Prediction Markets Are Betting On A Grim Future | Defector

During last summer’s NBA Finals, a fully AI-generated commercial featuring people in man-on-the-street interviews yelling toward the camera about all the things they were going to bet on (football games, the price of eggs, hurricanes, alien visitations) introduced the world to Kalshi. Tagline: “The world’s gone mad, trade it.” The ad was made by “AI…