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Not checkable Vinod Khosla Not checkable 7 Dec 2013 There was a small fringe of this culture 30 years ago. Today, it’s maintstream. Vinod Khosla · Not checkable · 7 Dec 2013
Not checkable Vinod Khosla Not checkable 7 Dec 2013 We never invest — no matter how much money we are likely to make — in things we are not proud to be associated with. Vinod Khosla · Not checkable · 7 Dec 2013
Not checkable Vinod Khosla Not checkable 7 Dec 2013 But to me, it was a very smart bet. Vinod Khosla · Not checkable · 7 Dec 2013
Not checkable Tyler Cowen Not checkable 16 Mar 2013 In any case, there is an overriding moral issue. Tyler Cowen · Not checkable · 16 Mar 2013
Not checkable Tyler Cowen Not checkable 16 Mar 2013 So commentators on trade and immigration should stress the cosmopolitan perspective, knowing that the practical imperatives of the… Tyler Cowen · Not checkable · 16 Mar 2013
Not checkable Tyler Cowen Not checkable 16 Mar 2013 At least since the 19th century, the interest of economists in personal liberty can be easily documented. Tyler Cowen · Not checkable · 16 Mar 2013
Not checkable Tyler Cowen Not checkable 16 Mar 2013 You wouldn't dream of producing a study that counted "men only" or "whites only," at least not without specific, clearly stated reasons for… Tyler Cowen · Not checkable · 16 Mar 2013
Not checkable Tyler Cowen Not checkable 16 Mar 2013 A distressingly large portion of the debate in many countries analyzes the effects of higher immigration on domestic citizens alone and… Tyler Cowen · Not checkable · 16 Mar 2013
Not checkable Tyler Cowen Not checkable 16 Mar 2013 One enormous issue is international migration. Tyler Cowen · Not checkable · 16 Mar 2013
Not checkable Tyler Cowen Not checkable 16 Mar 2013 Imagine that it is your professional duty to report a cost-benefit analysis of liberalizing immigration policy. Tyler Cowen · Not checkable · 16 Mar 2013
Not checkable Tyler Cowen Not checkable 16 Mar 2013 So why report cost-benefit results only for United States citizens or residents, as is sometimes done in analyses of both international… Tyler Cowen · Not checkable · 16 Mar 2013
Not checkable Tyler Cowen Not checkable 16 Mar 2013 Still, we should be obsessing over how many of those trillions can actually be realized. Tyler Cowen · Not checkable · 16 Mar 2013
Not checkable Tyler Cowen Not checkable 16 Mar 2013 The nation-state is a good practical institution, but it does not provide the final moral delineation of which people count and which do… Tyler Cowen · Not checkable · 16 Mar 2013
Not checkable Tyler Cowen Not checkable 16 Mar 2013 For a profession concerned with precision, it is remarkable how infrequently we economists talk about those rather large numbers. Tyler Cowen · Not checkable · 16 Mar 2013
Not checkable Steven Pinker Not checkable 12 Mar 2013 I find a naturalistic understanding of human nature to be indispensable to leading a wise and mature life, and it is often exhilarating. Steven Pinker · Not checkable · 12 Mar 2013
Not checkable Steven Pinker Not checkable 12 Mar 2013 I agree with Henrichs et al. that too many conclusions about human psychology have been based on convenience samples of university… Steven Pinker · Not checkable · 12 Mar 2013
Unresolvable GiveWell Promise 12 Mar 2013 If GiveWell reaches its reserves limit, it would grant out unrestricted funds and count those grants in its money moved. GiveWell · Promise · 12 Mar 2013 Their own work or organisation
Not checkable Steven Pinker Not checkable 12 Mar 2013 the biggest addition I would make today is our new understanding of moral psychology Steven Pinker · Not checkable · 12 Mar 2013
Not researched GiveWell Factual 12 Mar 2013 The most common ways GiveWell's major donors find it are online searches, referral links and Peter Singer. GiveWell · Factual · 12 Mar 2013 Their own work or organisation
Not checkable Steven Pinker Not checkable 12 Mar 2013 Though I disagree with that one idea, I would recommend it as one of the best and most important books on violence I have read. Steven Pinker · Not checkable · 12 Mar 2013
