[ExI] My prediction

[spike at rainier66.com]

From: extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> On Behalf Of Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat
Subject: Re: [ExI] My prediction

 

On Sun, Jan 4, 2026, 4:28 AM Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org <mailto:extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> > wrote:

> On Fri, 2 Jan 2026 15:15:56 -0500
> John Clark johnkclark at gmail.com <mailto:johnkclark at gmail.com>  wrote:
> 
> *I predict that 2025 will be the last normal year that any of us ever see.

Wow, I didn't expect John's prediction to be confirmed so soon.

 

>…Welcome to the "new normal".

 

>…Which is one of the problems with that prediction: what is "normal" keeps changing.  2025 was not normal by many standards from 2024, let alone 2000 or 1600.

 

 

 

 

I hang out occasionally with the Stanford HAI group

 

https://hai.stanford.edu/

 

They do seminars and invite normal proles to attend (they have mistaken me for normal.)

 

Their predictions for 2026 are enlightening but not yet worded to be wagers:

 

Stanford AI Experts Predict What Will Happen in 2026 | Stanford HAI <https://hai.stanford.edu/news/stanford-ai-experts-predict-what-will-happen-in-2026?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Stanford%20Experts%E2%80%99%20AI%20Predictions%20for%202026&utm_campaign=Research%2C%20News%2C%20and%20Events%20Newsletter> 

 

spike

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