why aren't all 17 resolved? a statement only gets an assessment when the public
record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 2 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 Jun 2031
Arora: Google will be the first $10 trillion company
“I think Google's underrated. I think it's going to be the first 10 trillion dollar company in our lifetime.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Arora: AI found five years of software vulnerabilities in six weeks
“In six weeks we found vulnerabilities which would have normally taken us five to seven years to find.”
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Nikesh Arora: Analytical SaaS companies are over
“If you're an analytical SaaS company, it's over.”
Prediction Held up
Arora: Vulnerability-finding AI will be public within three months
“I think we're three months away, if not already there, from this being available in the wild.”
Prediction Open · timeframe Jun 2029
Nikesh Arora: Enterprise data storage needs will grow 10x in three years
“We are going to need 10 times the data stored enterprise than we have today.”
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Nikesh Arora: Systems of record software will be reinvented within five years
“So I think the whole system of work System of record gets reinvented the next five years.”
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Arora: AI base models will become a commoditized utility layer
“I still believe models are going to become a utility layer. You'll be able to buy intelligence on the fly”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Arora: Claude Mythos had a 30% false positive rate in testing
“The false positive rate on Mythos was 30%.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Arora: 90% of enterprise companies have bad data for AI deployment
“And you'll discover 90% of companies have bad data. 90% of companies.”
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Arora predicts 5 million apps will become AI agents within 10 years
“I think five million apps will be redesigned in the next 10 years. They all become agents.”
Assertion Contradicted
Arora: 89% of cyber attacks occur because credentials get stolen
“89% of the attacks happen because credentials get stolen.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Arora: Frontier AI model weights fit on a single USB stick
“The entire model weights of their newest model fits on a USB stick.”
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Arora predicts 10 years for US to fulfill hardware supply chain needs
“In 10 years.”
Assertion Contradicted
Arora: $2B paid in ransomware payments over past 12 months
“There's about two billion dollars that's been paid in the last 12 months on ransomware.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Arora: 20 to 30% of employees in most companies use AI apps for work
“I think about 20 to 30% of most companies have employees, the younger side who are using AI apps To try and get their job done faster and easier.”
Assertion Partly supported
Arora: Google European revenue briefly exceeded its US revenue
“And that's one of the few tech companies in the world whose European revenue was higher than the US revenue for a brief period of time.”
Assertion Supported
Arora: Yahoo Japan and Google run separate ad systems on Google search
“In Japan today, Yahoo Japan is powered by Google, and Google's powered by Google, but the advertising systems are different, hence it's non-competitive.”