Not checkable Steven Pinker Not checkable 12 Mar 2013 Supernatural events don't exist. Steven Pinker · Not checkable · 12 Mar 2013
Not researched GiveWell Factual 12 Mar 2013 As in 2011, a majority of the growth in GiveWell's overall money moved in 2012 came from donors giving $10,000 or more. GiveWell · Factual · 12 Mar 2013 Their own work or organisation
Not checkable Steven Pinker Not checkable 12 Mar 2013 It's not true, though, that anyone is fated to be violent. Steven Pinker · Not checkable · 12 Mar 2013
Mostly true Steven Pinker Factual 12 Mar 2013 Human intelligence is not particularly dependent on geography. Steven Pinker · Factual · 12 Mar 2013 Science and research methods
Not checkable Steven Pinker Not checkable 12 Mar 2013 The more ways that knowledge and analytical skills penetrate the population, the better. Steven Pinker · Not checkable · 12 Mar 2013
Not researched GiveWell Factual 12 Mar 2013 Organizations GiveWell designated as "standouts" until November 2012, when it stopped using the designation, received fairly small amounts of money moved. GiveWell · Factual · 12 Mar 2013 Their own work or organisation
Own records only GiveWell Factual 12 Mar 2013 GiveWell currently collects donation information at the individual level and can follow how donors change their giving over time. GiveWell · Factual · 12 Mar 2013 Their own work or organisation
Own records only GiveWell Factual 12 Mar 2013 The GiveWell figure in the comparison chart includes only giving processed through its website, not all money moved, to match the online-giving data available for the others. GiveWell · Factual · 12 Mar 2013 Their own work or organisation
Not checkable Steven Pinker Not checkable 12 Mar 2013 I'd have to single out language. Steven Pinker · Not checkable · 12 Mar 2013
Unresolvable Steven Pinker Prediction 12 Mar 2013 Pinker suspects that the strange problem of consciousness, such as whether an upload of a brain would feel anything, will never be answered, since these puzzles may be artifacts of human intuition. Steven Pinker · Prediction · 12 Mar 2013 Philosophy, ethics and society
Not researched GiveWell Factual 12 Mar 2013 In 2012, GiveWell tracked $9.57 million in money moved based on its recommendations, a significant increase over past years. GiveWell · Factual · 12 Mar 2013 Their own work or organisation
Mostly true Steven Pinker Factual 12 Mar 2013 There is no good evidence that violent video games cause real-life violence. Steven Pinker · Factual · 12 Mar 2013 Philosophy, ethics and society
Not researched GiveWell Factual 12 Mar 2013 As in 2011, the most common response from donors giving $10,000 or more asked how GiveWell changed their giving was 'I would have given a similar amount to another international charity.' GiveWell · Factual · 12 Mar 2013 Their own work or organisation
Not researched GiveWell Factual 12 Mar 2013 Funds given to GiveWell for re-granting are counted in its money moved figures based on how GiveWell granted them out. GiveWell · Factual · 12 Mar 2013 Their own work or organisation
Unresolvable GiveWell Factual 12 Mar 2013 GiveWell's website traffic continued to grow in 2012. GiveWell · Factual · 12 Mar 2013 Their own work or organisation
Mostly true Steven Pinker Factual 12 Mar 2013 Pinker said his claim was not about hunter-gatherer societies specifically, but about traditional societies living in a state of anarchy, not under the control of a centralized state. Steven Pinker · Factual · 12 Mar 2013 Science and research methods
Not checkable Steven Pinker Not checkable 12 Mar 2013 My own view is that none of us should sign on to the bogus implication that IF a traditional people has high rates of violence THEN it… Steven Pinker · Not checkable · 12 Mar 2013
Not checkable Steven Pinker Not checkable 12 Mar 2013 No one is smart enough to invent anything worthwhile on his or her own Steven Pinker · Not checkable · 12 Mar 2013
Not checkable Steven Pinker Not checkable 12 Mar 2013 I don't think we have any way to weight the relative influences of all these factors. Steven Pinker · Not checkable · 12 Mar 2013
Not checkable Steven Pinker Not checkable 12 Mar 2013 Atheism is simply the denial of one set of beliefs, and it has never been a priority to stipulate one among the many things I don't believe… Steven Pinker · Not checkable · 12 Mar 2013
