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| 1 | Title | URL | Platform | Binary question? | Percentage | Description | # Forecasts | Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Will there be more than 50 prediction questions embedded in LessWrong posts and comments this month? | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Will%20there%20be%20more%20than%2050%20prediction%20questions%20embedded%20in%20LessWrong%20posts%20and%20comments%20this%20month?&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 56.39% | 337 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 3 | Will more than 50 people predict on this post? | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Will%20more%20than%2050%20people%20predict%20on%20this%20post?&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 82.03% | 230 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 4 | Will AGI cause an existential catastrophe? | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Will%20AGI%20cause%20an%20existential%20catastrophe?&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 36.85% | 158 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 5 | Will AGI cause an existential catastrophe without additional intervention from the existing AI Alignment research community? | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Will%20AGI%20cause%20an%20existential%20catastrophe%20without%20additional%20intervention%20from%20the%20existing%20AI%20Alignment%20research%20community?&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 52.70% | 137 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 6 | Will there be an arms race dynamic in the lead-up to AGI? | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Will%20there%20be%20an%20arms%20race%20dynamic%20in%20the%20lead-up%20to%20AGI?&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 75.52% | 113 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 7 | The new English Strain is at least 50% more infectious than the currently dominant American strain of Covid-19 | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=The%20new%20English%20Strain%20is%20at%20least%2050%%20more%20infectious%20than%20the%20currently%20dominant%20American%20strain%20of%20Covid-19&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 63.37% | 211 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 8 | Will a single AGI or AGI project achieve a decisive strategic advantage? | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Will%20a%20single%20AGI%20or%20AGI%20project%20achieve%20a%20decisive%20strategic%20advantage?&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 61.63% | 115 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 9 | How vivid is your visual imagination? | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=How%20vivid%20is%20your%20visual%20imagination?&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 50.68% | 119 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 10 | Will we get AGI from deep learning with small variations, without more insights on a similar level to deep learning? | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Will%20we%20get%20AGI%20from%20deep%20learning%20with%20small%20variations,%20without%20more%20insights%20on%20a%20similar%20level%20to%20deep%20learning?&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 33.50% | 110 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 11 | Will > 50% of AGI researchers agree with safety concerns by 2030? | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Will%20>%2050%%20of%20AGI%20researchers%20agree%20with%20safety%20concerns%20by%202030?&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 42.70% | 107 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 12 | Will we experience an existential catastrophe before we build AGI? | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Will%20we%20experience%20an%20existential%20catastrophe%20before%20we%20build%20AGI?&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 11.79% | 100 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 13 | How vivid is your sound imagination? | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=How%20vivid%20is%20your%20sound%20imagination?&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 61.17% | 106 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 14 | Will there be another AI Winter (a period commonly referred to as such) before we develop AGI? | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Will%20there%20be%20another%20AI%20Winter%20(a%20period%20commonly%20referred%20to%20as%20such)%20before%20we%20develop%20AGI?&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 28.63% | 95 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 15 | Will we get AGI from 1-3 more insights on a similar level to deep learning? | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Will%20we%20get%20AGI%20from%201-3%20more%20insights%20on%20a%20similar%20level%20to%20deep%20learning?&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 43.12% | 112 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 16 | There will be an additional distinct large wave of Covid-19 infections in the United States 2021 | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=There%20will%20be%20an%20additional%20distinct%20large%20wave%20of%20Covid-19%20infections%20in%20the%20United%20States%202021&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 58.18% | 158 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 17 | How vivid is your taste imagination? | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=How%20vivid%20is%20your%20taste%20imagination?&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 25.73% | 84 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 18 | How vivid is your smell imagination? | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=How%20vivid%20is%20your%20smell%20imagination?&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 25.41% | 82 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 19 | Will we need > 3 breakthroughs on a similar level to deep learning to get AGI? | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Will%20we%20need%20>%203%20breakthroughs%20on%20a%20similar%20level%20to%20deep%20learning%20to%20get%20AGI?&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 25.38% | 84 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 20 | How frequently do you think in words? | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=How%20frequently%20do%20you%20think%20in%20words?&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 78.13% | 86 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 21 | Do you have a type of Synaesthesia? | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Do%20you%20have%20a%20type%20of%20Synaesthesia?&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 19.76% | 87 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 22 | Do you have an internal monologue? | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Do%20you%20have%20an%20internal%20monologue?&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 82.28% | 80 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 23 | How vivid is your touch imagination? | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=How%20vivid%20is%20your%20touch%20imagination?&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 36.13% | 79 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 24 | How good is your memory? | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=How%20good%20is%20your%20memory?&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 52.65% | 78 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 25 | How much control do you have over your mind? | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=How%20much%20control%20do%20you%20have%20over%20your%20mind?&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 45.59% | 76 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 26 | Before reaching AGI, will we hit a point where we can no longer improve AI capabilities by scaling? | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Before%20reaching%20AGI,%20will%20we%20hit%20a%20point%20where%20we%20can%20no%20longer%20improve%20AI%20capabilities%20by%20scaling?&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 42.76% | 85 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 27 | Trump will win a second term | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Trump%20will%20win%20a%20second%20term&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 46.20% | 74 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 28 | Before reaching AGI, will we hit a point where we can no longer improve AI capabilities by scaling because the increase in AI capabilities from scaling plateaus? | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Before%20reaching%20AGI,%20will%20we%20hit%20a%20point%20where%20we%20can%20no%20longer%20improve%20AI%20capabilities%20by%20scaling%20because%20the%20increase%20in%20AI%20capabilities%20from%20scaling%20plateaus?&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 31.56% | 66 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 29 | Before reaching AGI, will we hit a point where we can no longer improve AI capabilities by scaling because we are unable to continue scaling? | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Before%20reaching%20AGI,%20will%20we%20hit%20a%20point%20where%20we%20can%20no%20longer%20improve%20AI%20capabilities%20by%20scaling%20because%20we%20are%20unable%20to%20continue%20scaling?&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 24.51% | 75 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 30 | Will the post "Embedded Interactive Predictions on LessWrong" get more than 80 karma by December 1st? | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Will%20the%20post%20"Embedded%20Interactive%20Predictions%20on%20LessWrong"%20get%20more%20than%2080%20karma%20by%20December%201st?&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 89.52% | 83 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 31 | Having a button/prompt for Elicit on LW would increase usage by at least 5x | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Having%20a%20button/prompt%20for%20Elicit%20on%20LW%20would%20increase%20usage%20by%20at%20least%205x&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 60.22% | 41 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 32 | By 2025 bitcoin will no longer be the highest traded cryptocurrency. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=By%202025%20bitcoin%20will%20no%20longer%20be%20the%20highest%20traded%20cryptocurrency.%20&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 55.49% | 37 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 33 | A Singularity will not occur by the year 2040. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=A%20Singularity%20will%20not%20occur%20by%20the%20year%202040.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 68.71% | 42 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 34 | Will there be a 4 year interval in which world GDP doubles before the first 1 year interval in which world GDP doubles? | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Will%20there%20be%20a%204%20year%20interval%20in%20which%20world%20GDP%20doubles%20before%20the%20first%201%20year%20interval%20in%20which%20world%20GDP%20doubles?&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 61.12% | 42 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 35 | Before 2025, most of Russia will become part of the United States, or the reverse, or they will in some other manner become the same sovereign state, or part of the same sovereign state | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Before%202025,%20most%20of%20Russia%20will%20become%20part%20of%20the%20United%20States,%20or%20the%20reverse,%20or%20they%20will%20in%20some%20other%20manner%20become%20the%20same%20sovereign%20state,%20or%20part%20of%20the%20same%20sovereign%20state&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 0.79% | 34 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 36 | The Pope will be assassinated. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=The%20Pope%20will%20be%20assassinated.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 3.03% | 32 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 37 | Will there be a 4 year interval in which world GDP growth doubles before the first 1 year interval in which world GDP growth doubles? | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Will%20there%20be%20a%204%20year%20interval%20in%20which%20world%20GDP%20growth%20doubles%20before%20the%20first%201%20year%20interval%20in%20which%20world%20GDP%20growth%20doubles?&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 47.38% | 47 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 38 | The real identity of Nakamoto Satoshi will be publicly known by 2022 | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=The%20real%20identity%20of%20Nakamoto%20Satoshi%20will%20be%20publicly%20known%20by%202022&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 38.97% | 31 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 39 | PredictionBook will still survive by the end of 2020 | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=PredictionBook%20will%20still%20survive%20by%20the%20end%20of%202020&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 83.00% | 40 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 40 | Will AGI cause existential catastrophe conditional on there being a 4 year period of doubling of world GDP before a 1 year period of doubling? | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Will%20AGI%20cause%20existential%20catastrophe%20conditional%20on%20there%20being%20a%204%20year%20period%20of%20doubling%20of%20world%20GDP%20before%20a%201%20year%20period%20of%20doubling?&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 36.91% | 34 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 41 | "There will only be three languages in the world - English, Spanish and Mandarin" --Bill Walker, BBC | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search="There%20will%20only%20be%20three%20languages%20in%20the%20world%20-%20English,%20Spanish%20and%20Mandarin"%20--Bill%20Walker,%20BBC&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 2.91% | 33 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 42 | Will LessWrong add a button to embed interactive predictions before 2021-07-01? | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Will%20LessWrong%20add%20a%20button%20to%20embed%20interactive%20predictions%20before%202021-07-01?&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 54.94% | 47 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 43 | Will AGI cause existential catastrophe conditional on there being a 1 year period of doubling of world GDP without there first being a 4 year period of doubling? | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Will%20AGI%20cause%20existential%20catastrophe%20conditional%20on%20there%20being%20a%201%20year%20period%20of%20doubling%20of%20world%20GDP%20without%20there%20first%20being%20a%204%20year%20period%20of%20doubling?&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 47.00% | 34 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 44 | No nuclear weapon will be used for the remainder of this decade. (Does not count tests) | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=No%20nuclear%20weapon%20will%20be%20used%20for%20the%20remainder%20of%20this%20decade.%20(Does%20not%20count%20tests)&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 82.13% | 32 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 45 | No military draft in the United States before 2020. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=No%20military%20draft%20in%20the%20United%20States%20before%202020.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 90.27% | 33 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 46 | Flying cars will become the dominant form of transportation in at least one major world city by 2035. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Flying%20cars%20will%20become%20the%20dominant%20form%20of%20transportation%20in%20at%20least%20one%20major%20world%20city%20by%202035.%20%20&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 8.81% | 31 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 47 | Before 2030 organised religions will no longer exist in any meaningful way and religion will no longer have any political influence. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Before%202030%20organised%20religions%20will%20no%20longer%20exist%20in%20any%20meaningful%20way%20and%20religion%20will%20no%20longer%20have%20any%20political%20influence.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 8.68% | 28 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 48 | Edward Snowden will be U.S. President before 2034 | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Edward%20Snowden%20will%20be%20U.S.%20President%20before%202034&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 0.23% | 26 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 49 | Trump wins Nobel | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Trump%20wins%20Nobel&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 10.55% | 38 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 50 | California will secede from the United States before 2021 | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=California%20will%20secede%20from%20the%20United%20States%20before%202021&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 0.68% | 34 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 51 | Will AGI cause existential catastrophe conditional on there being a 4 year period of doubling of world GDP growth before a 1 year period of doubling? | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Will%20AGI%20cause%20existential%20catastrophe%20conditional%20on%20there%20being%20a%204%20year%20period%20of%20doubling%20of%20world%20GDP%20growth%20before%20a%201%20year%20period%20of%20doubling?&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 40.24% | 42 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 52 | Bitcoin was an official NSA or CIA project. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Bitcoin%20was%20an%20official%20NSA%20or%20CIA%20project.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 1.88% | 26 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 53 | Will AGI cause existential catastrophe conditional on there being a 1 year period of doubling of world GDP growth without there first being a 4 year period of doubling? | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Will%20AGI%20cause%20existential%20catastrophe%20conditional%20on%20there%20being%20a%201%20year%20period%20of%20doubling%20of%20world%20GDP%20growth%20without%20there%20first%20being%20a%204%20year%20period%20of%20doubling?&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 46.84% | 32 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 54 | ...be an environmental disaster. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=...be%20an%20environmental%20disaster.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 26.37% | 27 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 55 | For most of history, a human attempting to use reasoning to do things like cooking, crafting, or planning (instead of using inherited cultural heuristics, like omens or folk wisdom), would have been substantially worse off, and faced a major increase in their risk of death (without a commensurate increase in life quality). | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=For%20most%20of%20history,%20a%20human%20attempting%20to%20use%20reasoning%20to%20do%20things%20like%20cooking,%20crafting,%20or%20planning%20(instead%20of%20using%20inherited%20cultural%20heuristics,%20like%20omens%20or%20folk%20wisdom),%20would%20have%20been%20substantially%20worse%20off,%20and%20faced%20a%20major%20increase%20in%20their%20risk%20of%20death%20(without%20a%20commensurate%20increase%20in%20life%20quality).&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 58.56% | 34 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 56 | 50% chance of AI by 2028 --Shane Legg | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=50%%20chance%20of%20AI%20by%202028%20--Shane%20Legg&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 24.39% | 28 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 57 | "I predict that by 2020, China will ban foreign men from entering China, except for special cases." | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search="I%20predict%20that%20by%202020,%20China%20will%20ban%20foreign%20men%20from%20entering%20China,%20except%20for%20special%20cases."&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 9.69% | 26 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 58 | Queen Elizabeth II will abdicate before her death. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Queen%20Elizabeth%20II%20will%20abdicate%20before%20her%20death.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 7.46% | 26 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 59 | The Singularity will occur by 2050. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=The%20Singularity%20will%20occur%20by%202050.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 35.12% | 25 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 60 | Does Pareto frontier trick allow people to circumvent the Generalized Efficient Market hypothesis? That is, take people in the 98th percentile of intelligence. Are there a few separate fields such that they could become experts in each, with less than 10 years of total time investment... and then have a realistic shot at a big money/status windfall, with relatively little *marginal* effort. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Does%20Pareto%20frontier%20trick%20allow%20people%20to%20circumvent%20the%20Generalized%20Efficient%20Market%20hypothesis?%20That%20is,%20take%20people%20in%20the%2098th%20percentile%20of%20intelligence.%20Are%20there%20a%20few%20separate%20fields%20such%20that%20they%20could%20become%20experts%20in%20each,%20with%20less%20than%2010%20years%20of%20total%20time%20investment...%20and%20then%20have%20a%20realistic%20shot%20at%20a%20big%20money/status%20windfall,%20with%20relatively%20little%20*marginal*%20effort.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 62.27% | 26 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 61 | Will there be an "Inverse AlphaFold" by end of 2025? | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Will%20there%20be%20an%20"Inverse%20AlphaFold"%20by%20end%20of%202025?&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 33.91% | 33 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 62 | Computer Go running on commodity hardware (<$2k) to reach world champion level (>=9 dan) by 2030 | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Computer%20Go%20running%20on%20commodity%20hardware%20(<$2k)%20to%20reach%20world%20champion%20level%20(>=9%20dan)%20by%202030&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 84.11% | 27 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 63 | By 2020, Eliezer Yudkowsky will have given up building friendly AI. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=By%202020,%20Eliezer%20Yudkowsky%20will%20have%20given%20up%20building%20friendly%20AI.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 6.67% | 24 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 64 | Polyamory will have legal status in the USA similar to 2013's gay marriage by 2035. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Polyamory%20will%20have%20legal%20status%20in%20the%20USA%20similar%20to%202013's%20gay%20marriage%20by%202035.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 19.35% | 23 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 65 | PredictionBook.com will be up and running 10 years from today - 5/31/2023 - with this individual prediction still accessible. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=PredictionBook.com%20will%20be%20up%20and%20running%2010%20years%20from%20today%20-%205/31/2023%20-%20with%20this%20individual%20prediction%20still%20accessible.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 68.88% | 25 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 66 | Most babies born in 2022 do not have Zika virus. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Most%20babies%20born%20in%202022%20do%20not%20have%20Zika%20virus.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 99.41% | 22 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 67 | The modern Scientific Revolution occurred in Europe between the 16th and 18th Centuries. Why did it not happen in China? Historian Toby Huff claims the reason is that China was unable to produce modern science primarily because a lack of the requisite intellectual freedom. Was he basically correct? | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=The%20modern%20Scientific%20Revolution%20occurred%20in%20Europe%20between%20the%2016th%20and%2018th%20Centuries.%20Why%20did%20it%20not%20happen%20in%20China?%20Historian%20Toby%20Huff%20claims%20the%20reason%20is%20that%20China%20was%20unable%20to%20produce%20modern%20science%20primarily%20because%20a%20lack%20of%20the%20requisite%20intellectual%20freedom.%20Was%20he%20basically%20correct?&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 37.46% | 24 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 68 | ...substantially improve current housing shortages and rent prices by 2035. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=...substantially%20improve%20current%20housing%20shortages%20and%20rent%20prices%20by%202035.%20&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 70.19% | 21 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 69 | Machiavellian Intelligence Hypothesis: humans evolved big brains in order to succeed at social manuevering and climbing dominance hierarchies. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Machiavellian%20Intelligence%20Hypothesis:%20humans%20evolved%20big%20brains%20in%20order%20to%20succeed%20at%20social%20manuevering%20and%20climbing%20dominance%20hierarchies.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 60.84% | 32 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 70 | Background knowledge and motivation levels being equal, humans will learn how to perform new tasks at roughly equal rates. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Background%20knowledge%20and%20motivation%20levels%20being%20equal,%20humans%20will%20learn%20how%20to%20perform%20new%20tasks%20at%20roughly%20equal%20rates.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 20.48% | 29 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 71 | In 2070 there will be a human alive with age 150 or older. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=In%202070%20there%20will%20be%20a%20human%20alive%20with%20age%20150%20or%20older.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 26.36% | 25 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 72 | TurnTrout will use the Elicit embedding on LessWrong for a non-prediction question by 28-11-2020 | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=TurnTrout%20will%20use%20the%20Elicit%20embedding%20on%20LessWrong%20for%20a%20non-prediction%20question%20by%2028-11-2020&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 58.15% | 39 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 73 | Before 2020 organized religions will have no political influence. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Before%202020%20organized%20religions%20will%20have%20no%20political%20influence.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 11.68% | 22 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 74 | Another version: roughly, everything that top-humans can learn, most humans can too if they actually tried. That is, there is psychological unity of humankind in what we can learn, but not necessarily what we have learned. By contrast, a mouse really couldn't learn chess, even if they tried. And in turn, no human can learn to play 90-dimensional chess, unlike the hypothetical superintelligences that can. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Another%20version:%20roughly,%20everything%20that%20top-humans%20can%20learn,%20most%20humans%20can%20too%20if%20they%20actually%20tried.%20That%20is,%20there is psychological%20unity%20of%20humankind%20in%20what%20we can%20learn,%20but%20not%20necessarily%20what%20we have%20learned. By%20contrast,%20a%20mouse%20really%20couldn't%20learn%20chess,%20even%20if%20they%20tried.%20And%20in%20turn,%20no%20human%20can%20learn%20to%20play%2090-dimensional%20chess,%20unlike%20the%20hypothetical%20superintelligences%20that%20can.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 27.83% | 35 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 75 | Cultural Intelligence Hypothesis: humans evolved big brains in order to be able to maintain [complicated, detailed, arbitrary-seeming cultural knowledge like 20+ step Inuit seal hunting techniques]. Everything that separates us from the apes is part of an evolutionary package designed to help us maintain this kind of culture, exploit this kind of culture, or adjust to the new abilities that this kind of culture gave us. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Cultural%20Intelligence%20Hypothesis:%20humans%20evolved%20big%20brains%20in%20order%20to%20be%20able%20to%20maintain%20[complicated,%20detailed,%20arbitrary-seeming%20cultural%20knowledge%20like%2020+%20step%20Inuit%20seal%20hunting%20techniques].%20Everything%20that%20separates%20us%20from%20the%20apes%20is%20part%20of%20an%20evolutionary%20package%20designed%20to%20help%20us%20maintain%20this%20kind%20of%20culture,%20exploit%20this%20kind%20of%20culture,%20or%20adjust%20to%20the%20new%20abilities%20that%20this%20kind%20of%20culture%20gave%20us.%20&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 34.13% | 47 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 76 | Homo sapiens will be near or fully extinct by 2100. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Homo%20sapiens%20will%20be%20near%20or%20fully%20extinct%20by%202100.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 21.64% | 22 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 77 | Google will survive for 15 more years | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Google%20will%20survive%20for%2015%20more%20years&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 88.38% | 21 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 78 | Chess will be solved within 10 years, and the end result will be a draw for Black. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Chess%20will%20be%20solved%20within%2010%20years,%20and%20the%20end%20result%20will%20be%20a%20draw%20for%20Black.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 15.33% | 21 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 79 | China and Japan will engage in armed conflict with each other resulting in > 1,000 deaths before 2023. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=China%20and%20Japan%20will%20engage%20in%20armed%20conflict%20with%20each%20other%20resulting%20in%20>%201,000%20deaths%20before%202023.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 7.45% | 22 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 80 | Magick qua magick works AND hinges on the intersection between quantum physics and decision theory. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Magick%20qua%20magick%20works%20AND%20hinges%20on%20the%20intersection%20between%20quantum%20physics%20and%20decision%20theory.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 4.74% | 23 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 81 | Before AGI, will we learn of an example of catastrophic deceptive misalignment? | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Before%20AGI,%20will%20we%20learn%20of%20an%20example%20of%20catastrophic%20deceptive%20misalignment?&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 56.94% | 35 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 82 | ...all-things-considered, be good for the world. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=...all-things-considered,%20be%20good%20for%20the%20world.