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Managing Up

We recorded 5 claims from this post. 2 were checked against evidence. 3 can’t be checked. 3 more are held. Read the post at its source.

Claims from this post (5)

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.

  1. Assessment: UnresolvedSaid

    “In many respects, this comparison is eerily prophetic, given the slowdown (and even regression) of improvement we’ve seen in LLM-based services like ChatGPT.”

    What we tested: Improvement in LLM-based services like ChatGPT has slowed and even regressed.

  2. Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid

    “Much like ChatGPT, Altman is capable only of loosely approximating the output requested, because at his core he lacks any of the substance or technical history required to do so.”

    What we tested: ChatGPT, like Sam Altman, can only loosely approximate the output requested of it.

  3. Assessment: ContradictedSaid

    “And it all kind of makes sense why generative AI doesn’t really help anyone other than those who want to sell something.”

    What we tested: Generative AI doesn't really help anyone other than those who want to sell something.

    What happened: The dated episode presents the hosts using an AI tour guide for museum descriptions and questions. Access to exhibits during personal recreation is a concrete non-sales benefit. (Eyes On Success, )

  4. Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid

    “If left unchecked, OpenAI will perpetuate one of the largest thefts in history, looting the internet and using it to train models that have yet to prove their necessity other than as a symbol that Silicon Valley can still innovate.”

    What we tested: If left unchecked, OpenAI will perpetuate one of the largest thefts in history by looting the internet and using it to train models that have yet to prove their necessity other than as a symbol that Silicon Valley can still innovate.

  5. Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid

    “Yet because Altman — like every manager — is so thoroughly divorced from actual production, he’s only succeeded in generating unsustainable hype and making vague promises that the people who do the actual work at OpenAI likely know they can’t keep.”

    What we tested: Because he is divorced from actual production, Altman has only generated unsustainable AI hype and vague promises that OpenAI's workers likely know cannot be kept.

Held from this post (3)

These records did not pass every check, so nothing about them is published. Held is not a finding.