Scores by kind of claim
Each kind of claim is scored on its own, out of 100: the share that held up, with the range it likely falls in. Fewer resolved claims give a wider range.
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Factual claims
Statements about the present or the past, checked against the record: did they hold up?
83 77 88 -
Predictions
Statements about events outside the person's control, checked once they fell due: did they come true?
67 49 83 -
Promises
Commitments to the person's or organisation's own future action, with something to deliver: was it delivered?
Insufficient record: 1 promise resolved, 5 needed for a score.
All types combined: 81 (likely 76 to 86, high confidence), from 87 claims: 79 factual claims, 8 predictions. It mixes kinds of claim in different proportions for different people, so compare people kind by kind.
Rodney Brooks's claims
17 claims
“With 7,000 dark signals and perhaps a 1,000 vehicles on the road, Waymo clearly did not have enough humans on duty to handle the volume of requests that were coming in.”
Rodney Brooks, blogger 1 January 2026 Predictions Scorecard, 2026 January 01 (rodneybrooks.com)
With about 7,000 dark signals and perhaps 1,000 vehicles on the road, Waymo did not have enough human staff to handle the volume of assistance requests during its outage.
Own records only Only the person's or their organisation's own records speak to it, so it is not scored.
Reasoning
Waymo's staffing capacity for assistance requests is internal, though outage figures may be reported.
Cite this claim
Rodney Brooks, “With about 7,000 dark signals and perhaps 1,000 vehicles on the road, Waymo did not have enough human staff to handle the volume of assistance requests during its outage.” (said 1 January 2026). Verdict: own records only. Reliability API, claim c_28eb547f6e7c, method 0.1.0+c876030c. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_28eb547f6e7c
Claims without a verdict
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