“Consciousness is probably like that; we probably can’t really answer the questions we are striving for, at least not yet; we have to satisfy ourselves with trying to understand the arguments clearly.”
Our reading, the sentence that was checked:
Questions about consciousness probably cannot yet really be answered, given current science and technology, so we must settle for understanding the arguments clearly.
Assessment: Can’t be checked Not checked against evidence
Where and when Gary Marcus wrote it
Marcus on AI, Sentience and AI: A Dialog between Gary Marcus and Blake Lemoine, paragraph 2.
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- Source observed
- live page, full text, public
- Evidence
- Not checkedboth screens found it cannot be checked
- Assessment recorded
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What the claim commits to
- Kind
- Observation
- Deadline, as the speaker wrote it
- None stated. This site does not add one.
- Deadline state when assessed
- No horizon
- Deadline state on 2026-10-29
- No horizon (the release’s reference date)
Conditions
- at least not yet (qualifier, stated by the speaker)
- given current science and technology (qualifier, stated by the speaker)
From the speaker
- at least not yet
- given current science and technology
Our interpretation
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Current assessment
Not graded on evidence
Outcome: Can’t be checked
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Why it can’t be checked
Both screens gave the same reason:
- Stated as a chance or a possibility, or at medium or low confidence.
- 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 stated as a chance or a possibility, or at medium or low confidence.
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, Sentience and AI: A Dialog between Gary Marcus and Blake Lemoine
Consciousness is probably like that; we probably can’t really answer the questions we are striving for, at least not yet; we have to satisfy ourselves with trying to understand the arguments clearly.
- Where
- paragraph 2
- Published
- 2022-11-24
- Source observed
- , live page
- Access
- full text, public
History
Assessment versions
- Assessment marcus-sentience-and-ai-a-dialog-between-ee2a57-a1: Current. Outcome: Can’t be checked. Not checked against evidence. Public date not recorded.
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