ClaimsRodney Brooks

“Using machine learning (and tens of millions of dollars) to extract it rather than just looking at the source code (and perhaps buying or licensing that code) is just wacky.”

Rodney Brooks 1 January 2026 Predictions Scorecard, 2026 January 01 (rodneybrooks.com) archived copy

Not checkable

Using machine learning (and tens of millions of dollars) to extract it rather than just looking at the source code (and perhaps buying or…

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Rodney Brooks, “Using machine learning (and tens of millions of dollars) to extract it rather than just looking at the source code (and perhaps buying or…” (said 1 January 2026). Verdict: not checkable. Reliability API, claim c_40da0b02fd12, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_40da0b02fd12

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