ClaimsRodney Brooks

“Je pense que cela sera de plus en plus vrai, oui.”

Rodney Brooks, roboticist, interviewee 16 December 2014 Interview de Rodney Brooks à Paris : Robots collaboratifs, Rethink Robotics et Baxter (Shy Robotics)

Prediction Technology

Brooks said he thinks robots will increasingly be part of the community of connected objects.

Unresolvable The public record could not settle it.

Prediction: Statements about events outside the person's control, checked once they fell due: did they come true?

Reasoning

Open-ended prediction with no horizon and vague terms.

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Rodney Brooks, “Brooks said he thinks robots will increasingly be part of the community of connected objects.” (said 16 December 2014). Verdict: unresolvable. Reliability API, claim c_095fa449c622, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_095fa449c622

This claim is in dataset release v1.1.2, with the same verdict.

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  2. Mostly true Prediction 1 January 2023
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  3. Resolved true Prediction 9 July 2020
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  4. Resolved true Prediction 1 January 2018
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  5. Mostly false Prediction 1 January 2026
    “Things at this stage are looking good for Artemis to fly in February 2026.”

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