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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▮▮▮▮▮ debate potential. speakers are clickable
Assertion Supported
Harik: XPO spent nearly $1B acquiring 28 Yellow terminal properties
“And we were able to effectively identify 28 properties that were the ones that we wanted to buy. And We ended up spending nearly a billion dollars on that real estate.”
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Harik: Near-term robotics progress will center on purpose-built machines, not humanoids
“But I think in the near term, I think it's more purpose-built robots that are using AI to try to automate a certain task and make effectively the outcomes more efficient accordingly.”
Assertion Partly supported
Brad Jacobs started eight multi-billion dollar companies from scratch
“He's somebody who started eight multi-billion dollar companies from scratch and in different industries.”
Assertion Supported
Harik: Current Nvidia and Google chips offer 5M times 1990s compute
“You look at today where the latest Google TPUs and where the Nvidia chipsets are at, we're talking five petaflops. That effectively is five million times more powerful from a compute perspective, what existed two to three decades ago.”
Assertion Supported
XPO employs 40,000 people globally and 23,000 in North America
“We have 40,000 people in the company. Here in North America, we have about 23,000 people.”
Assertion Supported
Harik: 18,000 of XPO's 23,000 North American workers are drivers or dockworkers
“When you look at our, say our workforce here in North America, we have about 23,000 people. 18,000 out of the 23,000 are either truck drivers or dock workers.”