OpenAI aspires to have 100 AI scientists winning 100 Nobel Prizes
Predictor: Kevin Weil · ep#238 "Meta Buys Moltbook, GPT 5.4, and Fruitfly Brain Upload | Moonshots Live at The Abundance Summit 238" · source
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OpenAI aspires to have 100 AI scientists winning 100 Nobel Prizes | His statement was, 'I want a hundred scientists winning 100 Nobels.'
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His statement was, 'I want a hundred scientists winning 100 Nobels.'
Predictor: Kevin Weil
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- 2026-04-17hitKevin Weil departs OpenAI; OpenAI for Science decentralized into other research teamsHow: Public Weil X-post + TechCrunch / CNBC confirmation of departure on April 17, 2026 — original 100-Nobels champion exits before milestone window maturesSource: deep_research_enrichedconf 95%
- 2026-06-01 → 2026-12-31pendingOpenAI for Science 'Prism' (LaTeX/Cursor-for-scientists) tool ships to broader research communityHow: Prism (or successor) general availability for academic users beyond OpenAI partners; public sign-up / institutional access announcementSource: deep_research_enrichedconf 50%
- 2026-10-18pendingQ1 window check-in (25%)
- 2027-04-08pendingQ2 window check-in (50%)
- 2027-09-26pendingQ3 window check-in (75%)
- 2027-10-01 → 2028-10-31pendingFirst Nobel Prize awarded to laureate who publicly credits AI as a major collaboratorHow: Nobel committee citation or laureate Nobel lecture explicitly credits a frontier AI model (any lab) as having materially contributed to the breakthroughSource: deep_research_enrichedconf 35%
- 2028-10-01 → 2031-10-31pendingCumulative Nobel-credited AI partnerships reach 5+ within four annual cyclesHow: By end of 2031 Nobel cycle, at least 5 Nobel laureates across Chemistry / Physics / Medicine have publicly credited AI tools as material to their work; '100 Nobels' aspiration on credible runway only if cadence reachedSource: deep_research_enrichedconf 20%
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| Kind | Node | Their prob | P(c|s=T) | P(c|s=F) | Δ implied |
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| prereq | S_AGI_MID_2029 AGI mid: Kurzweil 2029 path | 35.0% | 0.500 | 0.050 | -0.177 |
| killer | TK03 AI Regulatory Moratorium (EU/US Capability Freeze) | 10.0% | 0.050 | 0.500 | +0.070 |
| killer | TK02 AI Compute Supply Shock (TSMC/Taiwan Disruption) | 12.0% | 0.050 | 0.500 | +0.061 |
| killer | TK01 AGI Capability Plateau (2026-27 Training Stall) | 15.0% | 0.050 | 0.500 | +0.048 |
| killer | TK09 Energy Grid Cap (Data Center Power Wall) | 35.0% | 0.050 | 0.500 | -0.042 |
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| prereq | S_AGI_MID_2029 | AGI mid: Kurzweil 2029 path | agi_general_capability | — |
| killer | TK09 | Energy Grid Cap (Data Center Power Wall) | — | — |
| killer | TK05 | Rate Regime Persistence (10y > 5% through 2028) | — | — |
| killer | TK01 | AGI Capability Plateau (2026-27 Training Stall) | — | — |
| killer | TK02 | AI Compute Supply Shock (TSMC/Taiwan Disruption) | — | — |
| killer | TK03 | AI Regulatory Moratorium (EU/US Capability Freeze) | — | — |
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