He is not hiding that he was wrong. So am fine with that, as my bet is based on reading many of such predictions and take a conclusion for myself. I take these as are opinions backed with some observations.

It doesn't matter if someone predicted some event, if they did it for the wrong reasons. Opposite is true as well, it matters more the way one reaches the conclusion, than the conclusion itself.

Of course there are pragmatic exceptions to this, but still

Good question. Nobody expected ~Spanish Inquisition~ AI