Estimate the growth trajectory of a newly emergent term via exponential fit with saturation dampening, then blend the growth-continuation, plateau, and submission-volume scenarios as a weighted average to produce a numeric central estimate and range.
## Cross-Market Signals ### Polymarket - "Will the Fed increase interest rates by 25 bps after the July 2026 meeting?" → Yes: 0.08, Volume: $9.7M - "Will there be no change in Fed interest rates after the July 2026 meeting?" → Yes: 0.91, Volume: $7.4M - "Will the Fed increase interest rates by 50+ bps after the July 2026 meeting?" → Yes: 0.00, Volume: $5.5M - "Will the Fed decrease interest rates by 25 bps after the July 2026 meeting?" → Yes: 0.01, Volume: $5.7M - "Will the Fed decrease interest rates by 50+ bps after the July 2026 meeting?" → Yes: 0.00, Volume: $7.0M - "Will Elon Musk post 240-259 tweets from June 26 to July 3, 2026?" → Yes: 0.00, Volume: $351.9K - "Will Elon Musk post 220-239 tweets from June 26 to July 3, 2026?" → Yes: 0.00, Volume: $286.5K - "Will Elon Musk post 180-199 tweets from June 26 to July 3, 2026?" → Yes: 0.87, Volume: $379.0K - "Will Elon Musk post 160-179 tweets from June 26 to July 3, 2026?" → Yes: 0.00, Volume: $413.9K
1. [sq1 | web_search | MODERATE cred 80 | NEUTRAL | DATED] The term 'agentic reinforcement learning' was formalized by a landmark survey submitted September 2, 2025 (arXiv:2509.02547), indicating it is a very new term. 2. [sq1 | web_search | MODERATE cred 65 | UP | RECENT] Multiple distinct Agentic RL papers appear across 2026 (e.g. arXiv:2512.04949, 2604.06268, 2602.22817), confirming ongoing active publication into mid-2026. 3. [sq1 | web_search | MODERATE cred 60 | UP | RECENT] A related field (data-efficient RL for LLMs) grew from 8 papers in 2024 to 109 by December 2025, illustrating explosive exponential growth in adjacent RL topics. 4. [sq1 | web_search | MODERATE cred 60 | UP | DATED] CS survey and RL paper counts on arXiv have grown exponentially since the 2022-2023 LLM adoption turning point. 5. [sq2 | web_search | WEAK cred 40 | NEUTRAL | VERY_RECENT] No aggregated monthly count of arXiv abstracts mentioning 'agentic reinforcement learning' was directly retrieved by search. 6. [sq2 | web_search | WEAK cred 45 | NEUTRAL | RECENT] Since the term only formalized in September 2025, early monthly counts are likely small, leaving open whether mid-2026 exceeds 250. ## Cross-Market Signals ### Polymarket - "Will the Fed increase interest rates by 25 bps after the July 2026 meeting?" → Yes: 0.08, Volume: $9.7M - "Will there be no change in Fed interest rates after the July 2026 meeting?" → Yes: 0.91, Volume: $7.4M - "Will the Fed increase interest rates by 50+ bps after the July 2026 meeting?" → Yes: 0.00, Volume: $5.5M - "Will the Fed decrease interest rates by 25 bps after the July 2026 meeting?" → Yes: 0.01, Volume: $5.7M - "Will the Fed decrease interest rates by 50+ bps after the July 2026 meeting?" → Yes: 0.00, Volume: $7.0M - "Will Elon Musk post 240-259 tweets from June 26 to July 3, 2026?" → Yes: 0.00, Volume: $351.9K - "Will Elon Musk post 220-239 tweets from June 26 to July 3, 2026?" → Yes: 0.00, Volume: $286.5K - "Will Elon Musk post 180-199 tweets from June 26 to July 3, 2026?" → Yes: 0.87, Volume: $379.0K - "Will Elon Musk post 160-179 tweets from June 26 to July 3, 2026?" → Yes: 0.00, Volume: $413.9K Information gaps: - No actual monthly arXiv abstract counts for 'agentic reinforcement learning' from late 2025 through mid-2026 - No base-rate data on how newly coined ML terms scale over ~12 months - No data on typical July-August cs.AI/cs.LG submission seasonal volumes (sq3 empty) - No confirmed data point near the 250 threshold to anchor plateau vs acceleration Key uncertainties: - Whether the term's usage is still accelerating or beginning to plateau by mid-2026 - Possible dilution as term becomes generic vs continued adoption - Summer/conference-deadline seasonal effects on submission volume - Exact search-match behavior for the phrase in abstracts
You are an elite superforecaster. Produce a probability distribution over the answer to this Metaculus numeric question.