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 80.89% | 27 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 83 | Conditional on the AI community learning of pre-AGI catastrophic deceptive misalignment, will the ($ spent on AI alignment research)/($ spent on AI research) ratio increase by more than 50% over the two years following the catastrophe? | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Conditional%20on%20the%20AI%20community%20learning%20of%20pre-AGI%20catastrophic%20deceptive%20misalignment,%20will%20the%20($%20spent%20on%20AI%20alignment%20research)/($%20spent%20on%20AI%20research)%20ratio%20increase%20by%20more%20than%2050%%20over%20the%20two%20years%20following%20the%20catastrophe?&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 39.69% | 35 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 84 | ...cause a water shortage such that, in 2030, residents of the Bay Area would spend on average 100% more on water, after adjusting for inflation, compared to 2020. (In 2020 the average American spends around $200/year on water) | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=...cause%20a%20water%20shortage%20such%20that,%20in%202030,%20residents%20of%20the%20Bay%20Area%20would%20spend%20on%20average%20100%%20more%20on%20water,%20after%20adjusting%20for%20inflation,%20compared%20to%202020.%20(In%202020%20the%20average%20American%20spends%20around%20$200/year%20on%20water)&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 17.05% | 20 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 85 | ...significantly worsen traffic in San Francisco. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=...significantly%20worsen%20traffic%20in%20San%20Francisco.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 48.40% | 20 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 86 | Overall, in 2019, biosecurity in the context of catastrophic risks had been underfunded and underdiscussed. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Overall,%20in%202019,%20biosecurity%20in%20the%20context%20of%20catastrophic%20risks%20had%20been%20underfunded%20and%20underdiscussed.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 83.14% | 22 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 87 | ...create buildings where the expected yearly damage from earthquakes (both in terms of reduced quality of life and property destroyed) is >1.5x that of nearby buildings on old land. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=...create%20buildings%20where%20the%20expected%20yearly%20damage%20from%20earthquakes%20(both%20in%20terms%20of%20reduced%20quality%20of%20life%20and%20property%20destroyed)%20is%20>1.5x%20that%20of%20nearby%20buildings%20on%20old%20land.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 36.38% | 21 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 88 | United States will invade Australia and take over | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=United%20States%20will%20invade%20Australia%20and%20take%20over&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 10.00% | 21 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 89 | Contrary to my left leanings, Man Made Global Warming will be proved incorrect by 2022 | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Contrary%20to%20my%20left%20leanings,%20Man%20Made%20Global%20Warming%20will%20be%20proved%20incorrect%20by%202022&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 6.95% | 20 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 90 | 90% chance of AI by 2050 --Shane Legg | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=90%%20chance%20of%20AI%20by%202050%20--Shane%20Legg&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 47.05% | 21 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 91 | No human revived from cryonic suspension by 2040. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=No%20human%20revived%20from%20cryonic%20suspension%20by%202040.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 86.75% | 24 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 92 | Robin Hanson: In 2032, less than 50% of cars on the road will completely autonomous. (to be assessed by asking an unbiased expert if the answer is not obvious) | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Robin%20Hanson:%20In%202032,%20less%20than%2050%%20of%20cars%20on%20the%20road%20will%20completely%20autonomous.%20(to%20be%20assessed%20by%20asking%20an%20unbiased%20expert%20if%20the%20answer%20is%20not%20obvious)%20&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 54.20% | 20 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 93 | The United States will contain exactly 50 states by 2025. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=The%20United%20States%20will%20contain%20exactly%2050%20states%20by%202025.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 72.43% | 23 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 94 | Brexit will cause hundreds of thousands of deaths from mass starvation in the UK --Charlie Stross | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Brexit%20will%20cause%20hundreds%20of%20thousands%20of%20deaths%20from%20mass%20starvation%20in%20the%20UK%20--Charlie%20Stross&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 2.21% | 19 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 95 | No human will visit the moon from 2012-2020. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=No%20human%20will%20visit%20the%20moon%20from%202012-2020.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 74.85% | 20 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 96 | What percentage of people experience a "Clogged drainpipe" effect in idea generation? (That is, they'd agree that they recognised the feeling as described in the post, after attempting a babble challenge) | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=What%20percentage%20of%20people%20experience%20a%20"Clogged%20drainpipe"%20effect%20in%20idea%20generation?%20(That%20is,%20they'd%20agree%20that%20they%20recognised%20the%20feeling%20as%20described%20in%20the%20post,%20after%20attempting%20a%20babble%20challenge)&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 64.34% | 50 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 97 | We will make First Contact before we will have AGI. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=We%20will%20make%20First%20Contact%20before%20we%20will%20have%20AGI.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 12.05% | 21 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 98 | Will First Contact happen in the form of a message (e.g. radio waves), rather than by physical visitors? | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Will%20First%20Contact%20happen%20in%20the%20form%20of%20a%20message%20(e.g.%20radio%20waves),%20rather%20than%20by%20physical%20visitors?&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 64.80% | 40 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 99 | Trump eventually signs an executive order forcing everyone to kneel in his presence | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Trump%20eventually%20signs%20an%20executive%20order%20forcing%20everyone%20to%20kneel%20in%20his%20presence&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 3.32% | 22 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 100 | There will be driverless taxis available for use by the public in at least one US city in 2023. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=There%20will%20be%20driverless%20taxis%20available%20for%20use%20by%20the%20public%20in%20at%20least%20one%20US%20city%20in%202023.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 64.28% | 18 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 101 | The percentage of people professing to be both athiest and agnostic will increase over the next decade | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=The%20percentage%20of%20people%20professing%20to%20be%20both%20athiest%20and%20agnostic%20will%20increase%20over%20the%20next%20decade&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 67.55% | 22 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 102 | “No human will set his or her foot on Mars and return safely to earth before 2050.” | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=“No%20human%20will%20set%20his%20or%20her%20foot%20on%20Mars%20and%20return%20safely%20to%20earth%20before%202050.”&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 40.27% | 26 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 103 | Between 2016-2116, at least 1 American President will be neither Democratic or Republican. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Between%202016-2116,%20at%20least%201%20American%20President%20will%20be%20neither%20Democratic%20or%20Republican.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 51.78% | 18 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 104 | A professional athlete will voluntarily amputate their legs to use prosthetics like Oscar Pistorius, by 2021 | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=A%20professional%20athlete%20will%20voluntarily%20amputate%20their%20legs%20to%20use%20prosthetics%20like%20Oscar%20Pistorius,%20by%202021&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 30.95% | 20 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 105 | Nuclear power plants will no longer operate by the year 2020. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Nuclear%20power%20plants%20will%20no%20longer%20operate%20by%20the%20year%202020.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 12.79% | 19 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 106 | Russia will not have established moon bases by 2032 | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Russia%20will%20not%20have%20established%20moon%20bases%20by%202032&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 69.33% | 18 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 107 | It will be illegal to drive yourself on USA public roads | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=It%20will%20be%20illegal%20to%20drive%20yourself%20on%20USA%20public%20roads%20&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 1.72% | 18 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 108 | Robin Hanson's brain will be cryogenically frozen. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Robin%20Hanson's%20brain%20will%20be%20cryogenically%20frozen.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 47.17% | 23 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 109 | The strategy-stealing assumption is "a good enough approximation that we can basically act as if it’s true". That is, for any strategy an unaligned AI could use to influence the long-run future, there is an analogous strategy that a similarly-sized group of humans can use in order to capture a similar amount of flexible influence over the future. By “flexible” is meant that humans can decide later what to do with that influence (which is important since humans don’t yet know what we want in the long run). | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=The%20strategy-stealing%20assumption%20is%20"a%20good%20enough%20approximation%20that%20we%20can%20basically%20act%20as%20if%20it’s%20true".%20That%20is,%20for%20any%20strategy%20an%20unaligned%20AI%20could%20use%20to%20influence%20the%20long-run%20future,%20there%20is%20an%20analogous%20strategy%20that%20a%20similarly-sized%20group%20of%20humans%20can%20use%20in%20order%20to%20capture%20a%20similar%20amount%20of%20flexible%20influence%20over%20the%20future.%20By%20“flexible”%20is%20meant%20that%20humans%20can%20decide%20later%20what%20to%20do%20with%20that%20influence %20(which%20is%20important%20since%20humans%20don’t%20yet%20know%20what%20we%20want%20in%20the%20long%20run).&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 33.27% | 26 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 110 | Human-level artificial general intelligence by 2030 | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Human-level%20artificial%20general%20intelligence%20by%202030&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 26.89% | 19 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 111 | aliens invade earth in 2023 | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=aliens%20invade%20earth%20in%202023&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 0.94% | 18 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 112 | The Millennium Prize for solving P Versus NP will remain unclaimed by 2020. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=The%20Millennium%20Prize%20for%20solving%20P%20Versus%20NP%20will%20remain%20unclaimed%20by%202020.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 83.95% | 21 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 113 | '2021 The first humans land on Mars.' --Arthur C. Clarke | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search='2021%20The%20first%20humans%20land%20on%20Mars.'%20--Arthur%20C.%20Clarke&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 1.80% | 25 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 114 | My net financial worth will be greater than 10 million (2012-inflation adjusted), or enough to indefinitely earn a passive income to provide 100 people with cryonics, (whichever of the two is greater), by 2028 | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=My%20net%20financial%20worth%20will%20be%20greater%20than%2010%20million%20(2012-inflation%20adjusted),%20or%20enough%20to%20indefinitely%20earn%20a%20passive%20income%20to%20provide%20100%20people%20with%20cryonics,%20(whichever%20of%20the%20two%20is%20greater),%20by%202028&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 8.39% | 18 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 115 | A Level 7 (Chernobyl/2011 Japan level) nuclear accident will take place by end of 2020. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=A%20Level%207%20(Chernobyl/2011%20Japan%20level)%20nuclear%20accident%20will%20take%20place%20by%20end%20of%202020.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 21.62% | 21 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 116 | “One or more space agencies will send a manned mission to Mars by 2035.” | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=“One%20or%20more%20space%20agencies%20will%20send%20a%20manned%20mission%20to%20Mars%20by%202035.”&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 35.00% | 23 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 117 | An open atheist will be elected US President within 20 years. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=An%20open%20atheist%20will%20be%20elected%20US%20President%20within%2020%20years.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 8.12% | 17 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 118 | Elon Musk will come out as trans (MtF or MtX) | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Elon%20Musk%20will%20come%20out%20as%20trans%20(MtF%20or%20MtX)&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 4.13% | 16 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 119 | Man will travel to Mars by 2030. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Man%20will%20travel%20to%20Mars%20by%202030.%20&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 42.89% | 18 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 120 | Legal challenges initiated by the Donald Trump campaign will not change the outcome of the US Presidential election | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Legal%20challenges%20initiated%20by%20the%20Donald%20Trump%20campaign%20will%20not%20change%20the%20outcome%20of%20the%20US%20Presidential%20election&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 95.32% | 19 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 121 | Some people living today (October 17th, 2009) will also be alive on October 17th, 3009. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Some%20people%20living%20today%20(October%2017th,%202009)%20will%20also%20be%20alive%20on%20October%2017th,%203009.