“(Google’s Veo 2 seems to be better but I have not been able to experiment with it, and suspect that changes of state and the persistence of objects will still cause problems;”
Our reading, the sentence that was checked:
Marcus suspects, without having tested it, that changes of state and the persistence of objects will still cause problems for Google's Veo 2, though it seems better than Sora.
Assessment: Can’t be checked Not checked against evidence
Where and when Gary Marcus wrote it
Marcus on AI, 25 AI Predictions for 2025, from Marcus on AI, paragraph 46.
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What the claim commits to
- Kind
- Forecast
- Deadline, as the speaker wrote it
- None stated. This site does not add one.
- Deadline state when assessed
- No horizon
- Deadline state on 2026-10-29
- No horizon (the release’s reference date)
Conditions
- has not been able to experiment with it (qualifier, stated by the speaker)
- suspects (qualifier, stated by the speaker)
- filed under medium confidence (qualifier, stated by the speaker)
From the speaker
- has not been able to experiment with it
- suspects
- filed under medium confidence
Our interpretation
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Current assessment
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Outcome: Can’t be checked
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Why it can’t be checked
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- Stated as a chance or a possibility, or at medium or low confidence.
- Evidence
- Not checked
- Deadline state when assessed
- No horizon
- Assessment recorded
- Policy version
- 2026-10-28.7
Rationale
Not checked against evidence. Two independent screens, one from each provider, both found this stated as a chance or a possibility, or at medium or low confidence.
Limitations
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Evidence (0 items)
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Where it was said (1)
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: Marcus on AI, 25 AI Predictions for 2025, from Marcus on AI
(Google’s Veo 2 seems to be better but I have not been able to experiment with it, and suspect that changes of state and the persistence of objects will still cause problems;
- Where
- paragraph 46
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- Source observed
- , live page
- Access
- full text, public
History
Assessment versions
- Assessment marcus-25-ai-predictions-for-2025-from-marcus-e2e649-a1: Current. Outcome: Can’t be checked. Not checked against evidence. Public date not recorded.
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