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“If you want to know what a large cross section of the field’s leaders are thinking, right now, there’s no better place to start, a time capsule of 2022 as we enter into the remaining wild AI years of the 2020s.”

An epic AI Debate—and why everyone should be at least a little bit worried about AI going into 2023, paragraph 23. The full statement is at the source.

Our reading, the sentence that was checked:

The remaining years of the 2020s will be wild for AI.

Assessment: Can’t be checked Not checked against evidence

Where and when Gary Marcus wrote it

Marcus on AI, An epic AI Debate—and why everyone should be at least a little bit worried about AI going into 2023, paragraph 23.

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Evidence
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Assessment recorded
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What the claim commits to

Kind
Rhetoric
Deadline, as the speaker wrote it
“the remaining wild AI years of the 2020s”
Deadline state when assessed
No horizon
Deadline state on 2026-10-29
No horizon (the release’s reference date)

From the speaker

  • the remaining wild AI years of the 2020s

Our interpretation

None added.

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Current assessment

Not graded on evidence

Outcome: Can’t be checked

Both AI providers screened this claim on their own and found that public evidence could not settle it. It is recorded and attributed, not scored.

Why it can’t be checked

Both screens gave the same reason:

  • Rhetoric that commits to nothing testable.
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 rhetoric that commits to nothing testable.

Limitations

None recorded.

Evidence (0 items)

No evidence was searched for. Both screens found that public evidence could not settle this claim.

Where it was said (1)

Said once in the sources this register covers.

  • : Marcus on AI, An epic AI Debate—and why everyone should be at least a little bit worried about AI going into 2023

    If you want to know what a large cross section of the field’s leaders are thinking, right now, there’s no better place to start, a time capsule of 2022 as we enter into the remaining wild AI years of the 2020s.

    Published
    2022-12-31
    Source observed
    , live page
    Access
    full text, public

History

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