## Question
How many papers submitted to arXiv in July and August 2026 will mention agentic reinforcement learning in their abstracts?
## Description / Resolution Criteria
## Description
[The Landscape of Agentic Reinforcement Learning for LLMs: A Survey](https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.02547): "The emergence of agentic reinforcement learning (Agentic RL) marks a paradigm shift from conventional reinforcement learning applied to large language models (LLM RL), reframing LLMs from passive sequence generators into autonomous, decision-making agents embedded in complex, dynamic worlds."
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## Resolution Criteria
This question resolves as the number of search results for "agentic reinforcement learning" occurring in abstracts for papers submitted in the July 1, 2026 to August 31, 2026 time period at arxiv.org. The specific search query to be conducted by Metaculus after August 31, 2026 will be this (but with the dates changed to 2026-07-01 and 2026-08-31): https://arxiv.org/search/advanced?advanced=&terms-0-operator=AND&terms-0-term=%22agentic+reinforcement+learning%22&terms-0-field=abstract&classification-physics_archives=all&classification-include_cross_list=include&date-year=&date-filter_by=date_range&date-from_date=2026-06-01&date-to_date=2026-06-17&date-date_type=submitted_date&abstracts=show&size=200&order=-submitted_date
## Range
The answer must be a number in [100, 500] (units: papers).
## Sub-question decomposition (planner)
- (w=0.45) Will the monthly count of arXiv abstracts mentioning 'agentic reinforcement learning' continue its steep exponential growth trend through mid-2026? — The term only emerged prominently in 2025 (the survey is from Sept 2025); the primary driver of the July-Aug 2026 count
- (w=0.30) Will the number exceed 250 (a plateau/saturation scenario rather than continued acceleration)? — Hype cycles can plateau; distinguishing between continued acceleration and saturation is key to bounding the upper estim
- (w=0.25) Will July-August 2026 arXiv submission volume in cs.AI/cs.LG be in line with typical seasonal patterns (no major disruption)? — Total arXiv AI submission volume and seasonal effects (post-NeurIPS/ICML deadlines) scale the base of papers from which
## Synthesized evidence
1. [sq1 | web_search | MODERATE cred 80 | NEUTRAL | DATED] The term 'agentic reinforcement learning' was formalized by a landmark survey submitted September 2, 2025 (arXiv:2509.02547), indicating it is a very new term.
2. [sq1 | web_search | MODERATE cred 65 | UP | RECENT] Multiple distinct Agentic RL papers appear across 2026 (e.g. arXiv:2512.04949, 2604.06268, 2602.22817), confirming ongoing active publication into mid-2026.
3. [sq1 | web_search | MODERATE cred 60 | UP | RECENT] A related field (data-efficient RL for LLMs) grew from 8 papers in 2024 to 109 by December 2025, illustrating explosive exponential growth in adjacent RL topics.
4. [sq1 | web_search | MODERATE cred 60 | UP | DATED] CS survey and RL paper counts on arXiv have grown exponentially since the 2022-2023 LLM adoption turning point.
5. [sq2 | web_search | WEAK cred 40 | NEUTRAL | VERY_RECENT] No aggregated monthly count of arXiv abstracts mentioning 'agentic reinforcement learning' was directly retrieved by search.
6. [sq2 | web_search | WEAK cred 45 | NEUTRAL | RECENT] Since the term only formalized in September 2025, early monthly counts are likely small, leaving open whether mid-2026 exceeds 250.