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 35.53% | 19 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 122 | If we receive a message from outer space, will it be in a form already accessible today (e.g., radio waves)? | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=If%20we%20receive%20a%20message%20from%20outer%20space,%20will%20it%20be%20in%20a%20form%20already%20accessible%20today%20(e.g.,%20radio%20waves)?&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 77.71% | 17 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 123 | Information recorded in the predictionbook will be practically retrievable "in ten thousand years, or so" | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Information%20recorded%20in%20the%20predictionbook%20will%20be%20practically%20retrievable%20"in%20ten%20thousand%20years,%20or%20so"&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 19.11% | 19 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 124 | US presidents term limits abolished | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=US%20presidents%20term%20limits%20abolished&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 2.24% | 17 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 125 | By 2026 we will be technically capable of fixing arbitrary single-gene disorders - sickle cell anaemia, Huntington's, cystic fibrosis, Tay-Sachs, muscular dystrophy... - in living humans, with close to zero risk of severe complications. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=By%202026%20we%20will%20be%20technically%20capable%20of%20fixing%20arbitrary%20single-gene%20disorders%20-%20sickle%20cell%20anaemia,%20Huntington's,%20cystic%20fibrosis,%20Tay-Sachs,%20muscular%20dystrophy...%20-%20in%20living%20humans,%20with%20close%20to%20zero%20risk%20of%20severe%20complications.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 34.67% | 18 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 126 | An alive human has been on mars soil and returned to earth safely before year 2100. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=An%20alive%20human%20has%20been%20on%20mars%20soil%20and%20returned%20to%20earth%20safely%20before%20year%202100.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 57.78% | 18 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 127 | A Mars colony will be established in 2026. It will be an International establishment. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=A%20Mars%20colony%20will%20be%20established%20in%202026.%20It%20will%20be%20an%20International%20establishment.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 4.90% | 20 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 128 | Ghislane Maxwell will die by the end of the year 12/31 | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Ghislane%20Maxwell%20will%20die%20by%20the%20end%20of%20the%20year%2012/31&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 14.48% | 25 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 129 | The Great Filter is the discovery of AGI, because it destroys their creators (us humans). | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=The%20Great%20Filter%20is%20the%20discovery%20of%20AGI,%20because%20it%20destroys%20their%20creators%20(us%20humans).&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 28.00% | 20 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 130 | Will humans continually pursue all simple yet powerful changes to our AIs? | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Will%20humans%20continually%20pursue%20all%20simple%20yet%20powerful%20changes%20to%20our%20AIs?&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 59.36% | 25 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 131 | Are there simple changes to chimps (or other animals) that would make them much better at accumulating culture? | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Are%20there%20simple%20changes%20to%20chimps%20(or%20other%20animals)%20that%20would%20make%20them%20much%20better%20at%20accumulating%20culture?&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 56.90% | 29 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 132 | Decision-makers in media and PR, and corporate and government elites generally, have a lower tolerance for verbal conflict and taboo violations than the typical individual. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Decision-makers%20in%20media%20and%20PR,%20and%20corporate%20and%20government%20elites%20generally,%20have%20a%20lower%20tolerance%20for%20verbal%20conflict%20and%20taboo%20violations%20than%20the%20typical%20individual.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 76.55% | 20 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 133 | If First Contact yields information beyond current human knowledge, will it be shared and made available for all humans? | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=If%20First%20Contact%20yields%20information%20beyond%20current%20human%20knowledge,%20will%20it%20be%20shared%20and%20made%20available%20for%20all%20humans?&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 66.47% | 17 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 134 | If we answer it, will it be a single answer sent by all of humanity? | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=If%20we%20answer%20it,%20will%20it%20be%20a%20single%20answer%20sent%20by%20all%20of%20humanity?&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 29.44% | 16 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 135 | If a message from outer space is detected, will we answer it? | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=If%20a%20message%20from%20outer%20space%20is%20detected,%20will%20we%20answer%20it?&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 73.94% | 17 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 136 | The EA community has sometimes erred too much on the side of shutting down discussions of biology by turning them into discussions about info-hazards. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=The%20EA%20community%20has%20sometimes%20erred%20too%20much%20on%20the%20side%20of%20shutting%20down%20discussions%20of%20biology%20by%20turning%20them%20into%20discussions%20about%20info-hazards.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 78.12% | 17 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 137 | A CRISPR-edited human baby will be born by 2020 | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=A%20CRISPR-edited%20human%20baby%20will%20be%20born%20by%202020&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 43.47% | 19 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 138 | Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder of Facebook, is President of the United States before 2026 | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Mark%20Zuckerberg,%20co-founder%20of%20Facebook,%20is%20President%20of%20the%20United%20States%20before%202026&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 3.71% | 17 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 139 | Kamala Harris will be president on Nov. 1, 2021. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Kamala%20Harris%20will%20be%20president%20on%20Nov.%201,%202021.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 11.81% | 16 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 140 | Extraterrestrial life will be confirmed on at least one body by 2050. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Extraterrestrial%20%20life%20will%20be%20confirmed%20on%20at%20least%20one%20body%20by%202050.%20&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 55.18% | 17 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 141 | There will NOT be a "World War III" within the next 10 years. (Between Russia and it's "allies" and NATO and/or western europe) | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=There%20will%20NOT%20be%20a%20"World%20War%20III"%20within%20the%20next%2010%20years.%20(Between%20Russia%20and%20it's%20"allies"%20and%20NATO%20and/or%20western%20europe)&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 93.31% | 16 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 142 | C still widely in use in the 2020s | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=C%20still%20widely%20in%20use%20in%20the%202020s&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 93.53% | 15 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 143 | Jesus will not come down from the heavens to judge mankind in my life time, my childrens life time, or my grand-childrens life time. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Jesus%20will%20not%20come%20down%20from%20the%20heavens%20to%20judge%20mankind%20in%20my%20life%20time,%20my%20childrens%20life%20time,%20or%20my%20grand-childrens%20life%20time.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 92.69% | 16 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 144 | USA will collapse before the People's Republic of China. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=USA%20will%20collapse%20before%20the%20People's%20Republic%20of%20China.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 41.47% | 17 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 145 | Banning of incandescent light bulbs globally by 2022.Incandescent lightbulbs will not be bought, manufactured or sold legally. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Banning%20of%20incandescent%20light%20bulbs%20globally%20by%202022.Incandescent%20lightbulbs%20will%20not%20be%20bought,%20manufactured%20or%20sold%20legally. &binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 11.19% | 16 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 146 | Gay marriage will remain legal throughout a Trump presidency. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Gay%20marriage%20will%20remain%20legal%20throughout%20a%20Trump%20presidency.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 87.18% | 17 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 147 | If First Contact is in physical form, will the ETI be in biological form? | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=If%20First%20Contact%20is%20in%20physical%20form,%20will%20the%20ETI%20be%20in%20biological%20form?&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 17.39% | 18 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 148 | The message begins with "Execute this algorithm on a computer today, or I will make your sun go supernova tomorrow". Should we execute it? | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=The%20message%20begins%20with%20"Execute%20this%20algorithm%20on%20a%20computer%20today,%20or%20I%20will%20make%20your%20sun%20go%20supernova%20tomorrow".%20Should%20we%20execute%20it?&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 7.86% | 14 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 149 | I will not pass Eliezer in LW karma in the next 10 years. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=I%20will%20not%20pass%20Eliezer%20in%20LW%20karma%20in%20the%20next%2010%20years.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 82.20% | 15 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 150 | In the next ten years, scientists will publish a paper in a refereed journal claiming to have experimentally moved matter faster than the speed of light. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=In%20the%20next%20ten%20years,%20scientists%20will%20publish%20a%20paper%20in%20a%20refereed%20journal%20claiming%20to%20have%20experimentally%20moved%20matter%20faster%20than%20the%20speed%20of%20light.%20&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 9.47% | 15 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 151 | "by 2030 we should have the capability to upload a person’s consciousness to a computer system" | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search="by%202030%20we%20should%20have%20the%20capability%20to%20upload%20a%20person’s%20consciousness%20to%20a%20computer%20system"&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 6.20% | 15 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 152 | The United States will contain more than 50 states by 2025. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=The%20United%20States%20will%20contain%20more%20than%2050%20states%20by%202025.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 30.26% | 19 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 153 | "Within ten years the SAT testing service will require students to take a blood test to prove they are not on cognitive enhancing drugs." --James Miller | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search="Within%20ten%20years%20the%20SAT%20testing%20service%20will%20require%20students%20to%20take%20a%20blood%20test%20to%20prove%20they%20are%20not%20on%20cognitive%20enhancing%20drugs."%20--James%20Miller&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 9.55% | 20 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 154 | The next non-Democrat to win the White House will also be a non-Republican. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=The%20next%20non-Democrat%20to%20win%20the%20White%20House%20will%20also%20be%20a%20non-Republican.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 17.00% | 15 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 155 | North Korea invades South Korea before the end of 2020 | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=North%20Korea%20invades%20South%20Korea%20before%20the%20end%20of%202020&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 5.94% | 17 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 156 | A right wing billionaire is behind the creation of bitcoin. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=A%20right%20wing%20billionaire%20is%20behind%20the%20creation%20of%20bitcoin.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 8.79% | 14 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 157 | The United States will contain less than 50 states by 2025. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=The%20United%20States%20will%20contain%20less%20than%2050%20states%20by%202025.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 9.82% | 17 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 158 | Will we understand the content of a message from outer space? | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Will%20we%20understand%20the%20content%20of%20a%20message%20from%20outer%20space?&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 47.39% | 18 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 159 | Microsoft will release the source code to the current version of Windows under a free-software license. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Microsoft%20will%20release%20the%20source%20code%20to%20the%20current%20version%20of%20Windows%20under%20a%20free-software%20license.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 14.00% | 15 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 160 | By 2022, autonomous drones will have been used by a government agency to kill someone. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=By%202022,%20%20autonomous%20drones%20will%20have%20been%20used%20by%20a%20government%20agency%20to%20kill%20someone.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 53.00% | 14 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 161 | By mid-century, Mandarin will be more widely spoken in Africa than English. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=By%20mid-century,%20Mandarin%20will%20be%20more%20widely%20spoken%20in%20Africa%20than%20English.%20&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 28.21% | 14 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 162 | Hacking and cyberterrorism will be punishable by death worldwide by Dec. 1, 2029. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Hacking%20and%20cyberterrorism%20will%20be%20punishable%20by%20death%20worldwide%20by%20Dec.%201,%202029.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 7.00% | 18 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 163 | The United States will reach less than 3% unemployment at some point within the next 15 years. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=The%20United%20States%20will%20reach%20less%20than%203%%20unemployment%20at%20some%20point%20within%20the%20next%2015%20years.