No need to panic about Anthropic’s new blog, and some more good news
We recorded 7 claims from this post. 2 were checked against evidence. 5 can’t be checked. 5 more are held. Read the post at its source.
Claims from this post (7)
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
Recommendation or value judgment
“The blog, which shows considerable advances in the ability of their systems to write code, is interesting, and make an argument for slowing down AI research that should be considered.”
Our reading: Anthropic's blog shows considerable coding advances, and its argument for slowing down AI research should be considered.
No horizon
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
Observation
“AGI is *harder* than “recursive self improvement” [RSI]”
Our reading: Achieving AGI is harder than achieving recursive self-improvement.
No horizon
Assessment: UnresolvedSaid
Observation
“AGI: machine can do anything human can do, autonomously. That has not achieved]”
Our reading: AGI, a machine that can autonomously do anything a human can do, has not been achieved.
No horizon Evidence as of
Limitation: This is an evidence limitation, not a finding that AGI had been achieved.
Assessment: UnresolvedSaid
Forecast
“Getting to AGI will require new ideas, not just new code optimizations.”
Our reading: Reaching AGI will require new ideas, not merely new code optimizations.
No deadline stated Evidence as of
Limitation: The meaning of new ideas remains partly judgmental.
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
Recommendation or value judgment
“So we don’t need to panic yet.”
Our reading: There is no need to panic yet about Anthropic's results.
No horizon
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
Forecast
“A faster coding tool will probably not end the world.”
Our reading: A faster AI coding tool will probably not end the world.
No horizon
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
Observation
“Pure deep learning has largely hit a wall; neurosymbolic AI is rescuing it.”
Our reading: Pure deep learning has largely hit a wall, and neurosymbolic AI is rescuing it.
No horizon
Qualifier: largely
Held from this post (5)
These records did not pass every check, so nothing about them is published. Held is not a finding.