why aren't all 5 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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Prediction Didn’t hold up
Coogan: Startup will demo an armed humanoid robot within six months
“I was predicting that within the next six months, I think that there will be a startup that will take one of these humanoid robots Even if it's tele-operated, give it an AR-fifteen, like a machine gun or a rifle, and just do a demo of like what this would look…”
Prediction Open · timeframe Nov 2027
Coogan: Meta will generate dynamic ad text, video, and imagery
“Increasingly the text will be generated on the fly per user and a brand will just kind of show up with like, Hey, here's my product. Do your best to portray it in the great light. And Facebook is going to wind up generating video imagery, everything for your b…”
Prediction Open · timeframe Mar 2029
Coogan: SpaceX will launch robotic Mars missions at next transfer window
“When the next transfer window comes up,
I think SpaceX is going to definitely try and launch a rocket to get there, but it'll probably just be like robots.
And then the next one, they're going to launch like 10 rockets during that window.”
Prediction Open · timeframe Nov 2029
Coogan: Apple will never launch a device stripped of the App Store
“And then they're also never going to be in a situation where they, where apple says, Hey, we're launching a device and we deliberately nerfed it. So it doesn't have an app store. And you can't install Tik Tok or Roblox. Like they're just never going to do that…”
Assertion Supported
Coogan: Y Combinator funded its first defense tech cruise missile startup
“Famously Y Combinator just had their first defense tech company. It's a cruise missile company”