AI as Reality Television
We recorded 2 claims from this post. 1 was checked against evidence. 1 can’t be checked. 3 more are held. Read the post at its source.
Claims from this post (2)
In the order they appear in the post. Each quotation is the speaker’s words in this post. A label such as “Supported” or “Can’t be checked” is the claim’s current assessment; its page has the evidence and the reasons.
Assessment: SupportedSaid
“For one thing, the bad press about Sam Altman and OpenAI, who once seemingly could do no wrong, just keeps coming.”
What we tested: Negative press coverage of Sam Altman and OpenAI, once seen as able to do no wrong, keeps coming.
What happened: This critical newsletter discusses the voice dispute, safety-team departures, and restrictive employee agreements. The event being assessed is publication of critical coverage; available_at conservatively uses the displayed modification date. (The Guardian, )
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
“Gary Marcus wishes AI these days was more about research than money, politics, and ego.”
What we tested: Gary Marcus wishes that AI these days were more about research than about money, politics, and ego.
Held from this post (3)
These records did not pass every check, so nothing about them is published. Held is not a finding.
- The two reviews read the claim differently
- The criteria are ambiguous. Our reading, not assessed: As of June 2024 the field has found no real solution to hallucinations, unreliability, poor reasoning or shaky alignment in LLMs.
- Attribution is uncertain