A Tale of Two Liars
We recorded 3 claims from this post. 2 were checked against evidence. 1 can’t be checked. 2 more are held. Read the post at its source.
Claims from this post (3)
In the order they appear in the post. Each quotation is the speaker’s words in this post. A label such as “Supported” or “Can’t be checked” is the claim’s current assessment; its page has the evidence and the reasons.
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
Observation
“GPT’s “lies” are also legendary, and prolific, but not really lies, because real lies intend to deceive, and GPT has no intent.”
Our reading: GPT produces many falsehoods, but they are not really lies because GPT has no intent to deceive.
No horizon
Assessment: UnresolvedSaid
Causal claim
“It autocompletes sentences, some of those completions are true given that the training data is so vast, and some aren’t, given that the training data aren’t infinite.”
Our reading: GPT autocompletes sentences; some outputs are true because training data is vast and some are false because training data is not infinite.
No horizon Evidence as of
Limitation: This assessment does not interpret finite data as the sole asserted cause.
Assessment: SupportedSaid
Observation
“It’s fun to compare the two—they have so many differences—even though neither can be trusted.”
Our reading: GPT cannot be trusted.
No horizon Evidence as of
Limitation: The conclusion concerns unchecked factual reliance; the summarization results do not establish that every GPT answer is false or that GPT has no useful applications [e6].
Held from this post (2)
These records did not pass every check, so nothing about them is published. Held is not a finding.
- The record does not meet the current rules. Our reading, not assessed: GPT's mistruths can look a lot like George Santos' lies, but that resemblance does not mean the machinery in Santos' brain has anything to do with GPT's GPUs.
- The two reviews reached different assessments. Our reading, not assessed: GPT has a truthiness problem that is not deliberate but arises because it doesn't know any better.