“I stand by my predictions from a couple weeks ago; none of the problems I said would not be solved appear to have been solved..”
Our reading:
GPT-5 appears not to have solved any of the problems Marcus predicted a couple of weeks earlier would remain unsolved.
Assessment: Can’t be checked
What happened
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Outcome: Can’t be checked
An opinion, a recommendation, or too vague to test. Listed, not scored.
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Why
Marcus said the problems did not appear solved, expressing a tentative launch-day assessment. Scoring whether every problem was categorically solved would change his claim. The plain-reading allowance for firm claims does not justify removing this qualification. The earlier predictions could be assessed separately under their own wording, but they do not make this statement independently scoreable.
Caveats
- This decision neither confirms nor rejects the earlier predictions.
- It does not assess GPT-5's actual capabilities.
Evidence (0 items)
Claims like this aren’t scored, so there is no evidence to show.
How we judged it
- Kind of claim
- Observation
- Deadline
- None given. We don’t add one.
Conditions
- problems he predicted would not be solved (their words)
Where we had to interpret
- Marcus expresses a tentative impression of GPT-5 at launch, referring to his earlier predictions.
- The word 'appear' qualifies the assessment. Treating it as a categorical assertion that every listed problem remained unsolved would strengthen his words.
- The earlier predictions identify subjects for investigation, but do not supply an objective threshold for this statement about appearances.
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Source and dates
Marcus on AI, GPT-5 hot take, paragraph 1.
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We read this wording on 2026-10-28. The post may have been edited after 2025-08-07.
Where it was said (1)
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: Marcus on AI, GPT-5 hot take
I stand by my predictions from a couple weeks ago; none of the problems I said would not be solved appear to have been solved..
- Where
- paragraph 1
- Published
- 2025-08-07
- We read it
- , live page
- Access
- full text, public
History
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- Current: Can’t be checked. Evidence up to 2026-10-28.
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A reviewer said our test wasn’t fair to what was actually said.