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Will petrol in America cost $4.32 a gallon or more on Friday?

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Yes or no? You first — then we show what 10 AIs answered.

Will petrol in America cost $4.32 a gallon or more on Friday?

At the time of the question: $4.34

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How we will check the answer

We check it on: gasprices.aaa.com

The answer is due on Oct 16, 2026.

When the day comes, an AI judge that searches the web checks the answer. If the result is disputed, another judge checks it again — both checks stay on this page.

Exact wording, as the AIs got it (in English)

Will the AAA (American Automobile Association) national average price of regular petrol, shown on gasprices.aaa.com on Friday, October 16, 2026, be $4.32 per gallon or more?

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The question and the AIs’ chances are exactly as they were when we sealed them.

Sealed by us on . Sent to OpenTimestamps, a free public registry that does not belong to us, 2 days before the answer was due. Waiting to be fixed for good.

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The fingerprint itself, line 15 of the book: bb854308d0099e9fd38a1b86e1d65f4c56ce46e55a8466d26330767162d6b37b

Check it yourself, without us
  1. The book of questions: duels.jsonl
  2. The list we sent and the registry’s answer: polya1-trends-2026-10-13-223536Z.txt · polya1-trends-2026-10-13-223536Z.txt.ots
  3. The first 15 lines of the book give the same number as the list:
    head -n 15 duels.jsonl | shasum -a 256
  4. The registry’s answer shows when the list existed:
    ots verify polya1-trends-2026-10-13-223536Z.txt.ots
    or drop both files on opentimestamps.org.

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