ClaimsYann LeCun

“PhD in DS: 47%! (Yay!)”

Yann LeCun, on X 11 June 2019 Post by @ylecun on X, 2019-06-11 (X)

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The figure given for PhD in Data Science is 47%.

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Yann LeCun, “The figure given for PhD in Data Science is 47%.” (said 11 June 2019). Verdict: unresolvable. Reliability API, claim c_35f4346458ec, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_35f4346458ec

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