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 Not checkable as stated
Rosenthal: Yann LeCun is the only major AI leader not from Google
“You know, every single major leader in AI that you know of, no matter what company they are at, with the one exception of Jan LeCun at Facebook. He's the only one. Who, like, didn't come from Google.”
Opinion
Rosenthal: Hidden systemic leverage in tech ecosystem exceeds corporate balance sheets
“I think there's more leverage in the system than the balance sheets would show.”
Insight
Rosenthal: Podcasting Fails When Treated as Content Marketing
“If this is content marketing, it ain't gonna work. It's gotta be the main thing.”
Assertion Contradicted
Rosenthal: Microsoft owned 49% of OpenAI when ChatGPT launched
“You know, at the worst moment for Google, when ChatGPT came out, Microsoft owned 49% of OpenAI.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Rosenthal: Acquired conducted 30+ hour-long background calls for Google episode
“Like for our Google series that we just wrapped up, we probably talked to 30 plus people. You know, those are all hour long research calls where, you know, sometimes people are like, oh, is this going to be recorded? And we're like, no, no, no, this isn't for …”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Rosenthal: Steve Ballmer emailed a rebuttal PowerPoint before his Acquired interview
“The night before, he emailed us a PowerPoint tag. I think he said like, sorry, we're getting this to you so late”