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Prediction Open · timeframe Feb 2027
Morris: Amazon Will Likely Execute Another Mass Layoff Within 12 Months
“I know the HR chief is trying to calm everyone down by saying this is not the new normal, but I would be very surprised as if this is the last mass layoff as Amazon we see in the next 12 months.”
Stephen Morris Feb 2, 2026 ▶ 43:32 The Anthropic Rocketship, AI’s Spending Limits, SpaceX IPO
Prediction Held up
Morris: OpenAI will not declare GPT-5 as AGI
“I hate to make bold predictions, especially in tech, because you can often be spectacularly wrong, but I do not think they're going to say GPT-V is anything approaching AGI, however you choose to define it.”
Stephen Morris Jul 28, 2025 ▶ 12:19 Countdown to GPT-5, OpenAI’s Stargate Sputters, AI Math Wars
Prediction Held up
Morris: Google Will Lose Exclusive Safari Search Deal from Antitrust Remedies
“They're going to have to share more data with rivals. They're going to lose the right to be Apple's exclusive search engine provider on Safari across its devices.”
Stephen Morris Jul 28, 2025 ▶ 49:08 Countdown to GPT-5, OpenAI’s Stargate Sputters, AI Math Wars
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Morris: Private Mega-Checks for AI Labs Will End by 2027
“But in 20, 27, I can't see the checks of these sizes being written again, unless you go to the public markets and you start giving retail Share your retail shareholders and big institutional pension funds, things like that access to try and finance their colos…”
Stephen Morris Feb 2, 2026 ▶ 16:55 The Anthropic Rocketship, AI’s Spending Limits, SpaceX IPO
Prediction Open · timeframe Jul 2030
Morris: China Will Power Future AI Data Centers Primarily With Solar
“This for, to a large part, is how China is going to power the future of data centers and AI with solar energy.”
Stephen Morris Jul 28, 2025 ▶ 34:53 Countdown to GPT-5, OpenAI’s Stargate Sputters, AI Math Wars
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Morris: Europe Risks Having No Meaningful AI Industry Due to Delays
“The concern in the other direction is that Europe will just fall so far behind these other countries. It won't have an AI industry that's meaningful in any sense. Which may already be the case.”
Stephen Morris Jul 28, 2025 ▶ 39:50 Countdown to GPT-5, OpenAI’s Stargate Sputters, AI Math Wars
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