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Jul 19, 2026
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AI Superforecasting: Matching the World's Best Human Predictors
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Peter Diamandis presents the Forecast Bench update: for the first time, several AI models are statistically indistinguishable from human superforecasters — ordinary people who, through disciplined probabilistic reasoning, consistently outpredict CIA analysts with classified information (scored on a Brier scale where lower is better) [1] — Peter Diamandis "The Forecasting Research Institute's Forecast Bench now shows multiple AI models statistically indistinguishable from human superforecaster…" 1:20:30 . The #1 AI superforecaster is from a British startup named Cassie, founded by a British intelligence officer inspired by Philip Tetlock's superforecasting research. Wissner-Gross extends to hyperforecasting: what happens when AI that already dominates high-volume public securities trading by volume also has better internal models of collective human behavior than humans do? It can predict the next action of humanity collectively faster than humanity can take it — and the most interesting domain is capital markets, where prediction preemptively shapes the action being predicted, potentially fulfilling the Efficient Market Hypothesis. Emad Mostaque connects this to his book The Last Economy, where he derives all of economics from generative AI mathematics, noting that psychohistory's requirement for large-population modeling is the same math as diffusion models. Salim Ismail warns that once AI forecasting enters management decisions, senior management expertise becomes obsolete — replaced by bias-free machine judgment.
Superforecasters Dethroned — AI Can Now Predict the Future Better
The Forecasting Research Institute's Forecast Bench now shows multiple AI models statistically indistinguishable from human superforecasters — people who outpredict CIA analysts with classified information. The next step, per Alex Wissner-Gross, is hyperforecasters connected to capital markets that can predict humanity's next collective action faster than humanity can take it — and preemptively reshape markets.
China's Humanoid Robot MMA: 150 Companies and a Decapitation
China has staged public MMA-style humanoid robot combat events that went viral — one robot literally kicking another's head off. With 150 humanoid robot companies competing in China and Unitree having produced only 11,000 units so far, we are at the absolute beginning of a production ramp that will reach millions per year. Alex Wissner-Gross warns these 70kg robots punch four times harder than Mike Tyson — and there's currently zero regulation on their street deployment.
Unitree total humanoid production: 11,000
Emad Mostaque noted that Unitree has only produced 11,000 humanoid robots in total, saying we are at the very beginning of what will become millions per year.
AI Will Coach You Off the Homer Simpson Path
Dave Blundin's vision for AI forecasting applied to individual lives: Homer Simpson doesn't decide to crack open a beer, watch TV, fall asleep, and wake up with a hangover — he just reacts to ads and defaults. AI as a personal life coach can model alternate paths and their outcomes, helping people optimize away from consumerism and toward genuine happiness. Nobody is currently near optimal, but AI can change that.
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