August 5, 2024, a big day in tech?
We recorded 8 claims from this post. 4 were checked against evidence. 4 can’t be checked. 2 more are held. Read the post at its source.
Claims from this post (8)
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: SupportedSaid
Observation
“Nvidia dropped 6%, 20% over the last month”
Our reading: Nvidia stock fell 6% on August 5, 2024, and 20% over the previous month.
No horizon Evidence as of
Limitation: The result depends on reading the figures as rounded closing-price changes.
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
Causal claim
“This could pertain to production delays, but also to growing market concerns about whether NVidia’s big GenAI customers could make money deploying the chips.”
Our reading: Nvidia's stock drop could be due to production delays and also to growing market concern about whether its big GenAI customers can make money deploying its chips.
No horizon
Assessment: UnresolvedSaid
Forecast
“LLMs are not AGI, and (on their own) never will be; scaling alone was never going to be enough.”
Our reading: LLMs on their own are not and will never be AGI.
No deadline stated Evidence as of
Limitation: The review cannot establish the absence of every possible demonstration.
Assessment: UnresolvedSaid
Forecast
“LLMs are not AGI, and (on their own) never will be; scaling alone was never going to be enough.”
Our reading: Scaling alone was never going to be enough to reach AGI.
No deadline stated Evidence as of
Limitation: Benchmark correlations do not establish whether scaling alone is sufficient for AGI [e1].
Assessment: SupportedSaid
Observation
“OpenAI tempered expectations for its next event, and said we wouldn’t see GPT-5 then.”
Our reading: OpenAI tempered expectations for its next event and said we would not see GPT-5 at that event.
No horizon Evidence as of
Limitation: Evidence is a reporter's direct quotation, not an accessible original company announcement.
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
Forecast
“The most interesting thing is that the suit could force a discussion of what AGI means – in court.”
Our reading: Elon Musk's new lawsuit against OpenAI could force a court to discuss what AGI means.
No horizon
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
Causal claim
“Adding AI into the mix could easily [make things] a lot worse”
Our reading: Adding AI into the mix of social media could easily make things a lot worse.
No horizon
Scope: social media context
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
Forecast
“But it is also not out of the question that today could end someday end up being seen as a turning point.”
Our reading: It is not out of the question that August 5, 2024 could someday end up being seen as a turning point.
No horizon
Qualifier: not out of the question
Held from this post (2)
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