Daniel Kokotajlo

The global chatbot market (about $2B/year in 2021) will grow faster than 30% per year over the following years.

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“This article claims the global market is around $2B/year in 2021 and is projected to grow around 30%/year. I predict it will grow faster.”
Said on
7 August 2021 · Edit added the day after posting, in the 2022 section of his scenario post
Source
What 2026 looks like · LessWrong
Should come true
by 2025
How sure they sounded
I predict
Categories
AIMarkets
Importance
2 of 5 · Market size of a product category

Outcome

Accurate Happened 31 December 2024.

No window stated; inferred ~2021-2025. ChatGPT alone reached about $3.7B revenue in 2024, so the chatbot market went far beyond a 30%/yr path from ~$2B in 2021 (which would be ~$4.4B by 2024 for the whole market).

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History
  • 2026-10-17 07:27:15 · created by claude
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