why aren't all 12 resolved? a statement only gets an assessment when the public
record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 3 checkable
ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't;
assertions are supported or contradicted. on every card:
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▮▮▮▮▮ debate potential. speakers are clickable
Prediction Open · timeframe May 2028
Weitzman: Speechify will soon spend more on AI tokens than salaries
“We're getting to the point where soon we're going to spend more on tokens than we spend on actual salaries.”
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Weitzman: AI Token Budgets Will Outpace Engineering Salaries Within Three Years
“We'll get there in three years. Yeah. You just need to be like a really strong early adopter.”
Prediction Not yet assessed · timeframe Sep 2029
Weitzman: Buying Rubin GPUs yields one year advantage over cloud renters
“If I want a Reuben, which is like these much faster GPUs, I'll get it faster if I buy it than if I wait for Google to buy it, and then there's other people in front of me in line. So I'm gonna skip the queue by like a lot, and then I'm gonna have like a year o…”
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Weitzman predicts voice will overtake screens as primary interface within five years
“Human computer interface is going to become primarily voice, as opposed to a screen.”
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Weitzman: OpenAI ads will be massive due to deep user context
“Of course. Yeah, massive. Massive, massive. Because it knows so much about you.”
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Weitzman predicts he will solve his brother's rare autoimmune disease
“And I am, I know I'm going to solve this disease.”
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Weitzman: Speechify will never hire candidates motivated primarily by higher pay
“Terrible answer. Never would hire that person, not in a million years.”
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Weitzman: Nvidia's 35x multiple is reasonable and stock has more upside
“35 is reasonable given how much they're growing. So yeah, I think they have a lot more juice.”
Prediction Open · timeframe May 2031
Weitzman: Apple will launch a Whisperflow competitor rather than acquire it
“Does Apple buy Whisperflow? No. Apple launches a competitor.”
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Weitzman: Internal AI coaches will become standard corporate roles in five years
“Coach. So, One thing that we do a lot in Speechify is coach people on how to use AI better. Force them to use AI better.”
Prediction Held up
Weitzman: Speechify enterprise sales team will use forward-deployed engineers
“Now that is exactly what we're doing now, but like front deployed engineers.”
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Weitzman: AI will drive a wave of adults over 40 returning to school
“I think there will come a wave of people going back to school after the age of 40, but school will be different.”