Ethan Mollick: AI Cracking Short-Term Superforecasting Is an Under-Discussed Trend
eldonredwards · x · 2026-09-19
Ethan Mollick endorses a new piece by Niko Strother (via Archie Hall) arguing that AIs cracking short-term superforecasting is a major, still under-discussed trend—if models keep beating human experts at predicting events, it reshapes intelligence, markets, and decision support.
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