“Another reason not to take the whole lot of them seriously is that, so far as I know, none of them has actually defined what they mean.”
Our reading:
As far as Marcus knows, none of the CEOs claiming the singularity has defined what they mean by it.
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.
Evidence up to . Checked .
Why
Marcus expressly qualified this assertion with 'so far as I know.' Scoring whether any CEO had ever publicly explained the singularity would remove that qualification and answer a different question. The supplied text and search do not establish his knowledge at publication. The claim therefore cannot fairly receive a truth verdict as worded under these rules.
Caveats
- This decision does not establish whether the CEOs had publicly defined the singularity.
- It does not infer that Marcus's qualification was sincere or insincere.
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
- so far as I know (their words)
Where we had to interpret
- The qualification limits the assertion to Marcus's knowledge when he published the post on July 28, 2026.
- The surrounding discussion concerns whether the referenced CEOs explained what they meant by their claims about the singularity.
- Finding a public definition would not by itself establish that Marcus knew of it or that it explained the meaning of the claims he was discussing.
- No unconditional assertion about the entire public record is substituted for the qualified statement.
We don’t grade claims like this. We only check the quote and who said it.
What would settle it
Direct contemporaneous evidence of Marcus's awareness of a relevant definition could justify reconsideration. A separately stated, unqualified claim about the public record could be assessed on its own terms.
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Full record
Source and dates
Marcus on AI, Sorry, Sam and Elon, we have not reached the Singularity, paragraph 33.
- Said
- We read the source
- live page, full text, public
- Evidence up to
- Checked
We read this wording on 2026-10-28. The post may have been edited after 2026-07-28.
Where it was said (1)
Said once in the posts we read.
: Marcus on AI, Sorry, Sam and Elon, we have not reached the Singularity
Another reason not to take the whole lot of them seriously is that, so far as I know, none of them has actually defined what they mean.
- Where
- paragraph 33
- Published
- 2026-07-28
- We read it
- , live page
- Access
- full text, public
History
Versions
- Current: Can’t be checked. Evidence up to 2026-10-28.
What happened to this record
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Held backBy us
A reviewer said our test wasn’t fair to what was actually said.