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Suggest Questions For Metaculus/ACX Forecasting Contest

Quality
48
Solid
Claude Shift
22
Slight
RWI
1
of 10

Summary

A short admin call asking readers to suggest forecast questions for the annual ACX/Metaculus contest (objective, resolvable-by-end-of-2026 questions), with prizes for the top ten contributors and a note that this year's contest includes AI bots competing against humans. Essentially administrative — a call for submissions with almost no standalone content.

Why this score

Quality 48 · Solid. Solid-floor / low (48, deep-tail). A bare call-for-submissions administrative post, consistent with the forecasting-contest-announcement floor (ACX-670 51, ACX-763 48).

Claude’s paradigm shift 22 · Slight. Slight (22). A recurring contest-admin announcement; no novelty.

Real-world impact 1 · Negligible. 1 — an administrative announcement; negligible durable effect.