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davegoldblatt
marcus-claims-dataset
Python2026–2026
davegoldblatt / marcus-claims-dataset

marcus-claims-dataset

Systematic extraction and analysis of every testable AI claim Gary Marcus made on his Substack (2022-2026). Dual-pipeline analysis by Claude and ChatGPT with hybrid reconciliation.

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What it is

Systematic extraction and analysis of every testable AI claim Gary Marcus made on his Substack (2022-2026). Dual-pipeline analysis by Claude and ChatGPT with hybrid reconciliation.

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Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 5:04:57 PM UTC.

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HN mentions by hour4 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2026-03-04 01:30:43 UTC to 2026-03-04 02:25:56 UTC.

0122026-03-04 01:00:00 UTC to 2026-03-04 02:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 1 submissions, 1 commentsMar 4, 01:002026-03-04 02:00:00 UTC to 2026-03-04 03:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 commentsMar 4, 02:00

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I'm sorry, but we can tell absolutely nothing about Gary Marcus from this. People should have a look at the final data: https://github.com/davegoldblatt/marcus-claims-dataset/blob/... Many of the "supported" claims here are vague, banal, obvious, or just opinion. E.g. "the general public hasn't quite realized what's not possible yet" "loads of things scale, but not at all" "To be sentient is to be aware of yourself in the world; LaMDA simply isn't." "To date, nobody, ever, has given a convincing and thorough account of how human children (and human children alone) learn language." "A cat holding a remote control shouldn't have a human hand." "What I didn't see last night was vision" (about Tesla Optimus)
In Marcus AI Claims Dataset
Gotcha', but I'm just trying to see the audit for how claim X was rated and based on what sources. If we're looking at the Claude logs, we have huge files that have things like this[1]: {"id": "claim_0081", "date": "2023-02-11", "claim": "Current Level 2 self-driving operates under easy conditions and is nowhere close to handling real-world complexity.", "type": "descriptive", "target": "Level 2 self-driving", "status": "supported", "horizon": null} Why is this supported? How is this supported? Waymo would probably disagree, etc. Here's another one: {"id": "claim_0083", "date": "2023-02-11", "claim": "Tesla's product naming ('Autopilot', 'Full Self Driving') misleads customers into thinking the cars are more capable than they are, potentially causing accidents and deaths.", "type": "causal", "target": "Tesla marketing", "status":
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"supported", "horizon": null} I fully agree that TSLA engages in all kinds of deceptive marketing, but to fully support the stunning claim that it potentially causes deaths is, uh, a bit much. I mean, at least tell me who's saying this. What's the provenance? If Claude itself rated the claims, which seems the be the case unless I'm totally off base, I fail to see how we're actually doing anything at all here. Right now I'm working on a local research agent, and I'm being absolutely meticulous about storing browsed webpages, snippets, etc. into short-term (session) LLM memory or a long-term (cross-session) SQLite db. [1] https://github.com/davegoldblatt/marcus-claims-dataset/blob/...
In Marcus AI Claims Dataset
I'm still not sure I fully understand the methodology. For example if Marcus makes the claim: "OpenAI sucks!" why would OpenAI's blog ever corroborate that? The sources used are all AI company blogs (Anthropic, Google, OpenAI) filled with inoffensive corpo-speak likely written to be as middle-of-the-ground as possible. In fact, I'd need an A/B test to make sure the LLM itself can properly rate various claims (positive, negative, and neutral) against such corporate sludge. Small aside: I'm only bringing this up because last year I worked on a game where you had to solve various moral dilemmas in a 1v1 situation (think trolley experiment and one player says "flip the switch" and the other says "don't flip the switch")—the idea was to get an LLM to rate the arguments in a fun turn-based online game. I built it out, but I kind of gave up when
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I realize how absolutely awful the LLM was at actually rating arguments and their nuances. Who won legitimately felt more like rolling a dice than a verdict given by a real judge or a philosophy professor grading a paper. I put that project aside, but might do a Show HN at some point since the game is basically done. Adjudication[1]—which is the real meat of this project—is done in a very partial way and I genuniely see basically zero value. Why not crawl reddit (or HN)? I know that also has issues, but it at least has more variety of tone. [1] https://github.com/davegoldblatt/marcus-claims-dataset/blob/...
In Marcus AI Claims Dataset

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