Not checkable Steven Pinker Not checkable 12 Mar 2013 Never be a disciple or yes-person of any thinker, no matter how brilliant --no one is right all of the time. Steven Pinker · Not checkable · 12 Mar 2013
Not checkable Steven Pinker Not checkable 12 Mar 2013 it's not implausible that occasional, mild, temporary depression in response to an identifiable setback is an adaptation Steven Pinker · Not checkable · 12 Mar 2013
Not researched GiveWell Factual 12 Mar 2013 GiveWell's web traffic tends to peak in December of each year. GiveWell · Factual · 12 Mar 2013 Their own work or organisation
Not researched GiveWell Factual 12 Mar 2013 In 2012, GiveWell's #1 charity received about 60% of money moved, and its #2 and #3 charities each received over $1 million as a result of its recommendation. GiveWell · Factual · 12 Mar 2013 Their own work or organisation
Not checkable Steven Pinker Not checkable 12 Mar 2013 No, my response was intellectual. Steven Pinker · Not checkable · 12 Mar 2013
Not researched GiveWell Factual 12 Mar 2013 Most of GiveWell's donors giving $10,000 or more are young for major donors and work in finance or technology. GiveWell · Factual · 12 Mar 2013 Their own work or organisation
Not checkable Steven Pinker Not checkable 12 Mar 2013 The most interesting claim is that societies advance technologically, culturally, and (I would add) morally when they sit in a wide… Steven Pinker · Not checkable · 12 Mar 2013
Unresolvable GiveWell Factual 12 Mar 2013 GiveWell's money moved grew robustly in 2012 for every donor size category. GiveWell · Factual · 12 Mar 2013 Their own work or organisation
Not checkable Steven Pinker Not checkable 12 Mar 2013 The only sense of consciousness we don't understand is whether the artificially intelligent computer or robot we build would subjectively… Steven Pinker · Not checkable · 12 Mar 2013
Not researched GiveWell Factual 12 Mar 2013 A major driver of GiveWell's web traffic growth was Google AdWords, which GiveWell received for free from Google through the Google Grants program. GiveWell · Factual · 12 Mar 2013 Their own work or organisation
Not checkable GiveWell Not checkable 12 Mar 2013 This comparison provides evidence that the growth we saw in 2012 is due not to generalized increases in online giving or use of charity… GiveWell · Not checkable · 12 Mar 2013
Not researched Steven Pinker Factual 12 Mar 2013 Current science indicates that subjectivity arises from certain kinds of information-processing in the brain. Steven Pinker · Factual · 12 Mar 2013 Philosophy, ethics and society
Unresolvable Steven Pinker Factual 12 Mar 2013 Pinker said that, as far as he could tell, the conclusion that non-state societies had higher per-capita violence than 20th-century state societies was not controversial among anthropologists who examine quantitative data. Steven Pinker · Factual · 12 Mar 2013 Science and research methods
Not researched GiveWell Factual 12 Mar 2013 GiveWell's website now processes more than twice as much giving as GuideStar's and about 80% as much as Charity Navigator's, though it offers far fewer charities. GiveWell · Factual · 12 Mar 2013 Their own work or organisation
Not checkable Steven Pinker Not checkable 12 Mar 2013 rape is horrific no matter what its motives are, and we know that rates of rape can be reduced Steven Pinker · Not checkable · 12 Mar 2013
Not checkable Steven Pinker Not checkable 12 Mar 2013 After having written Better Angels I now have a stronger intellectual and moral commitment to Enlightenment humanism, classical liberalism… Steven Pinker · Not checkable · 12 Mar 2013
Mostly true Steven Pinker Factual 12 Mar 2013 Whatever gender differences exist in abilities are statistical and small and say nothing about any individual. Steven Pinker · Factual · 12 Mar 2013 Philosophy, ethics and society
Not checkable Steven Pinker Not checkable 12 Mar 2013 And it would be unethical and wasteful not to encourage every person, regardless of gender (or any other irrelevant factor) to pursue her… Steven Pinker · Not checkable · 12 Mar 2013
