ClaimsSam Altman

“it’s going to significantly change how we think about work.”

Sam Altman, blog author 2021 American Equity (Moore's Law for Everything) (Sam Altman's blog) archived copy

Prediction AI, the economy and work

Automation will significantly change how people think about work.

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

Vague prediction with no horizon or measurable terms.

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Sam Altman, “Automation will significantly change how people think about work.” (said 2021). Verdict: unresolvable. Reliability API, claim c_71b79502f52b, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_71b79502f52b

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

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