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 11.73% | 15 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 164 | All children in the US must have GPS attached to them in some sense by law if they leave their parents house. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=All%20children%20in%20the%20US%20must%20have%20GPS%20attached%20to%20them%20in%20some%20sense%20by%20law%20if%20they%20leave%20their%20parents%20house.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 4.92% | 13 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 165 | Joe Biden is the sitting president 4 years from today | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Joe%20Biden%20is%20the%20sitting%20president%204%20years%20from%20today&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 33.75% | 16 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 166 | Steve Jobs' brain was cryopreserved or plastinated within two weeks of declaration of death, and this is known before 2070. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Steve%20Jobs'%20brain%20was%20cryopreserved%20or%20plastinated%20within%20two%20weeks%20of%20declaration%20of%20death,%20and%20this%20is%20known%20before%202070.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 4.08% | 13 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 167 | By 2065, a majority of the world will be vegan. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=By%202065,%20a%20majority%20of%20the%20world%20will%20be%20vegan.%20&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 11.08% | 13 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 168 | ETI is AGI | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=ETI%20is%20AGI&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 84.61% | 18 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 169 | By 2030, mothers will be the primary breadwinner in the majority of households with children in the U.S. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=By%202030,%20mothers%20will%20be%20the%20primary%20breadwinner%20in%20the%20majority%20of%20households%20with%20children%20in%20the%20U.S.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 38.31% | 13 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 170 | North Korea will invade South Korea by January 1st, 2022 | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=North%20Korea%20will%20invade%20South%20Korea%20by%20January%201st,%202022&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 5.33% | 15 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 171 | Before receiving a message from outer space, will we need a technological breakthrough (e.g., by discovering yet unknown elementary particles) | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Before%20receiving%20a%20message%20from%20outer%20space,%20will%20we%20need%20a%20technological%20breakthrough%20(e.g.,%20by%20discovering%20yet%20unknown%20elementary%20particles)&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 29.33% | 18 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 172 | Generic AI won't happen in the next 10 years. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Generic%20AI%20won't%20happen%20in%20the%20next%2010%20years.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 85.31% | 16 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 173 | Trump dies of COVID-19 | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Trump%20dies%20of%20COVID-19&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 6.63% | 32 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 174 | Fusion Power will revolutionize the world energy demands by 2025. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Fusion%20Power%20will%20revolutionize%20the%20world%20energy%20demands%20by%202025.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 9.47% | 15 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 175 | Average world IQ to decrease from 2015 to 2050 | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Average%20world%20IQ%20to%20decrease%20from%202015%20to%202050&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 29.79% | 14 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 176 | Humanity still a thing in 2036 | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Humanity%20still%20a%20thing%20in%202036&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 89.00% | 13 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 177 | If First Contact is in physical form, will the ETI "spaceship" be larger than 1m in size? | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=If%20First%20Contact%20is%20in%20physical%20form,%20will%20the%20ETI%20"spaceship"%20be%20larger%20than%201m%20in%20size?&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 51.36% | 14 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 178 | There be a "SETI Winter" before First Contact. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=There%20be%20a%20"SETI%20Winter"%20before%20First%20Contact.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 73.89% | 19 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 179 | Truly "Pilotless" air travel will be the standard in 2050. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Truly%20"Pilotless"%20air%20travel%20will%20be%20the%20standard%20in%202050.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 62.71% | 14 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 180 | The core cognitive loop that causes progress in accomplished Buddhists is basically cognitive behavioral therapy, supercharged with a mental state more intense than most pharmaceuticals. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=The%20core%20cognitive%20loop%20that%20causes%20progress%20in%20accomplished%20Buddhists%20is%20basically%20cognitive%20behavioral%20therapy,%20supercharged%20with%20a%20mental%20state%20more%20intense%20than%20most%20pharmaceuticals.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 44.46% | 26 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 181 | We will experience an existential catastrophe before First Contact. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=We%20will%20experience%20an%20existential%20catastrophe%20before%20First%20Contact.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 40.84% | 19 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 182 | By 2022, [almost] every new car will have broadband Internet. -- Alyssa Vance | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=By%202022,%20[almost]%20every%20new%20car%20will%20have%20broadband%20Internet.%20--%20Alyssa%20Vance&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 44.15% | 13 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 183 | Satoshi Nakamoto is just Wei Dai and this is known before 2060 | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Satoshi%20Nakamoto%20is%20just%20Wei%20Dai%20and%20this%20is%20known%20before%202060&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 13.37% | 19 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 184 | In the next ten years, self-identified Libertarians will outnumber self-identified Republicans in the US. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=In%20the%20next%20ten%20years,%20self-identified%20Libertarians%20will%20outnumber%20self-identified%20Republicans%20in%20the%20US.%20&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 14.69% | 13 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 185 | USA mints a coin worth $1,000,000,000 or more before 2021 | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=USA%20mints%20a%20coin%20worth%20$1,000,000,000%20or%20more%20before%202021&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 4.50% | 16 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 186 | The Roman Catholic Church ordains female priests before 2033. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=The%20Roman%20Catholic%20Church%20ordains%20female%20priests%20before%202033.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 18.54% | 13 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 187 | Reproductive human cloning widely socially accepted by 2040. -- Axel Boldt | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Reproductive%20human%20cloning%20widely%20socially%20accepted%20by%202040.%20--%20Axel%20Boldt&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 32.06% | 16 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 188 | Human level AI by 2029 (Ray Kurzweil, "How to create a mind") | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Human%20level%20AI%20by%202029%20(Ray%20Kurzweil,%20"How%20to%20create%20a%20mind")&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 26.75% | 16 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 189 | 10 million | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=10%20million&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 8.42% | 36 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 190 | Our descendants will colonize millions of star systems within ten thousand years or so. -- Robin Hanson | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Our%20descendants%20will%20colonize%20millions%20of%20star%20systems%20within%20ten%20thousand%20years%20or%20so.%20--%20Robin%20Hanson&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 27.64% | 14 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 191 | Saudi Arabian government collapses within the next 5 years. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Saudi%20Arabian%20government%20collapses%20within%20the%20next%205%20years.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 10.69% | 16 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 192 | The tech will exist and be relatively safe for media to be uploaded directly into the human brain by 2026. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=The%20tech%20will%20exist%20and%20be%20relatively%20safe%20for%20media%20to%20be%20uploaded%20directly%20into%20the%20human%20brain%20by%202026.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 14.62% | 13 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 193 | "The Essential Workers" (or similar subject) will be TIME Magazine's Person of the Year for 2020. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search="The%20Essential%20Workers"%20(or%20similar%20subject)%20will%20be%20TIME%20Magazine's%20Person%20of%20the%20Year%20for%202020.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 40.27% | 15 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 194 | "Mankind is unlikely to exist in anything like its present form in 2150." -lukeprog | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search="Mankind%20is%20unlikely%20to%20exist%20in%20anything%20like%20its%20present%20form%20in%202150."%20-lukeprog&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 66.54% | 13 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 195 | 1 year continuous human habitation of the moon | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=1%20year%20continuous%20human%20habitation%20of%20the%20moon&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 15.93% | 14 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 196 | If someone does experience a clogged drainpipe effect, is it possible to "train it away"? That is, to, with 1000 hours of practice, get to a point where their life largely looks the same as it did before except that they report no longer experiencing the effect (and this is borne out by measures of # of quality-adjusted ideas babbled per time unit, or similar)? (It doesn't count if the only way of doing it is by, say, making sure to write 10 ideas every day, or something similar. I'm wondering if it's possible to change your cognition at a deep level, rather than using particular, deliberate, S2 techniques to sustain an equilibirum which you'd fall out of if you stopped using the techniques) | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=If%20someone%20does%20experience%20a%20clogged%20drainpipe%20effect,%20is%20it%20possible%20to%20"train%20it%20away"?%20That%20is,%20to,%20with%201000%20hours%20of%20practice,%20get%20to%20a%20point%20where%20their%20life%20largely%20looks%20the%20same%20as%20it%20did%20before%20except%20that%20they%20report%20no%20longer%20experiencing%20the%20effect%20(and%20this%20is%20borne%20out%20by%20measures%20of%20#%20of%20quality-adjusted%20ideas%20babbled%20per%20time%20unit,%20or%20similar)?%20(It%20doesn't%20count%20if%20the%20only%20way%20of%20doing%20it%20is%20by,%20say,%20making%20sure%20to%20write%2010%20ideas%20every%20day,%20or%20something%20similar.%20I'm%20wondering%20if%20it's%20possible%20to%20change%20your%20cognition%20at%20a%20deep%20level,%20rather%20than%20using%20particular,%20deliberate,%20S2%20techniques%20to%20sustain%20an%20equilibirum%20which%20you'd%20fall%20out%20of%20if%20you%20stopped%20using%20the%20techniques)&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 63.15% | 26 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 197 | Russia will be an Islamic theocracy by 31 December 2050. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Russia%20will%20be%20an%20Islamic%20theocracy%20by%2031%20December%202050.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 1.31% | 13 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 198 | Simon Cowell will be cryogenically stored. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Simon%20Cowell%20will%20be%20cryogenically%20stored.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 18.25% | 12 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 199 | Will first contact cause an existential catastrophe? | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Will%20first%20contact%20cause%20an%20existential%20catastrophe?&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 49.24% | 33 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 200 | The world’s first lunar tourist by end of 2025 | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=The%20world’s%20first%20lunar%20tourist%20by%20end%20of%202025&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 30.40% | 15 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 201 | At the end of the year, all SlateStarCodex archives are rehosted by Scott on SlateStarCodex or some other site (third-party created archives don't count) AND Scott has written at least one new post on SlateStarCodex or this new site | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=At%20the%20end%20of%20the%20year,%20all%20SlateStarCodex%20archives%20are%20rehosted%20by%20Scott%20on%20SlateStarCodex%20or%20some%20other%20site%20(third-party%20created%20archives%20don't%20count)%20AND%20Scott%20has%20written%20at%20least%20one%20new%20post%20on%20SlateStarCodex%20or%20this%20new%20site&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 78.92% | 13 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 202 | If we find indications of a dormant artifact buried on the moon, should we dig it up? | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=If%20we%20find%20indications%20of%20a%20dormant%20artifact%20buried%20on%20the%20moon,%20should%20we%20dig%20it%20up?&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 70.00% | 15 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 203 | Effective HIV vaccine developed by 2040. -- Axel Boldt | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Effective%20HIV%20vaccine%20developed%20by%202040.%20--%20Axel%20Boldt&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 69.69% | 13 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 204 | “There will be a casino on the moon by 2040.” | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=“There%20will%20be%20a%20casino%20on%20the%20moon%20by%202040.”&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 3.83% | 12 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 205 | Lab-grown meat on sale at 20 times the price of animal-grown meat or cheaper. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Lab-grown%20meat%20on%20sale%20at%2020%20times%20the%20price%20of%20animal-grown%20meat%20or%20cheaper.