“Bing,powered by Dall-E 3, was an even bigger loser, drawing “Hinton vs LeCun vs Ng vs Tegmark, boxing” with four boxers not boxing, not one of them looking remotely like any of our heroes:”
Our reading, the sentence that was checked:
Bing powered by DALL-E 3, prompted to draw Hinton, LeCun, Ng and Tegmark boxing, produced four boxers not boxing and resembling none of the people named.
Assessment: Unresolved Evidence as of
Where and when Gary Marcus wrote it
Marcus on AI, Hinton vs LeCun vs Ng vs Tegmark vs O, paragraph 12.
- Said
- Source observed
- live page, full text, public
- Evidence as of
- the cutoff for this assessment
- Assessment recorded
- assessment marcus-hinton-vs-lecun-vs-ng-vs-tegmark-f7060a-a1
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The wording above is the version this site observed on 2026-10-29. The source may have been edited after 2023-11-27. This page does not claim the wording was captured then.
What the claim commits to
- Kind
- Observation
- 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)
From the speaker
- Bing,powered by Dall-E 3
- Hinton vs LeCun vs Ng vs Tegmark, boxing
- four boxers not boxing
- not one of them looking remotely like any of our heroes
Our interpretation
- Assess the particular image described in the post, not the system's general capabilities.
- The ordinary reading is that the image contains four boxer figures, depicts no recognizable boxing interaction, and contains no recognizable likeness of any named person.
- The target date is the image as presented on the publication date. The generation date is unspecified.
- The judgment that Bing was a loser is excluded as opinion.
Counts as supported if: The authenticated original output shows four boxer figures, no recognizable boxing interaction, and no recognizable likeness of Hinton, LeCun, Ng, or Tegmark.
Counts as contradicted if: The authenticated output clearly contradicts one or more descriptive elements, such as showing a boxing exchange or a recognizable named person. Partial agreement would warrant mixed.
Retrospective: these criteria were written after the outcome was public.
Current assessment
Was it true for the period described?
Outcome: Unresolved
The record was checked, and the evidence available by the cutoff does not settle it.
Scored on a plain reading. The speaker named no measure for this claim, so it was judged on the reading an informed reader would take, stated below under our interpretation. Both reviews had to find that reading fair.
- Evidence as of
- Deadline state when assessed
- No horizon
- Assessment recorded
- Policy version
- 2026-10-28.7
Rationale
The claim concerns a specific historical image. The retrieved post contains Marcus's description but omits the image itself. Searches did not recover an independently inspectable copy. Repeating his description would not verify it, and a fresh generation would not test the historical claim.
Limitations
- No visual inspection was possible.
- This finding says nothing about the accuracy of Marcus's description or DALL-E 3's general performance.
Evidence (0 items)
No evidence item settled this claim by the cutoff.
What would settle it
Recover and authenticate the original image and prompt, then inspect the figure count, boxing activity, and likenesses against contemporary reference photographs.
Where it was said (1)
Said once in the sources this register covers.
: Marcus on AI, Hinton vs LeCun vs Ng vs Tegmark vs O
Bing,powered by Dall-E 3, was an even bigger loser, drawing “Hinton vs LeCun vs Ng vs Tegmark, boxing” with four boxers not boxing, not one of them looking remotely like any of our heroes:
- Where
- paragraph 12
- Published
- 2023-11-27
- Source observed
- , live page
- Access
- full text, public
History
Assessment versions
- Assessment marcus-hinton-vs-lecun-vs-ng-vs-tegmark-f7060a-a1: Current. Outcome: Unresolved. Evidence as of 2026-10-28. Public date not recorded.
Recorded events
Assessment publishedBy this site
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