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Gary Marcus Marcus on AI Published

Dear President Trump, here’s a deal you can actually make that will make you look great

We recorded 6 claims from this post. 1 was checked against evidence. 5 can’t be checked. Read the post at its source.

Claims from this post (6)

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.

  1. Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid

    “I happen to think a slowdown might be a good idea, especially if we made it now while we are still ahead — that could actually lock in our lead!.”

    What we tested: A slowdown in AI development might be a good idea, especially if the US does it now while still ahead.

  2. Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid

    “I happen to think a slowdown might be a good idea, especially if we made it now while we are still ahead — that could actually lock in our lead!.”

    What we tested: If the US adopted an AI slowdown now while ahead, it could lock in the US lead.

  3. Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid

    “And I would caution you that if we don’t have a slowdown, really bad things might happen, and you would take a lot of the blame.”

    What we tested: Without an AI slowdown, really bad things might happen, and Trump would take much of the blame.

  4. Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid

    “Instead, you can go for something that will surprise a lot of folks: you can go for collaboration — just like we did back in the Cold War with the Soviet Union, around things like space and smallpox. But this time around cancer and cybersecurity.”

    What we tested: The US should pursue AI collaboration with China on cancer and cybersecurity, as with the Soviet Union in the Cold War.

  5. Assessment: SupportedSaid

    “China is practically begging to collaborate.”

    What we tested: China is eager to collaborate with the US on AI, contrary to claims it would never want to.

    What happened: The editorial urges both countries to use their intergovernmental AI dialogue, remove barriers, and make AI a new area of bilateral cooperation. This is primary evidence of an authoritative CCP public appeal, despite being classified as a news publication. (People's Daily, reproduced by the Communist Party of China News, )

  6. Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid

    “If you make a deal on all this, you really could win that Nobel.”

    What we tested: If Trump makes a deal with China on the AI collaboration Marcus proposes (such as on cancer and cybersecurity), he really could win a Nobel Prize.