Smarter AI could solve many medical and scientific problems.
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
'Could solve' is a vague possibility claim with no horizon.
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Gary Marcus, “Smarter AI could solve many medical and scientific problems.” (said 20 September 2019). Verdict: unresolvable. Reliability API, claim c_564aef6c85e3, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_564aef6c85e3
This claim is in dataset release v1.1.2, with the same verdict.
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