Predictive interfaces do not update contract but abolish it entirely.

Evidence

So let us establish our bearings. What Varian celebrates here is not a new form of contract but rather a final solution to the enduring uncertainty that is the raison d’être of “contract” as a means of “private ordering.” In fact, the use of the word contract in Varian’s formulation is a perfect example of the horseless-carriage syndrome. Varian’s invention is unprecedented and cannot be understood as simply another kind of contract. It is, in fact, the annihilation of contract; this invention is better understood as the uncontract. — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 685

Categorization

• DEFINE: Introduces the key concept of the “uncontract” and the “horseless-carriage syndrome” as tools for classifying genuinely new institutional forms.
• SEED: The “horseless-carriage syndrome” as a general category mistake when analyzing new technology is a reusable critical lens for essays.
• XREF: Connects to the earlier chapters on behavioral surplus and the extraction/execution architecture replacing contract-based private ordering.