He says things that are advantageous, and sometimes they are even true. The benefit of not being known to be a liar usually keeps the correlation between claims and truth positive, but in his case it seems that ship has sailed.
(Checkably false claims are still pretty rare, and this may be one of those.)
It’s just surprising that Sam is willing to say/confirm all of this given that AI companies normally at least try to be secretive.
He says things that are advantageous, and sometimes they are even true. The benefit of not being known to be a liar usually keeps the correlation between claims and truth positive, but in his case it seems that ship has sailed.
(Checkably false claims are still pretty rare, and this may be one of those.)