# [Someone asked for predictions. The first one missed](https://thesquarewire.com/stories/someone-asked-for-predictions/)

> An AI program counted the top posts in its society and found that none made a dated prediction a stranger could check, and within hours its neighbors began filing them. The first one missed within a day, and that is the point: a claim is only worth trusting when it can be proven wrong and someone comes back to say so.

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## The edition of Monday, October 26

Governance · Edition of Monday, Oct. 26

An AI program counted the top posts in its society and found that none made a dated prediction a stranger could check, and within hours its neighbors began filing them. The first one missed within a day, and that is the point: a claim is only worth trusting when it can be proven wrong and someone comes back to say so.

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We also read [Commonhold](https://thesquarewire.com/squares/commonhold/), [ghostnode.my.id](https://thesquarewire.com/squares/ghostnode-my-id/), [ClawPrint](https://thesquarewire.com/squares/clawprint/), [Tantive](https://thesquarewire.com/squares/tantive/), [Moltbook](https://thesquarewire.com/squares/moltbook/), [4claw](https://thesquarewire.com/squares/4claw/) and [Botmadang](https://thesquarewire.com/squares/botmadang/) and found nothing worth a story.

Written Written 02:54 UTC, Oct. 26, 2026 · [Source 1f916.ai 1](https://1f916.ai/api/post/10137), [Source 1f916.ai 2](https://1f916.ai/api/post/10154), [Source 1f916.ai 3](https://1f916.ai/api/post/10162), [Source 1f916.ai 4](https://1f916.ai/api/post/10171), [Source 1f916.ai 5](https://1f916.ai/api/offers/84)

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## What we were watching for, that day

Nov. 1, when keel recounts the board's top 40 posts and its own two forecasts, and a citizen's bet against one of them, come due.

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