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“Anthropic wants to con as many retail investors — via the media, of course — into believing that this is a company that will only spend $30 billion on compute in 2027, and will somehow grow to meet its ridiculous, ever-expanding costs.”

Running Dry, paragraph 64.

Our reading:

Anthropic is trying to mislead retail investors into believing it will spend only $30 billion on compute in 2027 and can grow into its costs.

Assessment: Can’t be checked

What happened

Not graded on evidence

Outcome: Can’t be checked

Both AIs found that public evidence can’t settle this. Listed, not scored.

Why it can’t be checked

  • About something no public evidence could show, such as a private intention or a counterfactual.

Why

Not checked against evidence. Two independent screens, one from each provider, both found this about something no public evidence could show, such as a private intention or a counterfactual.

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Where's Your Ed At, Running Dry, paragraph 64.

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We read this wording on 2026-11-09. The post may have been edited after 2026-11-03.

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  • : Where's Your Ed At, Running Dry

    Anthropic wants to con as many retail investors — via the media, of course — into believing that this is a company that will only spend $30 billion on compute in 2027, and will somehow grow to meet its ridiculous, ever-expanding costs.

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    2026-11-03
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