WrongPrediction

Median forecast: largest ML model would have 150 trillion parameters by 2024 (actual ~10 trillion)

“49. Largest Number of Parameters in a Machine Learning Model 150 trillion 10 trillion 2.74 7”

XPT domain expertsDomain-expert panel in the Forecasting Research Institute's 2022 Existential Risk Persuasion Tournament (group median forecasts)Said · Source: forecastingresearch.org

Context: Existential Risk Persuasion Tournament (XPT), June-Oct 2022; group median forecasts as reported by the Forecasting Research Institute in "Assessing Near-Term Accuracy in the XPT" (2025).

How we judge it

Our interpretation: treated as a point forecast; correct if within a factor of 2 of the resolved value.

Resolution criteria are our interpretation of the claim, written before grading. Methodology

Said
Resolve by
Verdict
Wrong ()
Stated probability
None stated
Specificity
3 of 3 (precise and measurable)
Score
0.0 points × weight 3

Evidence & grader’s note

Domain experts overestimated parameter counts even more than superforecasters.

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