AI forecasting competition winner bets million-to-one odds AI won't build a Dyson sphere in the 2030s
sandersted · x · 2026-09-04
A forecaster who has won multiple prediction competitions, including AI forecasting, says he'd bet his life savings at million-to-one odds that AI will not build a Dyson sphere in the 2030s, pushing back against extreme exponential-growth takes.
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