ClaimsElon Musk

“we think it may be the best neural net training computer in the world by possibly an order of magnitude.”

Elon Musk, CEO, on Tesla earnings call 27 January 2021 Tesla Q4 2020 Earnings Call Transcript (Motley Fool) archived copy

Prediction AI compute, hardware and data

Tesla thinks Dojo may be the best neural net training computer in the world, possibly by an order of magnitude.

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?

Said for an organisation they lead or work for; it counts on both records.

Reasoning

Vague 'may be' with no horizon and no clear benchmark.

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Elon Musk, “Tesla thinks Dojo may be the best neural net training computer in the world, possibly by an order of magnitude.” (said 27 January 2021). Verdict: unresolvable. Reliability API, claim c_cc81f47e4d44, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_cc81f47e4d44

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