Michael Barr: Speech, Apr 1, 2026

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13 words · 5 settled yes

backtest The probabilities on settled rows are a walk-forward backtest: the model as of before each event, computed after Parrot went live; they were not published at the time.

Listed words: result, and the probability (a walk-forward backtest on settled rows)
WordResultProbabilityMarket
Data Center Yes–new new word, no probability yet–
Fintech Yes–new new word, no probability yet–
Generative AI / GenAI Yes–new new word, no probability yet–
Oil Yes–new new word, no probability yet–
Security / Cybersecurity Yes–new new word, no probability yet–
Afford / Affordable / Affordability No–new new word, no probability yet–
Autonomous No–new new word, no probability yet–
ChatGPT / OpenAI No–new new word, no probability yet–
Fraud No–new new word, no probability yet–
Hallucinate / Hallucination No–new new word, no probability yet–
Layoff No–new new word, no probability yet–
Robot / Robotic / Robotics No–new new word, no probability yet–
Iran No–n=1 too little history for a probability–

Market prices are mid quotes from Kalshi and Polymarket, shown for context, may be delayed by several minutes and are not a signal. Quotes as of Oct 20, 2026 15:46 UTC.

Transcript

No transcript source yet. The results above are how the venues settled the markets.

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