Will Scott Alexander say his ridiculous-seeming 5% prediction was a mistake within a week?
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In @ScottAlexander's article reviewing 2023 predictions and giving 2028 predictions, linked here, he lists:

At least 350,000 people in the US are regularly (at least monthly) talking to an AI advertised as a therapist or coach. I will judge this as true if some company involved reports numbers, or if I hear about it as a cultural phenomenon an amount that seems proportionate with this number: 5%

He then embeds a Manifold market he made which currently lists that prediction near 50 or 60%. That's pretty different!

Any statement made by Scott by end of Monday, February 27 that this 5% prediction was a mistake is sufficient to resolve this market YES, even just a comment on Manifold.

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Resolve to NO I think, can't find Scott saying it was a mistake anywhere

Does „therapist or coach“ require a certificate in the US?