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Gary Marcus Observation First said

“It appears that Meta knew exactly what they are doing, and chose to proceed anyway.”

Meta pirated at least 101 of my books and articles, and tens of millions of others, paragraph 9.

Our reading:

It appears Meta knew it was using pirated material and chose to proceed anyway.

Assessment: Can’t be checked

What happened

Not graded on evidence

Outcome: Can’t be checked

An opinion, a recommendation, or too vague to test. Listed, not scored.

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Why

“It appears” presents knowing continuation as a qualified inference. Scoring an unqualified version, or substituting a test for apparent awareness, would exceed Marcus's stated commitment under the supplied policy. The earlier screens do not override that exclusion.

Caveats

  • This disposition makes no finding about Meta's knowledge or decision to proceed.

Evidence (0 items)

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How we judged it

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Conditions

  • it appears (their words)

Where we had to interpret

  • The context connects the sentence to Meta's use of LibGen and its awareness of pirated material.
  • “It appears” qualifies the inference that Meta knowingly proceeded.
  • The supplied policy excludes this hedged assertion from factual scoring. A plain-reading interpretation cannot remove the qualification.

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Full record

Source and dates

Marcus on AI, Meta pirated at least 101 of my books and articles, and tens of millions of others, paragraph 9.

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We read this wording on 2026-10-28. The post may have been edited after 2025-03-20.

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  • : Marcus on AI, Meta pirated at least 101 of my books and articles, and tens of millions of others

    It appears that Meta knew exactly what they are doing, and chose to proceed anyway.

    Published
    2025-03-20
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History

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  • Current: Can’t be checked. Evidence up to 2026-10-28.

What happened to this record

  1. PublishedBy us

    Published after both AI reviews and the final check passed.

  2. Held backBy us

    A reviewer said our test wasn’t fair to what was actually said.