Show HN: I made 25 tech predictions and mass-published them

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I did something that might be incredibly stupid. I made 25 specific predictions about what will happen in tech over the next 6 months — and published all of them with deadlines before I could chicken out. Not vague &quot;AI will grow&quot; predictions. Specific, falsifiable claims like:<p>Medical AI will face mandatory safety requirements within 18 months (regulatory signals are screaming) There&#x27;s a ~6 month window in AI infrastructure before consolidation locks out new entrants Browser agents hit mainstream faster than current discourse suggests<p>Each prediction has a confidence score, a hard deadline, and what would prove me wrong. Why would I do this? Because I&#x27;m tired of pundits making unfalsifiable claims and retroactively declaring victory. &quot;I predicted crypto would struggle&quot; — okay, when? By how much? What counts as struggling? So I&#x27;m doing the opposite. Public predictions. Specific deadlines. No editing after the fact. The first verification check runs January 24. I&#x27;ll publish results whether they make me look smart or completely delusional. A few already make me uncomfortable — some have conviction scores above 75%, which feels overconfident for 6-month horizons. But that&#x27;s the point. If I&#x27;m not risking being wrong, I&#x27;m not actually predicting anything. All 25: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;asof.app&#x2F;alpha" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;asof.app&#x2F;alpha</a> What&#x27;s your most contrarian take on what happens in tech this year? Curious what predictions HN would make with actual deadlines attached.
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I did something that might be incredibly stupid. I made 25 specific predictions about what will happen in tech over the next 6 months — and published all of them with deadlines before I could chicken out. Not vague &quot;AI will grow&quot; predictions. Specific, falsifiable claims like:<p>Medical AI will face mandatory safety requirements within 18 months (regulatory signals are screaming) There&#x27;s a ~6 month window in AI infrastructure before consolidation locks out new entrants Browser agents hit mainstream faster than current discourse suggests<p>Each prediction has a confidence score, a hard deadline, and what would prove me wrong. Why would I do this? Because I&#x27;m tired of pundits making unfalsifiable claims and retroactively declaring victory. &quot;I predicted crypto would struggle&quot; — okay, when? By how much? What counts as struggling? So I&#x27;m doing the opposite. Public predictions. Specific deadlines. No editing after the fact. The first verification check runs January 24. I&#x27;ll publish results whether they make me look smart or completely delusional. A few already make me uncomfortable — some have conviction scores above 75%, which feels overconfident for 6-month horizons. But that&#x27;s the point. If I&#x27;m not risking being wrong, I&#x27;m not actually predicting anything. All 25: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;asof.app&#x2F;alpha" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;asof.app&#x2F;alpha</a> What&#x27;s your most contrarian take on what happens in tech this year? Curious what predictions HN would make with actual deadlines attached.