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Prediction Didn’t hold up
Baker: Zohran Mamdani will almost certainly win NYC mayoral election
“Unless Adams or Cuomo pulls out, he's almost certainly going to win.”
Gavin Baker Aug 9, 2025 ▶ 1:02:07 OpenAI's GPT-5 Flop, AI's Unlimited Market, China's Big Advantage, Rise in Socialism, Housing Crisis
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Baker predicts multiple independent frontier AI labs will be acquired in 2025
“And then I do think you will see a lot of these frontier AI labs that are independent be acquired.”
Gavin Baker Jan 4, 2025 ▶ 51:21 2025 Predictions: Tech, Business, Media, Politics!
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Baker predicts frontier AI labs will stop releasing leading-edge models publicly
“As far as a specific prediction for 25 because I don't know when that will happen, I think you will see the frontier labs stop releasing their leading-edge models to prevent knowledge distillation and their IP effectively being stolen.”
Gavin Baker Jan 4, 2025 ▶ 1:04:42 2025 Predictions: Tech, Business, Media, Politics!
Assertion Contradicted
Baker: Anthropic was EBIT positive in the most recent quarter
“They were EBIT positive per the Wall Street Journal in the most recent quarter”
Gavin Baker May 22, 2026 ▶ 4:38 SpaceX’s $2T Case, Nvidia’s Shock Selloff, America Turns on AI, Trump Pulls AI Order, Bond Crisis?
Assertion Contradicted
Gavin Baker: xAI has the largest Nvidia Blackwell cluster
“They have the largest Blackwell cluster.”
Gavin Baker Aug 9, 2025 ▶ 13:00 OpenAI's GPT-5 Flop, AI's Unlimited Market, China's Big Advantage, Rise in Socialism, Housing Crisis
Assertion Contradicted
Baker: Tariffs are traditionally a Democratic position that Clinton and Obama ran on
“Tariffs are traditionally a democratic policy position. You know, Clinton ran on them. Obama ran on them to be a slightly lesser degree.”
Gavin Baker Aug 9, 2025 ▶ 1:25:15 OpenAI's GPT-5 Flop, AI's Unlimited Market, China's Big Advantage, Rise in Socialism, Housing Crisis
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