JonathanMann

Jonathan Mann
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JonathanMann
made their 9th forecast (view all):
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Answer
8% (-1%)
Moldova
1% (0%)
Armenia
3% (0%)
Georgia
1% (0%)
Kazakhstan
Why do you think you're right?

Lowering again on Moldova. After losing influence in Syria, in large part due to focus on Ukraine, I expect Russia will be less likely to invade additional countries.

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Why might you be wrong?

Even absent the moral concerns, I thought invading Ukraine was a terrible idea and that Russia wouldn't end up doing it, only changing my mind maybe a month before the invasion. I really don't have a great mental model of how Putin reasons.

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Why do you think you're right?
I don't think this is very likely. There will probably be reasonably good non-invasive alternatives and the approval process for this looks like a minefield from my perspective.  Furthermore, I somewhat doubt the public will be banging down the door to request this approval.
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Why might you be wrong?

Maybe the approvals process will look completely different in 2030.  Maybe the initial benefits will be much greater than I anticipate. 

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Why do you think you're right?

I somewhat expect the technology will be available or be close by the end of 2030, but I'm skeptical that there will be a lot of pressure to fast track this. Based on the strict resolution criteria, I'll start out at a little higher than 1/4.

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Why might you be wrong?
Maybe the approval process will get streamlined or maybe this in particular will get fast-tracked. 
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Why do you think you're right?
This seems like a promising approach. I expect AI will be able to identify good candidates from the pool of existing approved drugs for certain conditions soon. Drugs that previously met the standard for safe human use could be fast tracked if they appear to be promising. I expect this will happen for some drugs eventually, but I'm not sure about the timelines and whether anything from this domain will apply before the end of 2030. My gut tells me 70% - 75%, but I'm adding uncertainty.
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Why might you be wrong?
Maybe the candidate pool is smaller than I'm anticipating or maybe the approval process will take unexpectedly long for new use cases. On the other hand, maybe the current approval process will be revamped (I estimate this around 3%) allowing for completely new drugs.
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JonathanMann
made their 1st forecast (view all):
Probability
Answer
1%
S-400 or S-500 missile system
3%
Su-35 fighter jets
Why do you think you're right?

With little time left, both seem unlikely, but I'd put just a little more mass on the jets if anything is going to happen. It seems sanctions on Russia will continue to make production difficult, so I'll give 3% for the jets and 1% for the missile system.

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Why might you be wrong?
My best guess is that I'm too high, but I typically bias in the direction of uncertainty.
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Why do you think you're right?
I haven't collected data to run a simulation for a while, but eyeing it, it could easily be Apple, NVIDIA, or Microsoft. Right now, I'd give Apple a little more than a third, NVIDIA about a third and Microsoft less than a third with a small hold out for something surprising happening. 
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Why might you be wrong?

I'll need to collect recent data and re-run a Monte Carlo simulation. There's also an outside chance it could be a different company as well, but I'd be quite surprised if it wasn't one of the three I mentioned.

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Confirmed previous forecast
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Why do you think you're right?

Increasing slightly as I think I was previously too low given my uncertainty. In the absence of news, I expect to decrease by about 3% per month until the question expires.

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Why might you be wrong?

As I mentioned before, I talked to someone from China about this and they seemed to think it was more than 50% likely to happen.

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