AI Cap Check
Fact-checking the biggest claims in AI. Each entry includes a verdict, an explanation, and the sources we used to reach our conclusion.
- AGI Will Arrive by 2027unverified
Multiple AI researchers and tech executives have predicted that Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) - AI that matches or exceeds human...
- AI Art Generators Learned by "Stealing" Artmisleading
Widespread claims that AI image generators like Stable Diffusion and Midjourney work by storing and regurgitating copies of copyrighted...
- AI Chatbot Passes the Bar Exam - Lawyers Are Finishedoverblown
After GPT-4 scored in the 90th percentile on the Uniform Bar Exam, numerous commentators declared that AI would replace lawyers and make...
- AI Is Conscious and Has Feelingsfalse
A Google engineer publicly claimed that the LaMDA language model was sentient and had feelings, sparking widespread media coverage about...
- AI Models Understand What They Readoverblown
Common assertion that large language models truly "understand" language, meaning, and concepts in the same way humans do.
- AI Will Replace All Programmers by 2025false
Multiple tech influencers and media outlets predicted that AI would completely replace human software developers by 2025, making...
- AI Will Replace All Software Engineers Within 2 Yearsoverblown
AI will make human software engineers completely obsolete by 2026.
- AI-Generated Content Is Undetectablemisleading
Widely repeated claim that AI detection tools cannot reliably distinguish between human-written and AI-generated text, making AI...
- This AI Can Detect Any Disease from a Photooverblown
Multiple AI health startups and viral social media posts have claimed their AI can diagnose diseases from a single smartphone photo with...