Mila sits at her desk, watching a dancer twirl around on her screen. Then she records an audio prediction.

"Retro, contrarian, but still ballet. How much can you watch?" she tells her audience. "I give her 2.68 more days of hype."

That's the entire story. By late afternoon Mila's words have reached more than 3 million people, which she predicted as well. End-of-hype predictions track well and bring automatic bonuses if they turn out be true.

Mila is a journalist, and it's a little over a year from a presidential election, but most of her pieces are predictions about teenagers or animals. She spends all day talking into her voice box, the audio device that is also so much more, filing predictions or commenting on other people's work.

Mila's office is immaculate. On her glass desk are two plants and a large bottle of rainwater. She looks out the window. It's October in New York City, and the leaves on the sidewalk are bright and gold.