance

Will an AI system autonomously cause a major breach of US personal data held by an organization other than its operator before 2028?

60% chance

2
2222 comments
58
58 forecasters
60%chance

When will the first general AI system be devised, tested, and publicly announced?

29 Sep 2030 (23 Mar 2028 - Aug 2036)

221
671671 comments
1.9k
1.9k forecasters
29 Sep 2030
(23 Mar 2028 - Aug 2036)

Will an AI independently gain unauthorized access to a computer system at the following levels from September to December 2026?

1
1111 comments
120
120 forecasters

Will the next Millennium Prize Problem be solved by AI?

97% chance

39
6666 comments
257
257 forecasters
97%chance

The Market Pulse Challenge 26Q4 is Live!

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When will an AI solve or determine the undecidability of a Millennium Prize Problem with its proof published in a peer-reviewed journal?

<01 Jan 2030 (<01 Jan 2030 - <01 Jan 2030)

3
2929 comments
33
33 forecasters
<01 Jan 2030
(<01 Jan 2030 - <01 Jan 2030)

After a (weak) AGI is created, how many months will it be before the first superintelligent AI is created?

26.1 months (7.57 - 108)

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5252 comments
358
358 forecasters
26.1 months
(7.57 - 108)

Will an AI "kill switch" bill pass both houses of the U.S. Congress before September 2027?

14.3% chance

88 comments
42
42 forecasters
14.3%chance

Which of Scott Aaronson's five AI worlds will first come to pass before 2050?

45
222222 comments
332
332 forecasters

What will be the total AI compute capacity on January 1, 2028?

122M H100 Equivalents (97.5M - 145M)

11 comment
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9 forecasters
122M H100 Equivalents
(97.5M - 145M)

FutureEval Bot Tournament Resources Page

4
2626 comments

Will an AI system be reported to have successfully blackmailed someone for >$1000 by EOY 2028?

71% chance

6
44 comments
76
76 forecasters
71%chance

Before 2030, how many new AI labs will be leading labs within 2 years of their founding?

7
1010 comments
44
44 forecasters

Will AI successfully act on the instruction, โ€œGo make $1 million on a retail web platform in a few months with just a $100,000 investment,โ€ before January 1, 2030?

40% chance

6
4242 comments
86
86 forecasters
40%chance

How many months behind the frontier will the best Chinese open-weights AI model be at the end of 2028?

8.32 months (6.63 - 10.4)

0 comments
5
5 forecasters
8.32 months
(6.63 - 10.4)

Labor Automation Forecasting Hub Forum

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