Not researched GiveWell Factual 12 Mar 2013 The group of donors giving GiveWell $10,000 or more grew from 55 to 96, while the group's characteristics changed little. GiveWell · Factual · 12 Mar 2013 Their own work or organisation
Not researched GiveWell Factual 12 Mar 2013 Of the $3.2 million donated by major donors who responded to GiveWell's survey, $1.9 million (60%) came from donors under age 40. GiveWell · Factual · 12 Mar 2013 Their own work or organisation
Not researched Steven Pinker Citation 12 Mar 2013 Christopher Ferguson's extensive literature review showed that claims linking violent video games to real-life violence are bogus. Steven Pinker · Citation · 12 Mar 2013 Science and research methods
Not researched Steven Pinker Citation 12 Mar 2013 Pinker's paper with Sahin and Halgren argues that functional specialization (modules) in the brain more likely exists at the circuit level than at the level of Brodmann-size areas. Steven Pinker · Citation · 12 Mar 2013 Science and research methods
Not checkable Steven Pinker Not checkable 12 Mar 2013 It's hard to think of an environment in which the human hallmarks of intelligence, sociality, and language would NOT be adaptive Steven Pinker · Not checkable · 12 Mar 2013
Not researched GiveWell Factual 12 Mar 2013 Unrestricted funds given to GiveWell are not counted in its 2012 money moved figures. GiveWell · Factual · 12 Mar 2013 Their own work or organisation
Not checkable Steven Pinker Not checkable 12 Mar 2013 I would recommend "How the Mind Works." Steven Pinker · Not checkable · 12 Mar 2013
Unresolvable Steven Pinker Factual 12 Mar 2013 The conclusion about high violence in non-state societies is highly controversial among non-quantitative anthropologists, with objections often political and moral rather than empirical. Steven Pinker · Factual · 12 Mar 2013 Science and research methods
Not researched GiveWell Factual 12 Mar 2013 In 2012 GiveWell granted funds given for re-granting 70% to AMF, 20% to GiveDirectly and 10% to SCI, its recommended split. GiveWell · Factual · 12 Mar 2013 Their own work or organisation
Not researched Steven Pinker Factual 12 Mar 2013 Better Angels presents statistics showing US rates of rape are down by almost 80% since their peak. Steven Pinker · Factual · 12 Mar 2013 Philosophy, ethics and society
Unresolvable Steven Pinker Factual 12 Mar 2013 There appear to be some small sex differences in the tails of the distributions of spatial and abstract mathematical ability. Steven Pinker · Factual · 12 Mar 2013 Science and research methods
Not checkable Steven Pinker Not checkable 12 Mar 2013 I think we're well on the way to solving the so-called easy problem Steven Pinker · Not checkable · 12 Mar 2013
Not checkable Steven Pinker Not checkable 12 Mar 2013 So I don't agree that it solves the strange (aka "hard") problem of consciousness. Steven Pinker · Not checkable · 12 Mar 2013
Not researched GiveWell Factual 12 Mar 2013 In 2012, $1.1 million went to "learning grants" that GiveWell recommended to Good Ventures. GiveWell · Factual · 12 Mar 2013 Their own work or organisation
Mostly true Steven Pinker Factual 12 Mar 2013 Rates of violence respond to certain features of the environment, such as the incentives of an effective police and criminal justice system and the surrounding norms of legitimate retaliation, but not to video games. Steven Pinker · Factual · 12 Mar 2013 Philosophy, ethics and society
Unresolvable GiveWell Factual 12 Mar 2013 As in prior years, search traffic (organic and AdWords) provided the majority of traffic to GiveWell's website. GiveWell · Factual · 12 Mar 2013 Their own work or organisation
Mostly true Jensen Huang Factual Mar 2013 In 2008 there were 100M CUDA-capable GPUs, 150K CUDA downloads, 1 GPU supercomputer, 60 university courses and 4,000 academic papers. Jensen Huang · Factual · Mar 2013 Technology
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Resolved true Jensen Huang Factual Mar 2013 Shazam, which uses GPUs for audio search, handled about 300M user queries per month by 2013. Jensen Huang · Factual · Mar 2013 Economics and markets
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“300M User Queries (per month)”

