Hype, Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, the podcasters who love him — and how the New York Times’ commentary on AI has degenerated into industry cheerleading
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Claims from this post (4)
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: Can’t be checkedSaid
“I stressed, for example, there would likely be an ongoing need to have humans to debug, maintain and systems.”
What we tested: There would likely be an ongoing need for humans to debug and maintain systems.
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
“As I explained, Amodei’s coding claims seemed outright fanciful to me.”
What we tested: Amodei's coding claims seemed outright fanciful to Marcus.
Assessment: UnresolvedSaid
“For a man who allegedly believes human coders are basically done, Amodei sure has a lot of openings for coders.”
What we tested: Amodei, who allegedly believes human coders are basically done, has a lot of job openings for coders.
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
“Anthropic needs to answer some hard questions here.”
What we tested: Anthropic should answer hard questions about the gap between its claims about AI coding and its hiring of coders.
Held from this post (4)
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- The two reviews reached different assessments. Our reading, not assessed: AGI will not arrive in 2025.
- The two reviews read the claim differently
- The two reviews reached different assessments. Our reading, not assessed: Dario Amodei has quietly slipped his AGI predictions back, so that he now mostly talks about 2026-2027 rather than 2025-2026.
- The two reviews read the claim differently