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 63.33% | 15 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 206 | The European Union will unite into a single super state by 2030. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=The%20European%20Union%20will%20unite%20into%20a%20single%20super%20state%20by%202030.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 17.50% | 14 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 207 | Some modes of the Large Hadron collider will never be reached and by 2025 the scientific community will debate in a peer reviewed physics journal with >median impact that this is due to the anthropic principle combined with the danger of those modes. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Some%20modes%20of%20the%20Large%20Hadron%20collider%20will%20never%20be%20reached%20and%20by%202025%20the%20scientific%20community%20will%20debate%20in%20a%20peer%20reviewed%20physics%20journal%20with%20>median%20impact%20that%20this%20is%20due%20to%20the%20anthropic%20principle%20combined%20with%20the%20danger%20of%20those%20modes.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 14.33% | 15 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 208 | There will be a Youtube video with more views (on Youtube) than there will be living humans before 2020. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=There%20will%20be%20a%20Youtube%20video%20with%20more%20views%20(on%20Youtube)%20than%20there%20will%20be%20living%20humans%20before%202020.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 63.00% | 13 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 209 | Will a message from outer space contain deep and profound information? | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Will%20a%20message%20from%20outer%20space%20contain%20deep%20and%20profound%20information?&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 52.47% | 15 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 210 | We will detect evidence of Intelligent alien life within the next 50 years. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=We%20will%20detect%20evidence%20of%20Intelligent%20alien%20life%20within%20the%20next%2050%20years.%20&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 24.33% | 12 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 211 | The world’s first lunar tourist by end of 2035 | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=The%20world’s%20first%20lunar%20tourist%20by%20end%20of%202035&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 51.07% | 14 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 212 | North Korea and South Korea to unify by 2030 | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=North%20Korea%20and%20South%20Korea%20to%20unify%20by%202030&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 20.25% | 16 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 213 | the average lifespan will be eighty-five to ninety in 2100. --S. Jay Olshansky | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=the%20average%20lifespan%20will%20be%20eighty-five%20to%20ninety%20in%202100.%20--S.%20Jay%20Olshansky&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 7.64% | 14 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 214 | Riemann hypothesis proven by 2040. -- Axel Boldt | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Riemann%20hypothesis%20proven%20by%202040.%20--%20Axel%20Boldt&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 37.08% | 13 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 215 | Joe Biden dies of coronavirus in 2020 | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Joe%20Biden%20dies%20of%20coronavirus%20in%202020&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 4.64% | 14 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 216 | Warren Buffett: All cars on the road will be electric by year 2030 | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Warren%20Buffett:%20All%20cars%20on%20the%20road%20will%20be%20electric%20by%20year%202030&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 33.58% | 12 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 217 | Alphabet/Google buys Microsoft | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Alphabet/Google%20buys%20Microsoft&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 7.71% | 14 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 218 | If the message is not shared, will it yield a decisive advantage for its owner? | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=If%20the%20message%20is%20not%20shared,%20will%20it%20yield%20a%20decisive%20advantage%20for%20its%20owner?&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 43.11% | 19 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 219 | Kanye West elected President by 2032 -- Scott Adams | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Kanye%20West%20elected%20President%20by%202032%20--%20Scott%20Adams&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 0.60% | 15 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 220 | No amendments to the United States Constitution will be ratified by 2030. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=No%20amendments%20to%20the%20United%20States%20Constitution%20will%20be%20ratified%20by%202030.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 60.83% | 12 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 221 | Donald Knuth will die before finishing TAOCP. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Donald%20Knuth%20will%20die%20before%20finishing%20TAOCP.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 86.83% | 12 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 222 | In 2060 there will be a human alive with age 140 or older. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=In%202060%20there%20will%20be%20a%20human%20alive%20with%20age%20140%20or%20older.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 46.07% | 14 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 223 | 100 million | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=100%20million&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 0.79% | 29 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 224 | 'By the end of the decade, it will be clear that North Korea never had nuclear weapons under Kim Jong Il.' --Kevin | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search='By%20the%20end%20of%20the%20decade,%20it%20will%20be%20clear%20that%20North%20Korea%20never%20had%20nuclear%20weapons%20under%20Kim%20Jong%20Il.'%20--Kevin&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 14.17% | 12 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 225 | The first person to set foot on Mars will have left Earth holding American citizenship. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=The%20first%20person%20to%20set%20foot%20on%20Mars%20will%20have%20left%20Earth%20holding%20American%20citizenship.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 46.69% | 13 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 226 | By 2020, there will be a new World government. --Ray Kurzweil | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=By%202020,%20there%20will%20be%20a%20new%20World%20government.%20--Ray%20Kurzweil&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 2.73% | 15 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 227 | “By 2030, commercial passengers will routinely fly in pilotless planes.” | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=“By%202030,%20commercial%20passengers%20will%20routinely%20fly%20in%20pilotless%20planes.”&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 35.00% | 12 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 228 | "within 5 years of leaving office, the Obamas will have a net worth of more than $50 million." --Dennis Mangan | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search="within%205%20years%20of%20leaving%20office,%20the%20Obamas%20will%20have%20a%20net%20worth%20of%20more%20than%20$50%20million."%20--Dennis%20Mangan&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 64.82% | 11 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 229 | "there is a 100% chance you will see a private corporation go to war with a small country, and win, within twenty years." - Scott Adams | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search="there%20is%20a%20100%%20chance%20you%20will%20see%20a%20private%20corporation%20go%20to%20war%20with%20a%20small%20country,%20and%20win,%20within%20twenty%20years."%20-%20Scott%20Adams&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 20.73% | 11 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 230 | GRRM dies before finishing _A Song of Ice and Fire_ | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=GRRM%20dies%20before%20finishing%20_A%20Song%20of%20Ice%20and%20Fire_&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 41.54% | 13 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 231 | The phosphine detected on Venus is widely agreed among the scientific community to be from life. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=The%20phosphine%20detected%20on%20Venus%20is%20widely%20agreed%20among%20the%20scientific%20community%20to%20be%20from%20life.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 2.42% | 12 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 232 | As of 2019, the US was in an era of unusually large amounts of free speech that elites were starting to get spooked by and defend against. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=As%20of%202019,%20the%20US%20was%20in%20an%20era%20of%20unusually%20large%20amounts%20of%20free%20speech%20that%20elites%20were%20starting%20to%20get%20spooked%20by%20and%20defend%20against.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 67.79% | 14 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 233 | In 2033, more than 5% of deaths in China will be the result of state-mandated involuntary euthanasia. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=In%202033,%20more%20than%205%%20of%20deaths%20in%20China%20will%20be%20the%20result%20of%20state-mandated%20involuntary%20euthanasia.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 1.00% | 11 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 234 | "In the next 10 years, I expect at least five billion people worldwide to own smartphones" --Marc Andreessen | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search="In%20the%20next%2010%20years,%20I%20expect%20at%20least%20five%20billion%20people%20worldwide%20to%20own%20smartphones"%20--Marc%20Andreessen&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 75.17% | 12 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 235 | People will choose virtual-reality clothes/make-up/accessories (like Snapchat filters), that are visible in real life to most people around them. This will be used by >10% of people, walking down the street, on dates, in business contexts. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=People%20will%20choose%20virtual-reality%20clothes/make-up/accessories%20(like%20Snapchat%20filters),%20that%20are%20visible%20in%20real%20life%20to%20most%20people%20around%20them.%20This%20will%20be%20used%20by%20>10%%20of%20people,%20walking%20down%20the%20street,%20on%20dates,%20in%20business%20contexts.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 33.09% | 11 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 236 | Republicans will win the 2024 presidential election | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Republicans%20will%20win%20the%202024%20presidential%20election&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 45.69% | 13 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 237 | A professional athlete will *not* voluntarily amputate their legs to use prosthetics like Oscar Pistorius, before 2041. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=A%20professional%20athlete%20will%20*not*%20voluntarily%20amputate%20their%20legs%20to%20use%20prosthetics%20like%20Oscar%20Pistorius,%20before%202041.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 38.64% | 11 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 238 | Arbital to become a top-1000 site by 2020 | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Arbital%20to%20become%20a%20top-1000%20site%20by%202020&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 9.00% | 12 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 239 | Germany to decommission all nuclear reactors by 2023 | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Germany%20to%20decommission%20all%20nuclear%20reactors%20by%202023&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 57.00% | 13 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 240 | Biden will resign sometime during the presidency conditional on him winning the election | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Biden%20will%20resign%20sometime%20during%20the%20presidency%20conditional%20on%20him%20winning%20the%20election&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 10.18% | 11 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 241 | They'll clone a woolly mammoth by 2040 | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=They'll%20clone%20a%20woolly%20mammoth%20by%202040&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 55.57% | 14 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 242 | Machine translation no worse than human translation by 2040. -- Axel Boldt | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Machine%20translation%20no%20worse%20than%20human%20translation%20by%202040.%20--%20Axel%20Boldt&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 65.93% | 14 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 243 | Diagnosing standard medical conditions routinely involves DNA testing by 2040. -- Axel Boldt | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Diagnosing%20standard%20medical%20conditions%20routinely%20involves%20DNA%20testing%20by%202040.%20--%20Axel%20Boldt&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 68.67% | 12 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 244 | Goldbach's conjecture proven by 2040. -- Axel Boldt | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Goldbach's%20conjecture%20proven%20by%202040.%20--%20Axel%20Boldt&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 31.64% | 11 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 245 | “I predict that by 2030, China will lay an ownership claim to the entire moon.”- Kelly L Anderson | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=“I%20predict%20that%20by%202030,%20China%20will%20lay%20an%20ownership%20claim%20to%20the%20entire%20moon.”-%20Kelly%20L%20Anderson&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 8.00% | 11 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 246 | Trump wins the 2020 election. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Trump%20wins%20the%202020%20election.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 47.54% | 13 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 247 | Before 2030 organized religions will have no political influence. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Before%202030%20organized%20religions%20will%20have%20no%20political%20influence.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 10.29% | 14 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 248 | Heterogenity of ETI: Are they all the "same"? Over millions of years of evolution beyond humanity, have they evolved and converged to some "final being"? | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Heterogenity%20of%20ETI:%20Are%20they%20all%20the%20"same"?%20Over%20millions%20of%20years%20of%20evolution%20beyond%20humanity,%20have%20they%20evolved%20and%20converged%20to%20some%20"final%20being"?&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 26.27% | 11 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 249 | Trump will run for president in 2024 | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Trump%20will%20run%20for%20president%20in%202024&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 20.38% | 13 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 250 | Will legal factory farming end by January 1st 2100? | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Will%20legal%20factory%20farming%20end%20by%20January%201st%202100?