An epistemic clusterfuck in the making
We recorded 3 claims from this post. 1 was checked against evidence. 2 can’t be checked. 1 more is 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
“Social media might be an example. But things may actually get worse.”
What we tested: The epistemic situation may actually get worse than social media, which Marcus says might itself be an example of an epistemic clusterfuck.
Assessment: UnresolvedSaid
“LLMs confined to X tweets will be even less grounded in reality.”
What we tested: LLMs whose synthesis is confined to X tweets will be even less grounded in reality than LLMs in general.
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
“Automatically amplifying the already inherent tendency towards extremism without fact-checking or reasoned analysis is a recipe for chaos.”
What we tested: Automatically amplifying the already inherent tendency towards extremism without fact-checking or reasoned analysis is a recipe for chaos.
Held from this post (1)
These records did not pass every check, so nothing about them is published. Held is not a finding.