Before he wrote AI 2027, he predicted the world in 2026. How did he do?
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But AI 2027 wasn’t his first foray into long-form prediction. In August of 2021, Daniel wrote an essay called “ What 2026 Looks Like .” This essay came out before the launch of ChatGPT, let alone the explosion of AI across the global economy. Now that it’s 2026, I thought it was time to evaluate Daniel’s predictions — and it brings me no joy to say that they are frighteningly accurate.
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For “What 2026 Looks Like,” that methodology turned out better than I expected overall. I think reality was closer to this fictional story than I think even I expected it to be, and certainly than most people expected it to be.
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