ClaimsSam Altman

“I spoke to @vkhosla and it was really interesting:”

Sam Altman, on X 9 January 2019 Post by @sama on X, 2019-01-09 (X)

Factual Their own work or organisation

Sam Altman spoke with Vinod Khosla in an interview or conversation published in January 2019.

Resolved true The record shows it happened or was so.

Factual: Statements about the present or the past, checked against the record: did they hold up?

What would count as true or false

True: a conversation or interview between Sam Altman and Vinod Khosla was published or released on or around 2019-01-09, for example on YC's blog or podcast or as a video. Mostly true: the conversation exists, but was published days to a few weeks from that date, or in a slightly different format. Mixed: there is evidence of a conversation, but whether it took place or was published is unclear. Mostly false: it was published in a substantially different period, months away. False: the evidence shows no such conversation, for example the linked content is with someone else.

Set before the research began.

Evidence (2)

  1. E1 Vinod Khosla on How to Build the Future | Y Combinator Y Combinator · 8 January 2019 Own record

    “Today’s episode is with Vinod Khosla and Sam Altman.”

  2. E2 #107 - Vinod Khosla and Sam Altman Apple Podcasts · 9 January 2019

    “Podcast Episode · Y Combinator Startup Podcast · January 9, 2019 · 35m”

Reasoning

E1 is a Y Combinator blog post dated 2019-01-08. Its transcript introduces the episode as a conversation with Vinod Khosla and Sam Altman. E2 is a third-party podcast directory, independent of the subject, that lists an episode of the Y Combinator Startup Podcast titled 'Vinod Khosla and Sam Altman' and dated January 9, 2019. Together they show that a conversation between Altman and Khosla was published on or around 2019-01-09, which meets the criteria for true.

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Sam Altman, “Sam Altman spoke with Vinod Khosla in an interview or conversation published in January 2019.” (said 9 January 2019). Verdict: resolved true. Reliability API, claim c_25671d2680a7, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_25671d2680a7

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