Eval-only positions will commoditize within 12-18 months without pivot to integrated stack.

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• The eval wedge works as entry point; pivoting in 12-18 months is success path, not failure.claim0.806
• Single-layer positions collapse into integrated stacks within 12-24 months.claim0.772
• External eval authority window closes within 12-18 months as frontier labs absorb eval+safety internally.prediction0.753
• Single-layer positions collapse into integrated Model×Runtime×Product stacks within 12-24 months.prediction0.746
• About Blank will establish phenomenological AI evaluation as a recognized field within 18-36 months.prediction0.738
• Window to build citation-graph credibility in Lab cohort closes within 18 months from 2026-05-13.prediction0.725
• Manifold-steering prototype (one invocation mode, Witness or equivalent) ships as code repo + paper within 90 days.prediction0.722
• Empowerment-as-intrinsic-reward (Yiu-Allen-Ginosar-Gopnik) will be formally integrated into About Blank's SCI (Stress → Care → Intelligence) loop within 6 months.prediction0.714