Jensen Huang, NVIDIA CEO, keynote slides March 2013 GTC 2013 Jen-Hsun Huang Keynote (SlideShare)

Shazam, which uses GPUs for audio search, handled about 300M user queries per month by 2013.

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What would count as true or false

The claim is that Shazam, which used GPUs for audio search, handled about 300 million user queries per month by March 2013. True: Shazam or NVIDIA disclosures, or credible reporting from around 2013, show about 300M queries a month (roughly 270M–330M), along with Shazam's use of GPUs for search. Mostly true: the volume is about right, but a minor detail is off, such as the figure relating to a slightly different date, or GPU use being only partial. Mixed: one part holds and the other does not. Mostly false: the real figure was far from 300M, for example a different time unit such as per year, or a figure under about 200M or over 450M a month. False: the evidence contradicts the claim outright.

Evidence

  1. Nvidia kicks off GTC 2013 with fresh roadmaps, new products - ZDNET ZDNET · 19 March 2013
    “Jason Titus, CTO of Shazam, talked about how the service used GPUs to handle 10 million searches per day, match them with its 27-million song database, and deliver an answer quickly.”
  2. NVIDIA GPUs Tackle Big-Data Analytics and Search on Growing Number of Leading Applications NVIDIA · 19 March 2013 Own record
    “With more than 10 million song searches a day, 2 million new users joining the service every week and its database having doubled over the last year, Shazam is growing rapidly.”
  3. NVIDIA GPUs Tackle Big-Data Analytics and Search on Growing Number of Leading Applications NVIDIA · 19 March 2013 Own record
    “Shazam -- one of the top five music applications in the Apple App Store and Google Play store -- uses GPU accelerators to rapidly search and identify songs from its 27 million track database.”
  4. NVIDIA GPUs Tackle Big-Data Analytics and Search on Growing Number of Leading Applications NVIDIA · 19 March 2013 Own record
    “Using a mobile phone or tablet, the app's 300 million-plus users capture brief samples of music, which are then matched with an acoustic fingerprint.”

Reasoning

An independent ZDNET report from GTC in March 2013 [E1] says Shazam's CTO described the service using GPUs to handle 10 million searches per day. NVIDIA's press release from the same day [E2, E3] gives more than 10 million song searches a day and says Shazam uses GPU accelerators to search its database. At about 30 days a month, that is roughly 300 million queries a month, inside the 270M–330M range in the criteria. The 300 million users figure in [E4] is a separate number and does not affect this result.

Cite this claim

Jensen Huang, “Shazam, which uses GPUs for audio search, handled about 300M user queries per month by 2013.” (said March 2013). Verdict: resolved true. Reliability API, claim c_1042e9e12160, method 0.1.0+03d23c0e. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_1042e9e12160

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