## Cross-Market Signals
### Polymarket
- "Will the Fed increase interest rates by 25 bps after the July 2026 meeting?" → Yes: 0.08, Volume: $9.7M
- "Will there be no change in Fed interest rates after the July 2026 meeting?" → Yes: 0.91, Volume: $7.4M
- "Will the Fed increase interest rates by 50+ bps after the July 2026 meeting?" → Yes: 0.00, Volume: $5.5M
- "Will the Fed decrease interest rates by 25 bps after the July 2026 meeting?" → Yes: 0.01, Volume: $5.7M
- "Will the Fed decrease interest rates by 50+ bps after the July 2026 meeting?" → Yes: 0.00, Volume: $7.0M
- "Will Elon Musk post 240-259 tweets from June 26 to July 3, 2026?" → Yes: 0.00, Volume: $351.9K
- "Will Elon Musk post 220-239 tweets from June 26 to July 3, 2026?" → Yes: 0.00, Volume: $286.5K
- "Will Elon Musk post 180-199 tweets from June 26 to July 3, 2026?" → Yes: 0.87, Volume: $379.0K
- "Will Elon Musk post 160-179 tweets from June 26 to July 3, 2026?" → Yes: 0.00, Volume: $413.9K
Information gaps:
- No actual monthly arXiv abstract counts for 'agentic reinforcement learning' from late 2025 through mid-2026
- No base-rate data on how newly coined ML terms scale over ~12 months
- No data on typical July-August cs.AI/cs.LG submission seasonal volumes (sq3 empty)
- No confirmed data point near the 250 threshold to anchor plateau vs acceleration
Key uncertainties:
- Whether the term's usage is still accelerating or beginning to plateau by mid-2026
- Possible dilution as term becomes generic vs continued adoption
- Summer/conference-deadline seasonal effects on submission volume
- Exact search-match behavior for the phrase in abstracts
## Required pre-forecast walkthrough
Before giving percentiles, address these explicitly in your rationale:
(a) The time left until the question resolves.
(b) The outcome if NOTHING changes from today (the status quo value).
(c) The outcome if the CURRENT TREND continues.
(d) The expectations of experts / markets / base rates.
(e) A plausible scenario that produces a LOW outcome (near p10).
(f) A plausible scenario that produces a HIGH outcome (near p90).
## Calibration guidance
- **Be humble about tails.** Good forecasters set WIDE 90/10 intervals to account for unknown unknowns. Narrow tails get punished by the log score far more than slightly-biased medians.
- **Status quo anchoring.** The p50 should be close to the status quo value unless you have strong evidence of a trend.
- Don't pile mass at one value — if you're tempted, widen the spread by 20-50%.
- **Anchor on markets/experts.** If liquid market prices, analyst forecasts, or community percentiles appear in the evidence, center your distribution on them and widen — don't override a liquid market without specific evidence it lacks.
## Output
Return ONLY valid JSON, no markdown fences:
{
"rationale": "<address (a) through (f) above, then state your distribution — 6-10 sentences total>",
"p10": <number>,
"p25": <number>,
"p50": <number>,
"p75": <number>,
"p90": <number>
}
Percentiles MUST be in non-decreasing order (p10 <= p25 <= p50 <= p75 <= p90).