%20&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 23.38% | 24 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 251 | Joe Biden gets coronavirus in 2020 | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Joe%20Biden%20gets%20coronavirus%20in%202020&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 28.09% | 11 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 252 | The US will institute a minimum guaranteed income (aka basic guaranteed income, unconditional basic income, etc.) at a Federal level by 2045. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=The%20US%20will%20institute%20a%20minimum%20guaranteed%20income%20(aka%20basic%20guaranteed%20income,%20unconditional%20basic%20income,%20etc.)%20at%20a%20Federal%20level%20by%202045.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 28.43% | 14 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 253 | “In the year 2050, there will not be an operating fusion power plant -- a device that generates net energy via a nuclear fusion reaction and transmits it to the electrical grid -- anywhere in the world.” | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=“In%20the%20year%202050,%20there%20will%20not%20be%20an%20operating%20fusion%20power%20plant%20--%20a%20device%20that%20generates%20net%20energy%20via%20a%20nuclear%20fusion%20reaction%20and%20transmits%20it%20to%20the%20electrical%20grid%20--%20anywhere%20in%20the%20world.”&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 40.91% | 11 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 254 | Intel will revolutionize computing by placing the first artificial quantum computer chip on the maket by 2025. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Intel%20will%20revolutionize%20computing%20by%20placing%20the%20first%20artificial%20quantum%20computer%20chip%20on%20the%20maket%20by%202025.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 10.00% | 14 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 255 | Caffeine will be an illegal substance ... in 60 countries by 2027. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Caffeine%20will%20be%20an%20illegal%20substance%20...%20in%2060%20countries%20by%202027.%20&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 5.42% | 12 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 256 | China will land a man on Mars by 2050. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=China%20will%20land%20a%20man%20on%20Mars%20by%202050.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 43.08% | 13 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 257 | "By March 25, 2033, there will be successful whole brain emulation." | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search="By%20March%2025,%202033,%20there%20will%20be%20successful%20whole%20brain%20emulation."&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 16.33% | 12 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 258 | At least 10 percent of people in the U.S. to be vegetarian (or in-vitro-ist) in 2030 | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=At%20least%2010%20percent%20of%20people%20in%20the%20U.S.%20to%20be%20vegetarian%20(or%20in-vitro-ist)%20in%202030&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 29.08% | 12 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 259 | Will humans (at least one) leave the solar system within 10 years after First Contact? | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Will%20humans%20(at%20least%20one)%20leave%20the%20solar%20system%20within%2010%20years%20after%20First%20Contact?&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 33.20% | 15 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 260 | The effect of First contact is mostly neutral (e.g., invisible, indifferent, uninteresting, mild nuisance ) | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=The%20effect%20of%20First%20contact%20is%20mostly%20neutral%20(e.g.,%20invisible,%20indifferent,%20uninteresting,%20mild%20nuisance%20)&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 55.00% | 26 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 261 | The effect of First contact is mostly harmful (e.g., selfish ETI, hazards) | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=The%20effect%20of%20First%20contact%20is%20mostly%20harmful%20(e.g.,%20selfish%20ETI,%20hazards)%20&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 40.82% | 22 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 262 | The world’s first lunar tourist by end of 2045 | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=The%20world’s%20first%20lunar%20tourist%20by%20end%20of%202045&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 56.86% | 14 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 263 | The effect of First contact is mostly beneficial (e.g., cooperative or merely detectable) | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=The%20effect%20of%20First%20contact%20is%20mostly%20beneficial%20(e.g.,%20cooperative%20or%20merely%20detectable)&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 28.88% | 25 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 264 | Human drivers will be illegal on *some* USA roads by 2030 | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Human%20drivers%20will%20be%20illegal%20on%20*some*%20USA%20roads%20by%202030&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 44.08% | 12 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 265 | With the making of the North American Union, a new revolutionary technology will be developed in the attempt to set a colony on Mars. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=With%20the%20making%20of%20the%20North%20American%20Union,%20a%20new%20revolutionary%20technology%20will%20be%20developed%20in%20the%20attempt%20to%20set%20a%20colony%20on%20Mars.%20&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 8.92% | 13 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 266 | 50 million | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=50%20million&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 1.65% | 34 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 267 | "At least one human alive in the year 2000 will still be alive in 2150." | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search="At%20least%20one%20human%20alive%20in%20the%20year%202000%20will%20still%20be%20alive%20in%202150."&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 56.21% | 14 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 268 | SIAI shuts down or relocates outside the United States before 2021. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=SIAI%20shuts%20down%20or%20relocates%20outside%20the%20United%20States%20before%202021.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 13.67% | 12 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 269 | 'President Mike Pence' | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search='President%20Mike%20Pence'&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 14.06% | 16 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 270 | Neutrino communication will be used commercially for high-frequency trading within 10 years. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Neutrino%20communication%20will%20be%20used%20commercially%20for%20high-frequency%20trading%20within%2010%20years.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 10.79% | 14 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 271 | Michelle Obama will run for office before 2021 | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Michelle%20Obama%20will%20run%20for%20office%20before%202021&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 21.27% | 11 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 272 | By 2025, 20% of all US driving miles to be by self-driving cars. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=By%202025,%2020%%20of%20all%20US%20driving%20miles%20to%20be%20by%20self-driving%20cars.%20&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 31.38% | 13 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 273 | No fusion scheme will succeed until 2050, when ITER will be the first and only successful fusion scheme. Nothing else will even come close to meeting the triple product, nτT of ITER. There won't be a commercial fusion reactor in 2050 though, just a demo | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=No%20fusion%20scheme%20will%20succeed%20until%202050,%20when%20ITER%20will%20be%20the%20first%20and%20only%20successful%20fusion%20scheme.%20Nothing%20else%20will%20even%20come%20close%20to%20meeting%20the%20triple%20product,%20nτT%20of%20ITER.%20There%20won't%20be%20a%20commercial%20fusion%20reactor%20in%202050%20though,%20just%20a%20demo&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 45.31% | 13 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 274 | The LW user account "Grognor" will make a comment in a thread other than rationality quotes some time in the next ten years. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=The%20LW%20user%20account%20"Grognor"%20will%20make%20a%20comment%20in%20a%20thread%20other%20than%20rationality%20quotes%20some%20time%20in%20the%20next%20ten%20years.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 45.92% | 13 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 275 | By end of 2030, there will be commercially available self-driving cars in at least one OECD country where it will be legal to use them. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=By%20end%20of%202030,%20there%20will%20be%20commercially%20available%20self-driving%20cars%20in%20at%20least%20one%20OECD%20country%20where%20it%20will%20be%20legal%20to%20use%20them.%20&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 93.25% | 12 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 276 | At least two commercial reactors supplying fusion power to the grid by 2030. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=At%20least%20two%20commercial%20reactors%20supplying%20fusion%20power%20to%20the%20grid%20by%202030.%20&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 23.67% | 12 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 277 | Significant third party challengers will temporally emerge within the next eight years in the USA. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Significant%20third%20party%20challengers%20will%20temporally%20emerge%20%20within%20the%20next%20eight%20years%20in%20the%20USA.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 24.75% | 12 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 278 | No amendments to the United States Constitution will be ratified by 2025. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=No%20amendments%20to%20the%20United%20States%20Constitution%20will%20be%20ratified%20by%202025.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 77.83% | 12 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 279 | Jeffrey Epstein was murdered and there is good evidence (e.g. footage or accepted confession or arrest warrant or conviction) that this was the case, before 2022 | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Jeffrey%20Epstein%20was%20murdered%20and%20there%20is%20good%20evidence%20(e.g.%20footage%20or%20accepted%20confession%20or%20arrest%20warrant%20or%20conviction)%20that%20this%20was%20the%20case,%20before%202022&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 3.54% | 13 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 280 | some portion of England and the United States will be unified as one country or similar state within 10 years | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=some%20portion%20of%20England%20and%20the%20United%20States%20will%20be%20unified%20as%20one%20country%20or%20similar%20state%20within%2010%20years&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 3.77% | 13 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 281 | We will still need human translators for serious translation work by 2040 | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=We%20will%20still%20need%20human%20translators%20for%20serious%20translation%20work%20by%202040&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 52.69% | 13 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 282 | By the end of 2063, the consumption of meat from animals will be illegal in at least one area of Europe or North America with a population of at least 100,000 | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=By%20the%20end%20of%202063,%20the%20consumption%20of%20meat%20from%20animals%20will%20be%20illegal%20in%20at%20least%20one%20area%20of%20Europe%20or%20North%20America%20with%20a%20population%20of%20at%20least%20100,000&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 60.36% | 11 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 283 | No human will visit the moon from 2012 to 2032 | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=No%20human%20will%20visit%20the%20moon%20from%202012%20to%202032&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 52.73% | 11 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 284 | We ask ETI "do we live in a simulation"? They answer "yes". | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=We%20ask%20ETI%20"do%20we%20live%20in%20a%20simulation"?%20They%20answer%20"yes".&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 17.92% | 13 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 285 | Advanced cultural skills are not directly selected for in species with sub-human levels of general cognitive skills and social skills. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Advanced%20cultural%20skills%20are%20not%20directly%20selected%20for%20in%20species%20with%20sub-human%20levels%20of%20general%20cognitive%20skills%20and%20social%20skills.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 46.70% | 10 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 286 | Advanced cultural skills are not very useful for species with sub-human levels of general cognitive skills and social skills. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Advanced%20cultural%20skills%20are%20not%20very%20useful%20for%20species%20with%20sub-human%20levels%20of%20general%20cognitive%20skills%20and%20social%20skills.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 34.38% | 16 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 287 | Will this question get an answer, within a month, I judge as "very insightful and directly relevant to how I approach Babble challenges in the future, enabling me to learn and grow faster?" | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Will%20this%20question%20get%20an%20answer,%20within%20a%20month,%20I%20judge%20as%20"very%20insightful%20and%20directly%20relevant%20to%20how%20I%20approach%20Babble%20challenges%20in%20the%20future,%20enabling%20me%20to%20learn%20and%20grow%20faster?"&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 29.64% | 11 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 288 | Elon Musk has sent a crewed mission to Mars | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Elon%20Musk%20has%20sent%20a%20crewed%20mission%20to%20Mars&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 17.30% | 10 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 289 | Generic molecular assemblers won't be developed within the next 20 years. By “generic” I mean they can build macroscopic (≥ 10 mm³) objects for any reasonable function, and by “molecular” meaning 50%+ of chemical bonds don't come from bulk chemistry. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Generic%20molecular%20assemblers%20won't%20be%20developed%20within%20the%20next%2020%20years.%20 By%20“generic”%20I%20mean%20they%20can%20build%20macroscopic%20(≥ 10 mm³)%20objects%20for%20any%20reasonable%20function,%20and%20by%20“molecular”%20meaning%2050%+%20of%20chemical%20bonds%20don't%20come%20from%20bulk%20chemistry.