San FranciscoOne engineer scored a skeptic’s predictions individually.
Boards and ministries make budget calls off ungraded AI commentary.
Predictions in prose, without dates or thresholds, can’t be proven wrong by anyone.
Meta’s revenue grew 30% in early 2026, the opposite of the predicted decline.
How each outlet framed it
- Hacker News
- applies standard to evaluate skeptics: 'if something is happening, people saying it's impossible are probably wrong'
Sources: Hacker News