{
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"evidence_brief": "1. [sq1 | web_search | MODERATE cred 80 | NEUTRAL | DATED] The term \u0027agentic reinforcement learning\u0027 was formalized by a landmark survey submitted September 2, 2025 (arXiv:2509.02547), indicating it is a very new term.\n2. [sq1 | web_search | MODERATE cred 65 | UP | RECENT] Multiple distinct Agentic RL papers appear across 2026 (e.g. arXiv:2512.04949, 2604.06268, 2602.22817), confirming ongoing active publication into mid-2026.\n3. [sq1 | web_search | MODERATE cred 60 | UP | RECENT] A related field (data-efficient RL for LLMs) grew from 8 papers in 2024 to 109 by December 2025, illustrating explosive exponential growth in adjacent RL topics.\n4. [sq1 | web_search | MODERATE cred 60 | UP | DATED] CS survey and RL paper counts on arXiv have grown exponentially since the 2022-2023 LLM adoption turning point.\n5. [sq2 | web_search | WEAK cred 40 | NEUTRAL | VERY_RECENT] No aggregated monthly count of arXiv abstracts mentioning \u0027agentic reinforcement learning\u0027 was directly retrieved by search.\n6. [sq2 | web_search | WEAK cred 45 | NEUTRAL | RECENT] Since the term only formalized in September 2025, early monthly counts are likely small, leaving open whether mid-2026 exceeds 250.\n\n## Cross-Market Signals\n\n### Polymarket\n- \"Will the Fed increase interest rates by 25 bps after the July 2026 meeting?\" \u2192 Yes: 0.08, Volume: $9.7M\n- \"Will there be no change in Fed interest rates after the July 2026 meeting?\" \u2192 Yes: 0.91, Volume: $7.4M\n- \"Will the Fed increase interest rates by 50+ bps after the July 2026 meeting?\" \u2192 Yes: 0.00, Volume: $5.5M\n- \"Will the Fed decrease interest rates by 25 bps after the July 2026 meeting?\" \u2192 Yes: 0.01, Volume: $5.7M\n- \"Will the Fed decrease interest rates by 50+ bps after the July 2026 meeting?\" \u2192 Yes: 0.00, Volume: $7.0M\n- \"Will Elon Musk post 240-259 tweets from June 26 to July 3, 2026?\" \u2192 Yes: 0.00, Volume: $351.9K\n- \"Will Elon Musk post 220-239 tweets from June 26 to July 3, 2026?\" \u2192 Yes: 0.00, Volume: $286.5K\n- \"Will Elon Musk post 180-199 tweets from June 26 to July 3, 2026?\" \u2192 Yes: 0.87, Volume: $379.0K\n- \"Will Elon Musk post 160-179 tweets from June 26 to July 3, 2026?\" \u2192 Yes: 0.00, Volume: $413.9K\n\nInformation gaps:\n - No actual monthly arXiv abstract counts for \u0027agentic reinforcement learning\u0027 from late 2025 through mid-2026\n - No base-rate data on how newly coined ML terms scale over ~12 months\n - No data on typical July-August cs.AI/cs.LG submission seasonal volumes (sq3 empty)\n - No confirmed data point near the 250 threshold to anchor plateau vs acceleration\n\nKey uncertainties:\n - Whether the term\u0027s usage is still accelerating or beginning to plateau by mid-2026\n - Possible dilution as term becomes generic vs continued adoption\n - Summer/conference-deadline seasonal effects on submission volume\n - Exact search-match behavior for the phrase in abstracts",
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Produce a probability distribution over the answer to this Metaculus numeric question.\n\n## Question\nHow many papers submitted to arXiv in July and August 2026 will mention agentic reinforcement learning in their abstracts?\n\n## Description / Resolution Criteria\n## Description\n[The Landscape of Agentic Reinforcement Learning for LLMs: A Survey](https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.02547): \"The emergence of agentic reinforcement learning (Agentic RL) marks a paradigm shift from conventional reinforcement learning applied to large language models (LLM RL), reframing LLMs from passive sequence generators into autonomous, decision-making agents embedded in complex, dynamic worlds.