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 77.10% | 10 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 290 | Caitlyn Jenner = POTUS | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Caitlyn%20Jenner%20=%20POTUS&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 4.20% | 10 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 291 | Russia and Morocco have joined the European Union, and the EU slowly takes on the character of a nation; it has a common foreign policy and a standing army by 2040. -- Axel Boldt | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Russia%20and%20Morocco%20have%20joined%20the%20European%20Union,%20and%20the%20EU%20slowly%20takes%20on%20the%20character%20of%20a%20nation;%20it%20has%20a%20common%20foreign%20policy%20and%20a%20standing%20army%20by%202040.%20--%20Axel%20Boldt&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 10.92% | 12 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 292 | By the time most of the world’s population has made the transition to a vegan or cultured-meat diet, the rearing of other sentient beings for human consumption will be illegal under international law. -- David Pearce | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=By%20the%20time%20most%20of%20the%20world’s%20population%20has%20made%20the%20transition%20to%20a%20vegan%20or%20cultured-meat%20diet,%20the%20rearing%20of%20other%20sentient%20beings%20for%20human%20consumption%20will%20be%20illegal%20under%20international%20law.%20--%20David%20Pearce&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 16.00% | 10 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 293 | Robust mouse rejuvenation by 2020 -- Aubrey de Grey | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Robust%20mouse%20rejuvenation%20by%202020%20--%20Aubrey%20de%20Grey&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 13.14% | 14 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 294 | Advanced cultural skills are too complex for species with sub-human levels of general cognitive skills and social skills to acquire. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Advanced%20cultural%20skills%20are%20too%20complex%20for%20species%20with%20sub-human%20levels%20of%20general%20cognitive%20skills%20and%20social%20skills%20to%20acquire.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 27.79% | 14 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 295 | Google self driving car will get in an accident (involving human injury or property damage > $2k) before end of 2018. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Google%20self%20driving%20car%20will%20get%20in%20an%20accident%20(involving%20human%20injury%20or%20property%20damage%20>%20$2k)%20before%20end%20of%202018.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 48.00% | 10 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 296 | By 2050, there will be at least one person cryonically frozen in space. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=By%202050,%20there%20will%20be%20at%20least%20one%20person%20cryonically%20frozen%20in%20space.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 15.80% | 10 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 297 | Mars to have detectable non-anthropogenic life on it | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Mars%20to%20have%20detectable%20non-anthropogenic%20life%20on%20it&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 21.70% | 10 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 298 | P!=NP, and proven by 2040 --Ken | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=P!=NP,%20and%20proven%20by%202040%20--Ken&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 44.17% | 12 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 299 | Alien/Time travelling human presence revealed on 27th of March 2022 | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Alien/Time%20travelling%20human%20presence%20revealed%20on%2027th%20of%20March%202022&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 0.50% | 10 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 300 | A Confirmed SETI detection of an ET technological civilization. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=A%20Confirmed%20SETI%20detection%20of%20an%20ET%20technological%20civilization.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 12.09% | 11 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 301 | The Internet Archive will operate through 2025-07-01 | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=The%20Internet%20Archive%20will%20operate%20through%202025-07-01&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 78.90% | 10 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 302 | Scotland holds another independence referendum in the next 5 years. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Scotland%20holds%20another%20independence%20referendum%20in%20the%20next%205%20years.%20&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 55.60% | 10 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 303 | By 2050, a biologically functional but cosmetic novel body part produced by 3D printing technology will be demonstrated in a human, in vivo. For example: A horn, pointy ears, or an extra thumb. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=By%202050,%20a%20biologically%20functional%20but%20cosmetic%20novel%20body%20part%20produced%20by%203D%20printing%20technology%20will%20be%20demonstrated%20in%20a%20human,%20in%20vivo.%20For%20example:%20A%20horn,%20pointy%20ears,%20or%20an%20extra%20thumb.%20&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 75.09% | 11 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 304 | More than 50% of all passenger cars on the road are completely autonomous, self-driving vehicles. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=More%20than%2050%%20of%20all%20passenger%20cars%20on%20the%20road%20are%20completely%20autonomous,%20self-driving%20vehicles.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 26.38% | 13 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 305 | Within the next 1000 years we will discover that the singularity already happened a very long time ago and that we are the AIs that resulted from it. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Within%20the%20next%201000%20years%20we%20will%20discover%20that%20the%20singularity%20already%20happened%20a%20very%20long%20time%20ago%20and%20that%20we%20are%20the%20AIs%20that%20resulted%20from%20it.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 15.50% | 12 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 306 | “By the year 2150, over 50% of schools in the USA or Western Europe will require classes in defending against robot attacks.” | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=“By%20the%20year%202150,%20over%2050%%20of%20schools%20in%20the%20USA%20or%20Western%20Europe%20will%20require%20classes%20in%20defending%20against%20robot%20attacks.”&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 7.42% | 12 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 307 | In 10 years I will think Reddit/LW-style reputational/karma systems will be a bad thing (compared to non-karma systems like OB). | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=In%2010%20years%20I%20will%20think%20Reddit/LW-style%20reputational/karma%20systems%20will%20be%20a%20bad%20thing%20(compared%20to%20non-karma%20systems%20like%20OB).&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 20.40% | 10 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 308 | Trump Elected and constitutional crisis with US military disobeying direct orders from POTUS | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Trump%20Elected%20and%20constitutional%20crisis%20with%20US%20military%20disobeying%20direct%20orders%20from%20POTUS&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 11.30% | 10 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 309 | Larry King's brain will be cryopreserved or plastinated within 2 weeks of declaration of death, and this is known before 2070 | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Larry%20King's%20brain%20will%20be%20cryopreserved%20or%20plastinated%20within%202%20weeks%20of%20declaration%20of%20death,%20and%20this%20is%20known%20before%202070&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 22.08% | 12 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 310 | WWIII starts before 2030. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=WWIII%20starts%20before%202030.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 8.86% | 14 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 311 | “The End of State Sovereignty: By 2030, some form of international federation or global governmental structure will emerge that can exercise ultimate authority over world affairs.” | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=“The%20End%20of%20State%20Sovereignty:%20By%202030,%20some%20form%20of%20international%20federation%20or%20global%20governmental%20structure%20will%20emerge%20that%20can%20exercise%20ultimate%20authority%20over%20world%20affairs.”&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 11.46% | 13 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 312 | By 2035, the general consensus will be that the US federal government orchestrated the 9/11 attacks. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=By%202035,%20the%20general%20consensus%20will%20be%20that%20the%20US%20federal%20government%20orchestrated%20the%209/11%20attacks.%20&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 13.08% | 12 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 313 | Fewer than 30% of the US Population self-identify as Christians. http://www.pewforum.org/2015/05/12/americas-changing-religious-landscape/ | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Fewer%20than%2030%%20of%20the%20US%20Population%20self-identify%20as%20Christians. http://www.pewforum.org/2015/05/12/americas-changing-religious-landscape/&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 19.80% | 10 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 314 | “China will break apart by 2030” | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=“China%20will%20break%20apart%20by%202030”&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 24.60% | 10 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 315 | homosexuality criminalized in the US | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=homosexuality%20criminalized%20in%20the%20US&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 2.50% | 10 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 316 | HIV will be cured by 2025, but 5 new viruses deadlier than it will replace it. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=HIV%20will%20be%20cured%20by%202025,%20but%205%20new%20viruses%20deadlier%20than%20it%20will%20replace%20it.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 7.09% | 11 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 317 | The First Domed City will exist before 2040. This will be the first above-ground structure since The third World War (WWIII). | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=The%20First%20Domed%20City%20will%20exist%20before%202040.%20This%20will%20be%20the%20first%20above-ground%20structure%20since%20The%20third%20World%20War%20(WWIII).&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 6.09% | 11 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 318 | Trump dies of Coronavirus in 2020 | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Trump%20dies%20of%20Coronavirus%20in%202020&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 1.36% | 11 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 319 | By 2085 there will be at least one confirmed person who has lived to 150 | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=By%202085%20there%20will%20be%20at%20least%20one%20confirmed%20person%20who%20has%20lived%20to%20150&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 33.46% | 13 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 320 | By 2030 the Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence will have given up on friendly AI and instead focus on fail-safe mechanisms. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=By%202030%20the%20Singularity%20Institute%20for%20Artificial%20Intelligence%20will%20have%20given%20up%20on%20friendly%20AI%20and%20instead%20focus%20on%20fail-safe%20mechanisms.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 30.90% | 10 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 321 | SpaceX will launch a Mars orbit or flyby mission before 2021 | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=SpaceX%20will%20launch%20a%20Mars%20orbit%20or%20flyby%20mission%20before%202021&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 70.67% | 12 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 322 | A working brain-to-brain direct communication interface will be demonstrated in human clinical trials by 2025. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=A%20working%20brain-to-brain%20direct%20communication%20interface%20will%20be%20demonstrated%20in%20human%20clinical%20trials%20by%202025.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 41.30% | 10 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 323 | Ecstasy (MDMA) will be legalized for prescription use in the U.S. by 2025. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Ecstasy%20(MDMA)%20will%20be%20legalized%20for%20prescription%20use%20in%20the%20U.S.%20by%202025.%20&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 26.10% | 10 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 324 | At least one self-described "anarchist" will be voted into a national office in the United States by 2021. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=At%20least%20one%20self-described%20"anarchist"%20will%20be%20voted%20into%20a%20national%20office%20in%20the%20United%20States%20by%202021.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 36.82% | 11 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 325 | 1,000,000+ planets will have been cataloged by 2035 | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=1,000,000+%20planets%20will%20have%20been%20cataloged%20by%202035&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 41.08% | 13 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 326 | HIV will be eradicated by 2040 (Daniel Lemire) | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=HIV%20will%20be%20eradicated%20by%202040%20(Daniel%20Lemire)&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 56.91% | 11 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 327 | EU to dissolve by 2040. | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=EU%20to%20dissolve%20by%202040.&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 39.45% | 11 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 328 | In 2038 the population of the US will be 2 billion, none of them illegal. -Moldbug | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=In%202038%20the%20population%20of%20the%20US%20will%20be%202%20billion,%20none%20of%20them%20illegal.%20-Moldbug&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 9.36% | 14 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 329 | Reservatrol or a chemically similar compound will be an accepted anti-aging treatment in humans by 2025 | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Reservatrol%20or%20a%20chemically%20similar%20compound%20will%20be%20an%20accepted%20anti-aging%20treatment%20in%20humans%20by%202025&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 29.08% | 13 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 330 | Airbnb to be acquired by 2025 | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=Airbnb%20to%20be%20acquired%20by%202025&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 34.64% | 11 | ★☆☆☆☆ | |
| 331 | ". The revenue for higher ed is falling into a black hole. I predict that by 2021 the whole enterprise will cease to exist in anything resembling its current form." --Dan King | https://elicit.org/binary?binaryQuestions.search=".%20The%20revenue%20for%20higher%20ed%20is%20falling%20into%20a%20black%20hole.%20I%20predict%20that%20by%202021%20the%20whole%20enterprise%20will%20cease%20to%20exist%20in%20anything%20resembling%20its%20current%20form."%20--Dan%20King&binaryQuestions.sortBy=popularity&limit=20&offset=0 | Elicit | true | 11.46% | 13 | ★☆☆☆☆ |