“A flat 10% bump on the cost of software engineering is the direct opposite of what AI was meant to do, and in the event that costs continue to rise, I’m not sure how anybody justifies the expense much further.”
Our reading, the sentence that was checked:
A flat 10% increase in software engineering costs is the direct opposite of what AI was meant to do, and if costs continue to rise he is not sure how anybody justifies the expense much further.
Assessment: Can’t be checked Not checked against evidence
Where and when Ed Zitron wrote it
Where's Your Ed At, Four Horsemen of the AIpocalypse, paragraph 92.
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- Evidence
- Not checkedboth screens found it cannot be checked
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What the claim commits to
- Kind
- Recommendation or value judgment
- 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
- in the event that costs continue to rise (antecedent, stated by the speaker)
- I'm not sure (qualifier, stated by the speaker)
From the speaker
- in the event that costs continue to rise
- I'm not sure
- 10%
Our interpretation
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Outcome: Can’t be checked
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Why it can’t be checked
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- A recommendation or a value judgment.
- 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 a recommendation or a value judgment.
Limitations
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Evidence (0 items)
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Where it was said (1)
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: Where's Your Ed At, Four Horsemen of the AIpocalypse
A flat 10% bump on the cost of software engineering is the direct opposite of what AI was meant to do, and in the event that costs continue to rise, I’m not sure how anybody justifies the expense much further.
- Where
- paragraph 92
- Published
- 2026-04-21
- Source observed
- , live page
- Access
- full text, public
History
Assessment versions
- Assessment wyea-four-horsemen-of-the-aipocalypse-102a07-a1: Current. Outcome: Can’t be checked. Not checked against evidence. Public date not recorded.
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