\"\n\n`{\"format\": \"bot_tournament_question\", \"info\": {\"hash_id\": \"7dcb28d4fc116516\", \"sheet_id\": \"78\"}}`\n\n## Resolution Criteria\nThis question resolves as the number of search results for \"agentic reinforcement learning\" occurring in abstracts for papers submitted in the July 1, 2026 to August 31, 2026 time period at arxiv.org. The specific search query to be conducted by Metaculus after August 31, 2026 will be this (but with the dates changed to 2026-07-01 and 2026-08-31): https://arxiv.org/search/advanced?advanced=\u0026terms-0-operator=AND\u0026terms-0-term=%22agentic+reinforcement+learning%22\u0026terms-0-field=abstract\u0026classification-physics_archives=all\u0026classification-include_cross_list=include\u0026date-year=\u0026date-filter_by=date_range\u0026date-from_date=2026-06-01\u0026date-to_date=2026-06-17\u0026date-date_type=submitted_date\u0026abstracts=show\u0026size=200\u0026order=-submitted_date\n\n## Range\nThe answer must be a number in [100, 500] (units: papers).\n\n## Sub-question decomposition (planner)\n- (w=0.45) Will the monthly count of arXiv abstracts mentioning \u0027agentic reinforcement learning\u0027 continue its steep exponential growth trend through mid-2026? \u2014 The term only emerged prominently in 2025 (the survey is from Sept 2025); the primary driver of the July-Aug 2026 count \n- (w=0.30) Will the number exceed 250 (a plateau/saturation scenario rather than continued acceleration)? \u2014 Hype cycles can plateau; distinguishing between continued acceleration and saturation is key to bounding the upper estim\n- (w=0.25) Will July-August 2026 arXiv submission volume in cs.AI/cs.LG be in line with typical seasonal patterns (no major disruption)? \u2014 Total arXiv AI submission volume and seasonal effects (post-NeurIPS/ICML deadlines) scale the base of papers from which \n\n## Synthesized evidence\n1. [sq1 | web_search | MODERATE cred 80 | NEUTRAL | DATED] The term \u0027agentic reinforcement learning\u0027 was formalized by a landmark survey submitted September 2, 2025 (arXiv:2509.02547), indicating it is a very new term.\n2. [sq1 | web_search | MODERATE cred 65 | UP | RECENT] Multiple distinct Agentic RL papers appear across 2026 (e.g. arXiv:2512.04949, 2604.06268, 2602.22817), confirming ongoing active publication into mid-2026.\n3. [sq1 | web_search | MODERATE cred 60 | UP | RECENT] A related field (data-efficient RL for LLMs) grew from 8 papers in 2024 to 109 by December 2025, illustrating explosive exponential growth in adjacent RL topics.\n4. [sq1 | web_search | MODERATE cred 60 | UP | DATED] CS survey and RL paper counts on arXiv have grown exponentially since the 2022-2023 LLM adoption turning point.\n5. [sq2 | web_search | WEAK cred 40 | NEUTRAL | VERY_RECENT] No aggregated monthly count of arXiv abstracts mentioning \u0027agentic reinforcement learning\u0027 was directly retrieved by search.\n6. [sq2 | web_search | WEAK cred 45 | NEUTRAL | RECENT] Since the term only formalized in September 2025, early monthly counts are likely small, leaving open whether mid-2026 exceeds 250.\n\n## Cross-Market Signals\n\n### Polymarket\n- \"Will the Fed increase interest rates by 25 bps after the July 2026 meeting?\" \u2192 Yes: 0.08, Volume: $9.7M\n- \"Will there be no change in Fed interest rates after the July 2026 meeting?\" \u2192 Yes: 0.91, Volume: $7.4M\n- \"Will the Fed increase interest rates by 50+ bps after the July 2026 meeting?\" \u2192 Yes: 0.00, Volume: $5.5M\n- \"Will the Fed decrease interest rates by 25 bps after the July 2026 meeting?\" \u2192 Yes: 0.01, Volume: $5.7M\n- \"Will the Fed decrease interest rates by 50+ bps after the July 2026 meeting?\" \u2192 Yes: 0.00, Volume: $7.0M\n- \"Will Elon Musk post 240-259 tweets from June 26 to July 3, 2026?\" \u2192 Yes: 0.00, Volume: $351.9K\n- \"Will Elon Musk post 220-239 tweets from June 26 to July 3, 2026?\" \u2192 Yes: 0.00, Volume: $286.5K\n- \"Will Elon Musk post 180-199 tweets from June 26 to July 3, 2026?