LLMs now beat human superforecasters at predicting the future
jzlegion · x · 2026-11-05
jzlegion points out that models are already beating human superforecasters at predicting future events—a development he thinks is under-discussed, and one of the biggest net-new powers LLMs will enable.
The quoted Catalyst announcement says forecasting is now live: powered by leading superforecasting teams, users can ask any question, get odds that update with the latest news, and automatically trade as the odds move.
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