why aren't all 6 resolved? a statement only gets an assessment when the public
record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 0 checkable
ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't;
assertions are supported or contradicted. on every card:
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Assertion Partly supported
Berdichevsky: Graphite-metal oxide battery chemistry has completely flatlined
“This graphite metal oxide chemistry went through an S curve and flatlined, totally flatlined. And that's sort of when I started to see it flatlining at Tesla as part of the, was part of the impetus for starting Sela.”
Prediction Partly held up
Kimbal Musk predicts Tesla Austin factory will produce cars by late 2021
“Yeah, we'll have the whole thing done in in about a year, 12 months at fifteen million square feet factory, and hopefully have cars being produced there within, you know, by the end of twenty-twenty-one, you know, it's pretty amazing.”
Insight
Kaplan: Software engineers should never let AI agents idle overnight
“At Tesla, we had one mantra, which was you know, never go to sleep while the GPUs are idling. You know, if you let your cluster idle overnight, that's just a huge waste of resources. Just kick off some experiments, you know, before you go to bed so you can wak…”
Assertion Contradicted
Kimbal Musk: Tesla is first new American carmaker in 100 years
“I think that what I love about Tesla is it's really an American made company and it's in, in the car world, that's first time in a hundred years.”
Assertion Supported
Berdichevsky: Tesla's first Gigafactory exceeded total global consumer electronics battery demand
“When Tesla built the first Gigafactory, it was it's, was bigger than all of the demand for all consumer electronics at the time.”
Assertion Supported
Berdichevsky: Early Tesla engineering operated from JB Straubel's living room
“Mostly no. So I spent a lot of time with JB. I mean, Elon was already an investor. He was on the board. But day to day, you know, I worked, we worked out at JB's living room. That was the Tesla annex. Back then.”