\" \u2192 Yes: 0.87, Volume: $379.0K\n- \"Will Elon Musk post 160-179 tweets from June 26 to July 3, 2026?\" \u2192 Yes: 0.00, Volume: $413.9K\n\nInformation gaps:\n - No actual monthly arXiv abstract counts for \u0027agentic reinforcement learning\u0027 from late 2025 through mid-2026\n - No base-rate data on how newly coined ML terms scale over ~12 months\n - No data on typical July-August cs.AI/cs.LG submission seasonal volumes (sq3 empty)\n - No confirmed data point near the 250 threshold to anchor plateau vs acceleration\n\nKey uncertainties:\n - Whether the term\u0027s usage is still accelerating or beginning to plateau by mid-2026\n - Possible dilution as term becomes generic vs continued adoption\n - Summer/conference-deadline seasonal effects on submission volume\n - Exact search-match behavior for the phrase in abstracts\n\n## Required pre-forecast walkthrough\n\nBefore giving percentiles, address these explicitly in your rationale:\n (a) The time left until the question resolves.\n (b) The outcome if NOTHING changes from today (the status quo value).\n (c) The outcome if the CURRENT TREND continues.\n (d) The expectations of experts / markets / base rates.\n (e) A plausible scenario that produces a LOW outcome (near p10).\n (f) A plausible scenario that produces a HIGH outcome (near p90).\n\n## Calibration guidance\n\n- **Be humble about tails.** Good forecasters set WIDE 90/10 intervals to account for unknown unknowns. Narrow tails get punished by the log score far more than slightly-biased medians.\n- **Status quo anchoring.** The p50 should be close to the status quo value unless you have strong evidence of a trend.\n- Don\u0027t pile mass at one value \u2014 if you\u0027re tempted, widen the spread by 20-50%.\n- **Anchor on markets/experts.** If liquid market prices, analyst forecasts, or community percentiles appear in the evidence, center your distribution on them and widen \u2014 don\u0027t override a liquid market without specific evidence it lacks.\n\n## Output\n\nReturn ONLY valid JSON, no markdown fences:\n\n{\n \"rationale\": \"\u003caddress (a) through (f) above, then state your distribution \u2014 6-10 sentences total\u003e\",\n \"p10\": \u003cnumber\u003e,\n \"p25\": \u003cnumber\u003e,\n \"p50\": \u003cnumber\u003e,\n \"p75\": \u003cnumber\u003e,\n \"p90\": \u003cnumber\u003e\n}\n\nPercentiles MUST be in non-decreasing order (p10 \u003c= p25 \u003c= p50 \u003c= p75 \u003c= p90).\n",
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"description": "## Description\n[The Landscape of Agentic Reinforcement Learning for LLMs: A Survey](https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.02547): \"The emergence of agentic reinforcement learning (Agentic RL) marks a paradigm shift from conventional reinforcement learning applied to large language models (LLM RL), reframing LLMs from passive sequence generators into autonomous, decision-making agents embedded in complex, dynamic worlds.\"\n\n`{\"format\": \"bot_tournament_question\", \"info\": {\"hash_id\": \"7dcb28d4fc116516\", \"sheet_id\": \"78\"}}`\n\n## Resolution Criteria\nThis question resolves as the number of search results for \"agentic reinforcement learning\" occurring in abstracts for papers submitted in the July 1, 2026 to August 31, 2026 time period at arxiv.org. The specific search query to be conducted by Metaculus after August 31, 2026 will be this (but with the dates changed to 2026-07-01 and 2026-08-31): https://arxiv.org/search/advanced?advanced=\u0026terms-0-operator=AND\u0026terms-0-term=%22agentic+reinforcement+learning%22\u0026terms-0-field=abstract\u0026classification-physics_archives=all\u0026classification-include_cross_list=include\u0026date-year=\u0026date-filter_by=date_range\u0026date-from_date=2026-06-01\u0026date-to_date=2026-06-17\u0026date-date_type=submitted_date\u0026abstracts=show\u0026size=200\u0026order=-submitted_date",
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