Breaking: Eli Lilly CEO becomes latest to push back on Dario Amodei’s ludicrous, Elizabeth Holmes-like medical claims
We recorded 10 claims from this post. 3 were checked against evidence. 7 can’t be checked. 3 more are held. Read the post at its source.
Claims from this post (10)
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
“Anthropic’s CEO gave me (and everyone else) a reason to run away as fast as possible: a video tied to the IPO launch in which he made a bunch of overpromise about medicine that would have made Elizabeth Holmes blush.”
What we tested: Anthropic's CEO made Holmes-like overpromises about medicine in an IPO-related video, giving investors a reason to avoid the IPO.
Assessment: UnresolvedSaid
“Cancer is more than one thing, and it will take more than a decade to eradicate it; the bit about curing mental illness (and some other things) that quickly is absolute fantasy.”
What we tested: Cancer will not be eradicated within a decade, and curing mental illness within a decade is fantasy.
Assessment: UnresolvedSaid
“On the one hand, we don’t have the data:”
What we tested: We do not currently have the data that would put the field in a position to do what Amodei says on his timeline.
Assessment: UnresolvedSaid
“As several researchers noted, we simply can’t expedite clinical trials — which are absolutely necessary — to the degree that would be required:”
What we tested: Clinical trials, which are absolutely necessary, simply cannot be expedited to the degree that Amodei's timeline would require.
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
“Practically anyone who works in the field knows what Dario said is bullshit.”
What we tested: Practically everyone in biomedicine knows Amodei's medical claims are false.
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
“Letting this stuff slide is a mistake.”
What we tested: Amodei's exaggerated claims should be challenged rather than allowed to slide.
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
“dario’s ipo speech was as full of shit as anything elizabeth holmes ever said”
What we tested: Amodei's IPO speech was as misleading as Elizabeth Holmes's claims.
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
“Despite the widespread ridicule of Dario’s Elizabeth-Holmesian claims, I have not noticed a single article deconstructing them in the major media.”
What we tested: Marcus has not noticed a single article in the major media deconstructing Amodei's claims, despite widespread ridicule of them.
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
“In failing to call Dario out on his latest, immediately pre-IPO bullshit — which is so egregious it should be investigated for securities fraud — the media is failing the American public.”
What we tested: Amodei's pre-IPO medical claims should be investigated for securities fraud.
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
“In failing to call Dario out on his latest, immediately pre-IPO bullshit — which is so egregious it should be investigated for securities fraud — the media is failing the American public.”
What we tested: By failing to call out Amodei's latest, immediately pre-IPO claims, the media is failing the American public.
Held from this post (3)
These records did not pass every check, so nothing about them is published. Held is not a finding.
- It didn’t meet our rules. Our reading, not assessed: Cancer, Alzheimer's, heart disease and mental illness will not be cured on anything like Amodei's less-than-a-decade timeline.
- It didn’t meet our rules. Our reading, not assessed: Amodei's timeline of curing major diseases in under a decade will not be met.
- The AIs read the claim differently